In this episode Crawlspace Media's Tim Pilleri and Lance Reenstierna speak with Dr. David Perlmutter - Professor & Dean College of Media & Communication from Texas Tech University - about how journalism makes choices on what cases to cover and ethics in covering developing cases like the Idaho 4 murders of Madison Mogen, Kaylee Goncalves, Xana Kernodle, and Ethan Chapin.

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Texas Tech University: https://www.ttu.edu/

Faculty page: https://www.depts.ttu.edu/comc/faculty/faculty/dperlmutter.php

Personal site: https://www.davidperlmutter-research.com/

Check out Dr. Perlmutter's books:

Policing the Media: https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/policing-the-media/book9379

Blog Wars: https://www.amazon.com/Blogwars-David-D-Perlmutter/dp/0195305574

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