Stephanie Little recently made a media critique regarding rape and rape culture in the media. In this post, she goes into detail about the media's view on rape by providing examples of stories such as that of the Steubenville rape case. Stephanie's article is spot on, calling the media out on their failure to keep up with their promises as journalists. She emphasizes the principle of journalism that states that loyalty is first to the citizens, and the yardstick of journalism that states that reporters get multiple perspectives so as to give accurate and fair information. Referring to these rules, she explains how the media and our society have failed at following those rules, as shown in the events in Steubenville. While I'd already heard about this event, Stephanie pointed out not only the absolute idiocy of it, but also the ways the media failed as journalists to cover the situation accurately and fairly.
To accompany this response, I'm including this amazing video having to do with rape. Although it isn't about entirely the same thing, it does have to do with the media only finding and showing one perspective, the "fairness" yardstick.
"Do not confuse one story for all stories. Do not stare at a red dot and say the whole painting is just one color."
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