Dr. Larry Burriss

MTSU’s Dr. Larry Burriss Weighs In on Free Speech and Local Accountability

Sep 15, 2025 at 01:26 pm by WGNS News

Murfreesboro, TN - In a time when debates over speech and censorship echo from college campuses to social media platforms, Dr. Larry Burriss of Middle Tennessee State Uni.... Read More

Media Commentary by MTSU Professor: From Fads to Fashion: Who Really Decides What’s “In”?

Aug 21, 2025 at 01:31 am by WGNS News

Commentary - Trends in fashion often start when a popular person wears something new, and others copy it until the media declares it the latest fad. The problem is, even if yo.... Read More

Commentary: Elvis, Kidnappings, and Palladium: The Problem with Misused Data

Aug 06, 2025 at 10:04 pm by WGNS News

COMMENTARY - News stories often use real numbers but come to the wrong conclusions by twisting the facts. Statistics can be misleading when not explained clearly—like.... Read More

MTSU’s Dr. Burriss Remembers Exactly Where He Was—and What He Was Wearing—During Woodstock ’69

Jul 29, 2025 at 09:55 am by WGNS News

COMMENTARY: In August 1969, the famous Woodstock Music and Art Fair took place. It was actually in Bethel, New York—and not the town of Woodstock. With a reflection on w.... Read More

Commentary: Real Life Isn’t Always Pretty — And Neither Is the News - by Dr. Larry Burriss, MTSU

Jul 07, 2025 at 06:42 pm by WGNS News

COMMENTARY: Some of the most talked-about parts of the news today are photographs — especially those that show sad or shocking events, like people crying or images of tr.... Read More

Media Commentary on Misunderstood Moments: The Iwo Jima Flag Raising Controversy

Feb 25, 2025 at 08:32 pm by WGNS News

Media Commentary: February 23rd marked the 80th anniversary of the iconic flag raising on Iwo Jima during World War II. The famous photograph taken by Joe Rosenthal shows the.... Read More

Commentary: Shakespeare & Free Speech

Oct 28, 2024 at 07:00 am by WGNS

I recently attended a Shakespeare conference at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, and it’s interesting to also note that, historically, not everyone.... Read More

COMMENTARY: The Changing Nature of Memories in a Digital Age, by Dr. Burriss at MTSU

Aug 19, 2024 at 11:04 pm by WGNS News

COMMENTARY: It’s time to reflect on how memories, often romanticized and imperfect, are an essential part of human experience. While older generations relied on a few ch.... Read More

Commentary by MTSU Professor: Complexities of Color Perception and Debate's Over the Color of Soap

Mar 11, 2024 at 07:14 am by WGNS News

COMMENTARY - Exploring a bar of soap, with the question of... “What's the true color of the soap?” If you highlight the soap with a black light, the color.... Read More

COMMENTARY: Plagiarism in the Midst of Other Social Discourse, by MTSU Professor Larry Burriss

Dec 28, 2023 at 12:02 pm by WGNS News

OPINION: In today's Media Commentary by Dr. Larry Burriss, an MTSU Professor of Journalism, he reflects on recent global events to include inflation, border issues, and politi.... Read More

Presidential Debates and the Mistakes Said in Debates - Commentary by MTSU Professor Dr. Larry Burriss

Oct 02, 2023 at 07:17 am by WGNS News

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. – (MURFREESBORO) Presidential debates and the mistakes that often go along with debates - - Does anyone really pay attention to these debates.... Read More

Commentary: Economic Words

Feb 07, 2023 at 09:39 am by WGNS

It used to be only the State Department and the Department of Defense tried to keep us confused and confounded with the words they used. You know how it went: countries had "t.... Read More

Secret Documents and Releasing De-Classified Information - That May Still Be Classified... With more, here is MTSU Professor Larry Burriss

Oct 10, 2022 at 01:42 pm by WGNS News

Secrets are just that… secret. But, what if the secret deals with the U.S. Government and one agency releases documents they say are no longer classified, while another.... Read More

Censorship in America, a commentary by Dr. Larry Burriss

Jan 17, 2022 at 09:51 am by WGNS

Censorship in America and accepting the status quo. Dr. Larry Burriss, a professor of Journalism at MTSU, covers censorship in today’s commentary… Commentary b.... Read More