It USED to be that people paid attention to media less in the summertime, hence summer reruns on network TV. That world is gone, especially when huge events rock the world, as they did on successive weekends in July in the USA.

The media coverage of the Trump shooting and the Biden withdrawal is among the topics on the table for the latest edition of Signals & Noise, our media overview.

Erik Palmer from the Communication faculty at Southern Oregon University is back in his regular chair, joined this time by a guest, JX host Mike Green, working as a panelist on a usual off-day. We bounce the media events of the moment off the panel.

TOPICS: 1) Presidential campaign coverage 2) Olympics 3) Newspapers closures

PICK THREE/MIKE:

• Receiver on Netflix
• Simone Biles Rising on Netflix
• Bridgerton on Netflix

PICK THREE/ERIK:

• San Diego Comic-Con: ‘New mask, same task.’ Robert Downey Jr. to play Doctor Doom in ‘Avengers’ sequel. Washington Post, gift link: https://wapo.st/3YoqOyU
  
• #WrexCoast tour in Portland with Rob McElhenney & AFC Wrexham: https://www.wrexhamafc.co.uk/news/2024/july/27/report---wrexham-afc-women-vs-portland-thorns-academy-/
  
• Richard Avedon and his photograpy: Upper West Side Story: The Dazzling Rise of Richard Avedon; Review of What Becomes a Legend Most by Philip Gefter. New York Times, gift link: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/16/books/review/what-becomes-a-legend-most-a-biography-of-richard-avedon-philip-gefter.html?unlocked_article_code=1._E0.MU2J.lTfSDfr_NEhB&smid=url-share
  
• PLUS: Turning the Lens Around on Richard Avedon; Review of Something Personal by Norma Stevens. New York Times, gift link: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/12/books/review-richard-avedon-something-personal.html?unlocked_article_code=1._E0.z556._LyQ7z4gXkBl&smid=url-share