In this story, ABC talks about the Anthony Weiner scandal. Anthony Weiner was a Democratic congressman, who was married. A young female posted a comment on his facebook page and stated how she found him “hot” because of a political stance he took. Weiner began to engage in conversation with this 26 year old, who was a single mother. Weiner then began taking his online relationship further with this young female by exchanging x-rated photos of himself with the woman. Weiner then posted a picture on his twitter account and told everyone that his twitter account was hacked. After the media got involved Weiner later admits that the picture was of him and was sent as a joke. After the media got involved the truth came out that Weiner has been engaging in this type of activity for years now and with several woman. Weiner goes on and admits his guilt to the media. He apologizes to everyone who he has hurt. This article posted by ABC is an example of ABC acting as a watchdog. This is an example of ABC being a watchdog because they are alerting the public of Weiner’s wrongdoings. ABC wasn’t out looking for a scandal but they were checking the accuracy of this politicians statements about his twitter posts. Once the truth came out, they alerted the public.
-
Recent Posts
Recent Comments
Archives
Categories
Meta