CNN Persian Gulf War Coverage
The revolutionary type of coverage CNN used to broadcast the war as it happened.
What is live coverage?
The amendment that the Supreme Court's ruling supports.
What is the 1st Ammendment?
The type of journalism produced by Darnella Frazier, who recorded the video.
What is citizen journalism?
This outlet was the first to release the papers to the public.
An infamous and incorrect Chicago Tribune headline during the 1948 presidential election between Harry S. Truman and Thomas E. Dewey.
What is "Dewey Defeats Truman"?
With the coverage of the Persian Gulf War, these people went from being mostly unknown to becoming famous for their insight and storytelling on TV.
Who are reporters?
What are defamation and libel?
The movement that this video catalyzed.
The issue that the Pentagon Papers directly brought to light.
What is government deception?
This is a practice that results in publishing misinformation because of trying to publish before others.
What is speed over accuracy?
Claims of speed over accuracy, bias towards American perspectives, and over-reporting.
What were criticisms of CNN?
Today, this practice when errors are published is important in order for courts to uphold the ruling in this court case.
What is (fast) mistake correction?
A prestigous award given to Darnella Frazier, who recorded the video.
What is the Pulitzer Prize?
Instead of a government that censors the press, this is what the role of the press is, as explained by Supreme Court Minister Hugo Black after the case New York Times Co. vs. United States.
What is a press that censors the government?
These modern day platforms where information spreads instantly make the lessons learned from the Dewey vs. Truman headline imperative for modern day journalists.
What is social media?
The media's role in holding the government accountable for civilian casualties.
What is watchdog, fourth estate, etc.?
This was all that was needed to be prove in order to file a libel suit prior to this case.
What is false coverage?
In addition to making newsrooms "confront systemic racism," this video also changed how reporting covered this type of violence.
The rulings in favor of the New York Times after they released the Pentagon Papers continue to be upheld today, as modeled by the protection of this modern social media platform.
What is TikTok?
Journalism should focus on these instead of predictions.
What are facts?
The UGA Grady graduate who was part of the three-person CNN team who first broke news of the war's start.
Who is John Holliman?
One of the terms coined by this case that reveals what was needed after the case in order for a libel suit.
Instead of solely law and order, this is what reporting began to be framed around after this video.
What are civil liberties?
After the Pentagon Papers, the public fully realized that the press had this type of relationship with the government.
What is independent/fourth estate?
An element that humans are naturally inclined to impose on stories, but that can cause misinformation.