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The SPJ Ethics Committee calls on the Trump administration to remove a fake image it apparently doctored and published online showing a Minneapolis immigration enforcement protestor appearing to cry during an arrest. 🔗Read the full statement: bit.ly/45Yc5gW

One of my MC 101 students learned that "pomping" at Alabama doesn't mean the same thing as "pomping" in South Africa. Cultural noise is a thing. goodthingsguy.com/fun/the-pompin…

The SPJ Board of Directors voted Friday to empower its Ethics Committee to review and recommend updates to the SPJ Code of Ethics, the nation’s most-cited journalism ethics code, as it marks its 100th anniversary in 2026. 🔗Read the full press release: spj.org/spj-board-endo…

Yes, I'm playing from the "Oklahoma" soundtrack today. #mc101net

Hey, testtakers: The more news values, the bigger the news! #LastTip

Hey, testtakers: Knowing the real definition of the word "magazine" makes sense when you're on this street along the Mississippi River in New Orleans. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magazine_…

Hey, testtakers: If you can't read this, you are illiterate. If you choose not to read it, then you're aliterate.

Hey, testtakers: Know your C, X, K and W to know the (usual) home to the broadcast signal. Know that, and you'll know what the subject in one of Dr. Roberts' favorite ZZ Top songs. youtube.com/watch?v=adnNrK…

Hey, testtakers: Most media products have low marginal costs. Regardless of how much it costs to make the first copy, the second and skillionth other copies you make cost little to make.

Hey, testtakers: That voice you hear on some radio stations may not be local. "Voice tracking" systems let a single person speak for many, many stations at once.

Hey, testtakers: Don't waste words when you write in "inverted pyramid" style when telling the news. The most important info goes first.

@MorganwwMurphy factcheck.org/2020/02/weinst…

🏅Charlie Kirk will restore the status of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, which Democrats made a DNC participation medal with recipients like Joe Biden, Robert De Niro, Anna Wintour, Harvey Weinstein, Al Gore, and Hillary Clinton.

Hey, testtakers: Test 2 and midterm grades posted. (Avg Test 2 grade = 75%.) Read Chapter 5 for Wednesday's class.

Hey, testakers: Know "margin of error" and confidence levels for today's test. #FinalTip

Hey, testtakers: Media messages don't affect you like a bullet or a hypodermic needle. We're affected different ways at different times.

Hey, testtakers: You can't copyright an idea until it's in a fixed form. So write it down. Paint it. Film it. Then you can make money on it.

Hey, test takers: Know your five First Amendment freedoms. And #RollTide

Hey, testtakers: Remember PACI to know levels of protections for speech: Political, Artistic, Commercial, and Indecent.

Hey, testtakers: FOIA is about access to government documents. "Sunshine laws" are about access to government meetings. They apply to all of us, not just journalists.

Hey, testtakers: Government can control the time, place and manner of speech on its property. It just cannot take sides. Here's the @UofAlabama policy. ocs.ua.edu/connections/fr…