Crime and Punishment

On the Media

WNYC Studios

Magazine, Newspapers, Media, 1st, Advertising, Social Sciences, Studios, Radio, Transparency, Tv, History, Science, News Commentary, Npr, Technology, Amendment, Newspaper, Wnyc, News, Journalism

4.6 • 8.7K Ratings

🗓️ 6 May 2022

⏱️ ? minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

How to read a crime story; misleading coverage of bail reform; and should the crime beat even exist?

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	On this week's On the Media from WNYC, another edition of our breaking news consumers'
0:06.2	handbook.
0:07.2	This one is about crime reporting.
0:09.2	Lesson 1, Beware the Passive Voice.
0:12.3	Our police officer killed a young girl and a store in Los Angeles.
0:16.1	The New York Times headline about it read, Officer whose bullet killed 14-year-old girl.
0:22.3	Also on this week's show, the outsized influence of one big city tabloid on bail reform legislation.
0:27.7	He called me up to the bench and he said, Scott, you know, I have to set some bail.
0:31.7	I don't want to end up in the cup of the year and post.
0:33.7	He actually sent the dang words out loud.
0:36.7	Plus, if it bleeds, it leads, it's ancient lore when it comes to the crime beat.
0:41.7	What's the alternative?
0:42.7	I will always continue to advocate that the crime beat, as we know, it should be completely abolished.
0:47.7	Why not call that the community listening beat and actually look at communities historically
0:53.2	harmed by these institutions?
0:54.7	It's all coming up after this.
1:00.7	From WNYC in New York, this is on the media.
1:04.7	I'm Matt Katz, WNYC's Public Safety Reporter sitting in this week for Brookladstone.
1:10.7	Yeah, you heard me right.
1:12.7	My beat is Public Safety.
1:14.7	It's what used to be commonly known as the crime beat, but crime is a slippery word.
1:19.7	What crime is changes when you cross borders and state lines.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from WNYC Studios, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of WNYC Studios and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.