School Shootings and the EconomyTop of Mind with Julie Rose • Season 1, Episode 528, Segment 4
Apr 10, 2017 • 21m
Guest: Adam Pah, PhD, Clinical Assistant Professor of Management and Organizations, Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management At an elementary school in San Bernardino, California today, two adults were killed and two students injured in what officials are calling a murder-suicide.  A team of researchers at Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management recently combed through school shooting data back to the early ‘90s to try and understand what motivates these tragedies. In the process, they discovered a surprising correlation to economic factors such as unemployment and foreclosure rates.

When Journalists Perpetuate Fake NewsApr 10, 201720mGuest: W. Joseph Campbell, PhD, Professor, School of Communication, American University; author of “Getting it Wrong: Debunking the Greatest Myths in American Journalism” President Trump's habit of crying “fake news” over any story he doesn’t agree with is frustrating and alarming to members of the press: Just because you don't like a story doesn't mean it's untrue. Playing fast and loose with “fake news” claims could undermine public trust in the media, which has an important role in bringing truth to light and holding powerful people accountable.  So, we in the media have been on a bit of a high horse about this lately. But American University journalism historian W. Joseph Campbell’s knocking us down a peg. His book, “Getting it Wrong” details cases throughout history in which “the media themselves have often been the purveyors of bogus stories.”
Guest: W. Joseph Campbell, PhD, Professor, School of Communication, American University; author of “Getting it Wrong: Debunking the Greatest Myths in American Journalism” President Trump's habit of crying “fake news” over any story he doesn’t agree with is frustrating and alarming to members of the press: Just because you don't like a story doesn't mean it's untrue. Playing fast and loose with “fake news” claims could undermine public trust in the media, which has an important role in bringing truth to light and holding powerful people accountable.  So, we in the media have been on a bit of a high horse about this lately. But American University journalism historian W. Joseph Campbell’s knocking us down a peg. His book, “Getting it Wrong” details cases throughout history in which “the media themselves have often been the purveyors of bogus stories.”