Journalism 101/201 (Friday, January 25 - 5th period)

[imanaturalblond.livejournal.com]

"Good afternoon, boys and girls."

Rita smiled at her class, sipping a cup of tea.

"Today I'd like you to share with the class what source you've brought in, and why. Sort of a show and tell, if you will. Who would like to go first?"

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Re: Show and tell!!

[peter--parker.livejournal.com]

Peter held up a printout of an article from the Daily Bugle. The headline read "AMERICAN KINGPIN OF CRIME CAUGHT RED-HANDED ON TAPE: WHEREABOUTS UNKNOWN."

"This is an article from about a year ago. A businessman by the name of Wilson Fisk - who pretty much everyone knew was a big, fat mob boss - was caught on tape murdering a man. This tape somehow got leaked to the press thanks to me and he fled the country. Sure, he wasn't caught, but good was done. Temporarily."

He placed that article down and held up another. "KINGPIN CLEARED: Questionable evidence deemed fraud/inadmissable."

"This is an article from three months later. Fisk bought his way out of trouble, came back to America, and went on with his criminal ways and nobody batted an eye. This seems terribly wrong to me, but if it weren't for powerful people weaseling their way out of trouble then I guess I'd be a very bored person with nothing really important to rage about."

Re: Show and tell!!

[imanaturalblond.livejournal.com]

"Uh huh," Rita said thoughtfully. "What do you mean, he was 'caught on tape'?"

Re: Show and tell!!

[peter--parker.livejournal.com]

"Security footage from his building very clearly showed him committing the crime," Peter explained. "Also, I saw it. I'm totally a first-hand source. I have no clue how the press got it, but it was in frame and everything. Some people like their security too much, I think. Kinda screwed him over a little there."