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Discuss “KDKA’s sensationalism misrepresents CMU”

If “Sunday night at the movies has taken a curious twist,” then Tuesday night on TV news has taken a peculiar turn as well.

Local Pittsburgh news station KDKA featured a special five-minute “investigative report” last Tuesday on CMU’s recent campus “TBA” pornography screening. Frankly, college sexuality isn’t such big news that a television news station needs to whip up a sensationalist piece to cover it.

There’s nothing new about this sensationalism: The American media are obsessed with overblowing anything sexual, and broadcast journalism is the biggest offender; unfortunately, KDKA’s lack of investigation in their “investigative” reporting isn’t surprising. Instead, it’s all too common. Sensationalism erodes...

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