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Ida B. Wells' Courageous Stand
- Ida B. Wells refused to move to the segregated black car on a train in 1883, leading to a violent confrontation and legal battle.
- Wells investigated lynching and exposed it as economic terrorism, challenging prevailing racist narratives in mainstream media.
Objectivity Shields Racist Narratives
- White mainstream newspapers used supposed objectivity to disguise racist biases, particularly in their coverage of lynching.
- Ida B. Wells’ advocacy journalism was labeled biased activism because it challenged the status quo racist narratives.
Spheres of Journalistic Consensus
- Daniel Hallin's spheres of consensus explain journalism’s boundaries: consensus, legitimate controversy, and deviance.
- Journalists shape democracy by deciding which ideas move into public debate and which remain marginalized.