Blog Post 6











 As instructed by my Professor, I checked out and read websites like The American conservative and AntiWar.com. First I went on the Anti War website. From first looks, it doesn't seem the most reliable source for information. But of course on should never judge a book by its cover. So I then went in and started going over some of the articles and archives it had on the website. From my first initial interpretations, I realized that this sight comes from a collection of different resources and writers all around the world. All the ads on the website are different and many in different languages. The first article I clicked on from the website was in the recent news link, displaying many different articles that were published either today, yesterday, etc.. I clicked on an article about Turkish police firing tear gas to disperse a Pride March in Istanbul. I know the topic of LGBTQ around the world is still a struggle. From my point of view I just don't understand how and why people cannot just let other people live freely and do what makes them happy. But what I do understand is knowing every country and culture is different, for some better and sadly some worse. What I started asking myself after reading this article was, "Is this going to be on World News Tonight with David Muir?" Is this piece of current events going to find its way onto sights like BBC, CNN, FOX, NBC? Sadly nowadays, I feel like major news outlets reports news that will support their following instead of just reporting the facts. Major news outlets, in my opinion, just fight for viewer popularity instead of reporting the facts. I believe major news outlets filter out news like this because they care more about there views rather than their journalistic ideals. Also, maybe the government has something behind not reporting some news as well. I hate conspiracy theories, but sometimes it never hurts to ask questions. Search engines like google and yahoo make it difficult to find sites like these. Do I know why they do that? No. But if I had to guess, I would have to say maybe the government is behind that. Do I think we will ever learn the reason why? Again, no. But I hope one day, as a whole, everyone and everything can get along.


https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2021-06-26/turkish-police-fire-tear-gas-to-disperse-pride-march-in-istanbu



Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Our Relationship with Technology

Image
     This week, my weekly screen time on my cell phone is down 43%. With a daily average of 2 hours and 51 minutes. To be honest I am disappointed that my daily average is that high. And that’s 43% down? Incredible… I am always trying to make sure my phone screen time gets lower and lower every week. It is tough to do that though since my job incorporates me being on my phone making calls. But I want the best of both worlds. I want to be free of technology while still being able to get anything I want at the touch of my fingers. I know, that doesn’t really make sense now does it? I do appreciate everything technology has given me. Access to any information I want. Updates on current events in an instant. Knowing where a gas station is whenever I need gas, I am truly thankful. But I am always wary on technology having a negative effect on my life. I want to appreciate the life I have in front of me instead of wasting my days away on my cell phone or laptop.       Even though I am alwa
Read more

BLOG POST 4

Image
Some major topics we have discussed so far in this class have been the six clauses, or freedoms, of the first amendment. In addition, we have also gone over the eight values of free expression. A current event I can easily relate to these topics has to be the storming on the capitol that happened January 6th. What was supposed to be a protest spiraled into a riot, and what others may call a planned coup. Of course, the right to protest is protected in our first amendment. "Of assembly, to Petition". These two clauses of the first amendment made it possible for that gathering to happen. But what the first amendment did not condone was the proceeded storming, breaking and entering, and destruction of government property! That is just a perfect example of one of the 3 bedrock principles which state that the first amendment is not a shield against laws of general applicability. Some rioters tried and are still fighting that they should not be convicted because the President told
Read more

BLOG POST #2

Image
Reading the article about the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) definitely gave me more incite into a topic I need to learn more about. To begin with, this article was full of facts I never knew about. First off, I always thought that you could only serve as a justice for a specific amount of time, kind of like how our President can only serve for a max of 8 years (that is if they get re-elected for a second term). Learning that a justices can serve for however long they want, unless they get impeached, really puts emphasis on why Presidents care so much about who holds a seat. The most important take away point I learned about the Supreme Court is that this judicial system has the power to make changes to very important laws in our country, whether for better or worse. Some great cases the Supreme Court has had to make improvements to our country are: Obergefell v. Hodges (2015) which legalized same sex marriage across all 50 states, and Mapp v Ohio (1961) which held that
Read more