NewsPronto

 
Men's Weekly

.

USA Conversation

The Conversation USA

The Conversation USA

Violence against the media isn't new – history shows why it largely disappeared and has now returned

  • Written by Jennifer E. Moore, Assistant Professor, Department of Communication, University of Minnesota Duluth
The Capital Gazette in Annapolis lost five staffers in a shootingAP/Patrick Semansky

Another news outlet has been attacked in the United States.

A man rammed his car repeatedly into Fox affiliate KDFW in Dallas, Texas, on Sept. 5. We can now add this to the growing list of recent attacks on — and violent threats to — the media.

A man...

Read more: Violence against the media isn't new – history shows why it largely disappeared and has now returned

More Articles ...

  1. Green Bay Packers fans love that their team doesn't have an owner – just don't call it 'communism'
  2. Kavanaugh's 'judge as umpire' metaphor sounds neutral but it's deeply conservative
  3. Ten years of Large Hadron Collider discoveries are just the start of decoding the universe
  4. Consejos para preparar almuerzos saludables para niños, sin estrés
  5. How passports evolved to help governments regulate your movement
  6. Key internet connections and locations at risk from rising seas
  7. Canada will be part of Trump's new NAFTA – corporate lobbyists on both sides of the border will ensure it
  8. Fossil fuel divestment debates on campus spotlight the societal role of colleges and universities
  9. Discovering the ancient origin of cystic fibrosis, the most common genetic disease in Caucasians
  10. Teacher turnover is a problem – here's how to fix it
  11. Thousands of mental health professionals agree with Woodward and the New York Times op-ed author: Trump is dangerous
  12. What the 25th Amendment says about presidents who are 'unable' to serve
  13. Low-income neighborhoods would gain the most from green roofs in cities like Chicago
  14. Designing greener streets starts with finding room for bicycles and trees
  15. El turista humanista: cuando viajar es más que un hobby
  16. 4 ways to defend democracy and protect every voter's ballot
  17. Politicians, lies and election legitimacy – it's an old story
  18. Plagiarists or innovators? The Led Zeppelin paradox endures
  19. 4 charts show Venezuela's worsening migrant crisis
  20. New technique heals wounds with reprogrammed skin cells
  21. Lesson from Brazil: Museums are not forever
  22. Colapso de Nicaragua agrava la crisis migratoria en Centroamérica
  23. Serena Williams' catsuit controversy evokes the battle over women wearing shorts
  24. Drones to track one of the largest dam removals on the Eastern Seaboard
  25. Asking customers to donate when they buy stuff may be good for business
  26. How slot machines work – and why you should think twice before playing them
  27. Campaign season is moving into high gear – your vote may not count as much as you think
  28. UN report documents genocide against Rohingya: What now?
  29. How views on priestly celibacy changed in Christian history
  30. Black student activists face penalty in college admissions
  31. Propaganda-spewing Russian trolls act differently online from regular people
  32. Happy midterms! Here's a rundown of the best political zingers in history
  33. It's too soon to call 3D printing a green technology
  34. Why Trump's wrong about WTO treating US unfairly
  35. Oil and gas execs out-earn their peers. Are they overpaid?
  36. 'Pay-for-luck': Oil and gas execs out-earn their peers
  37. Why plant-based mosquito repellents are so hard to design
  38. Why it's hard for blacks to pull themselves up by bootstraps when it comes to health
  39. Why Putin is an ally for American evangelicals
  40. Why there's so much inconsistency in school shooting data
  41. How will Google's innovation continue beyond its 20th year?
  42. An Interracial Kiss – on Another Planet
  43. TV's first interracial kiss launched a lifelong career in activism
  44. Want to solve the world's problems? Try working together across disciplines
  45. Prisoner strike exposes an age old American reliance on forced labor
  46. Could Andrew Gillum be the next governor of Florida?
  47. Want to live longer? Consider the ethics
  48. Through his art, a former prisoner diagnoses the systemic sickness of Florida's penitentiaries
  49. It's 2018. Do you know where your medical records are?
  50. Text messages to parents can help boost children's reading skills