1. I want to talk a little bit about lapses in journalistic ethics in superhero comics. (With sidetour of anachronism in the genre).
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@attackerman, himself a terrific journalist, raises a key point about Ben Urich, the reporter in "Daredevil"https://twitter.com/HeerJeet/status/587049432794800128 …Jeet Heer added,
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3. Ben Urich is supposed to be a jaundiced but decent big city reporter in the Jimmy Breslin mold. Yet he's heavily relies on one source.
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@attackerman BEN URICH! My favorite source-captured journalist!1 reply 3 retweets 1 like -
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5. For that matter how many scoops did Lois Lane & Jimmy ("Superman's Pal") Olson get because of connection to one source?
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6. Peter Parker is the worst of all: he creates news by fighting supervillians & sells the selfies. Highly ethically dubious.
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@EricKleefeld And in early Lee/Ditko story, [Peter Parker] created fake photos of Spider-Man as criminal — Jameson wanted them.2 replies 2 retweets 2 likes -
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@NewBrunette Didn't Clark land his job at the Planet in Byrne's run with an "exclusive" interview with Superman?3 replies 5 retweets 4 likes -
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9.MT @benschwartzy Gotham City [press] routinely plant fake items for police abt gold-plated cats & diamond penguins to lure Batman’s foes.
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10. The interesting thing about all this is how anachronistic the portrayal of the press is in superhero comics.
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11. News reporters in comics all seem redolent of the early 20th century, of The Front Page (AKA His Girl Friday)
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12. Main reason of course is the superhero genre is rooted in 1930s. Even Marvel comics of 1960s owed much to 1930s films.
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