While Ryan Lochte is the easy culprit to target in this incident, in my previous post I made an emphasis on the media that surrounded him blowing over the story once the truth came out.
Sticking with that theme, I think there is a story in how the coverage was handled. Some journalists inserted their own opinion whether it be via Twitter, a column, or on broadcast coverage. I am interested in, in this case, how journalists chose what to report and if their personal opinion effected their coverage once the REAL truth came out.
Here are some questions:
- What did your coverage of the Ryan Lochte include?
- Did you have a personal opinion on what the consequences should be?
- Did you voice your opinion? To whom?
- What is your opinion?
- Did you read the apologies and statements from all four swimmers?
- What were your thoughts?
- Did you watch Ryan Lochte’s interview with Matt Lauer?
- Why did you or did you not choose to bring Conger and Bentz’s innocence to light?
- If not, were you simply tired of reporting on the story? Or did you feel a certain way about how clicks would come to your site?
- Did you continue Olympic coverage post- Lochte story or did you simply end there?
I think so many of the questions depend on how these are answered, but this is a starting point.