Micro Issues

$1.$ Using the concepts of privacy, secrecy$,$ right to know, need to know,

and want to know, analyze whether the podcast invaded Simmons$$s

privacy.

$2.$ Would your answer be different if the wellness check by the Los

Angeles police had found Simmons in some sort of physical danger

or suffering from a physical illness?

$3.$ Should Taberski have spiked the project when Simmons refused to

speak with him?

Midrange Issues

$1.$ Taberski$$s podcast told a narrative of a $$missing person.$$ Evaluate

this narrative for truthfulness. Are there times when $$telling a story$$

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is not the most accurate way to provide readers and viewers with

information about events and people?

$2.$ How would you categorize podcasts such as $$This American Life$?$

Are they journalism, entertainment, some new genre?

$3.$ How do you think Taberski$$s background on Comedy Central

influenced the narrative choices he made?

Macro Issues

$1.$ The New York Times called the show the $$morally suspect podcast.$$

How do you evaluate the critic$$s characterization?

$2.$ Can celebrities such as Simmons have privacy? Can public figures

such as Attorney General Jeff Sessions have privacy? If your answers

are different for different categories of people, explain.

$3.$ Should iTunes or programs such as TMZ be responsible ethically for

content such as that provided in the $$Missing Richard Simmons$$

podcast? How should that responsibility be exercised?