How Journalism and History Have Been One Since the 1450’s, writing and journalism have driven countless events in history. Once the press was given the freedom in the constitution to express themselves freely, the events of the U.S. took off! Citizens were given the opportunity to gain the knowledge of the world around them. Because […]
During the course of this semester, I have learned much on news as whole and some details of it. Thus far, I have come to believe the news is one of the most useful sources we have and needs to have full freedom. There has been such pressure throughout history and even now to silence […]
NBC Chicago investigates the two bills that have been proposed to the Illinois General Assembly in order to become more strict on online privacy. Kim and Capitanini said “One proposed measure would require online companies, such as Google, Facebook and Amazon, to disclose to consumers what personal data has been collected and shared with third parties.” […]
On April 5th at 6:56 PM, Abby Phillip from the Washington Post reported that President Donald Trump accused Susan Rice, former national security advisor, of requesting the identities of Trump’s campaign associates without evidence. These names were hidden away in classified intelligence reports to which she would have access. When asked about whether or not […]
Separating families at the boarder: A bad idea that’s probably legal Danny Cevallos gave much insight into the reasoning and understanding of separating families at the boarder. Apparently, we have done this before, which was previously unknown to me. Initially, it seems very wrong to separate a child from his or her family. Yet the […]
Trump Deletes Inappropriate Tweet Once Deathly Operation In Yemeni Village Occurs Huffington Post’s S.V. Date published Wednesday, February 22 about Trump’s always iconic tweets. This one, however, has left many questioning his role in the White House. A team of U.S. commandos were under heavy fire in Yemeni village last month and it seems Donald Trump […]
This past Wednesday night I watched Lester Holt on NBC Nightly News. Not to my surprise, the first story of the night was about President Trump’s Travel Ban. This story used “timeliness” because it was signed January 27th and is still impacting people today. “Proximity” was used because it is affecting Americans all across the […]
Tonight, I listened intently online to these intelligent woman as they explained the problem with fake news today and how to identify it. I tried to genuinely listen while I took notes and followed the slides and I believe I picked up on some valuable information. Fake news has always existed. Yet, what is new […]