What I like the most about this article is the title, “Media coverage of Kobe Bryant’s death was a chaotic mess, but there were moments of grace.” The reason I like this article’s title so much is that, that’s the perfect way to describe that day or even the week. At first, it was all chaotic, no one knew what to think, do, believe or say. But after all the dust settled and the news that first broke out was confirmed, grace in sued. Tributes were sent out left and right and people shared their favorite memories. Many, including I, shed tears. He was a staple to every basketball fan.
On page 131 of the text, Media Ethics, case 4-H is listed and the title of that case is “How one tweet ruined a life.” The reason I am correlating this article with this case is because many reporters got death threats after spreading false information that day. People these days are absolutely brutal on social media and the internet and many times, people’s lives can be changed by people’s comments. The ethical conflicts related to this article are very similar to my first post and will be similar with all my other posts as well but the ethical conflicts in this article are clearly just information that wasn’t ready to be released to the public. The pro of this article is that even though there was a large chaotic mess at the beginning, people were able to dig deep to show moments of grace. A clear con of this article is that once a rumor about something this big in caliber, it will snowball and snowball fast. I have the same solution for this post as I did from my last and that is just wait. Just wait until you know for sure what happened so this doesn’t have to happen.
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