Releasing News to the Public

Before the releasing a news story to the public, there are several factors that have to be addressed before its release. In the situation of The Charlotte Observer in November of 1986, they had to decide how much of the information that they received and collected was to be printed, because what became public knowledge could actually cause someone to lose their life. When someone runs for any type of office, they are going to be …showed first 75 words of 923 total…

…showed last 75 words of 923 total…have reported nothing about the candidate’s past with the Ku Klux Klan because he really wasn’t a bad person in it, he was doing good. By reporting that he was involved in the KKK could eventually get him killed because someone may have started talking too much and all the info leaked out to the wrong crowd. This was a very unique situation and I am glad the way that it came out.