This, in a way, is all for her publicity. She endorses her hateful comments about other people’s opinions and beliefs in order establish a reputation, albeit negative. She has been a writing since she was in University so she is well-versed in the ways of writing articles and papers. She is using her knowledge of the law as well as her influence on the American people to advocate her…
The American mentality has shifted from “we” to “#me.” Narcissism has been on the rise for the past twenty years. John Paul Titlow, author of “#Me: Instagram Narcissism and the Scourge of the Selfie,” believes that social media has caused a culture of “digital narcissism.” This narcissism gives Americans the ability to look into others’ lives and see private aspects while also allowing an attractive person to become famous for being attractive (Titlow 122-124). In this essay, Titlow writes, “The third most used hashtag on Instagram is #Me” (122).…
Ann Coulter, who is a conservative commentator, has recently come under fire for comments she made about immigration in her new book. She expressed some of her views from the book on a recent episode of "The View." Ann stated that she is concerned about immigration and the effects that it will have on American people. Raven-Symone interrupts Ann and says that her mother taught her when she was younger that if she did not have anything nice to say, then she should not say anything at all. Ann responds by saying that she is talking about policy, not people.…
This editorial reminds me of a childhood bully. The definition of bullying is to use influence to intimidate someone as teasing, name calling, stereotyping, fighting, and exclusion, spreading rumor, public shaming and aggressive intimidation. This comedian displayed this behavior in his assumption of Barron Trump. He should be held accountable for his poor response and his tasteless behavior. Regardless of whom a person is or even who they may be related to we should show respect for one another.…
Two perturbed reporters, Erin Cunningham and Serena Elavia both concur on how media such as photography and reality television can affect the health and well being of not only young girls and women, but the famous reality stars people religiously watch today. Cunningham and Elavia are able to agree and concentrate on three key points: views from the general public, poor behavior of the people behind the lens, and the potential health issues. According to author Erin Cunningham in “Our Photoshopping Disorder”, a former Hollywood marketing executive Seth Matlins always tried to vision the world through his daughter's eyes and conjectured what kind of woman she would one day become. Matlin contemplated the various obstacles that could possibly interfere in his daughters way for her to grow up and become like any other father would want “sustainably happy woman”.…
Liberal Bias in the Media Since the media has been around, there have always been accusations of biased opinions being published to the public. Particularly in today’s news, there seems to be a very heavy bias towards liberals and liberal ideas. While conservatives have been making this argument for years, the truth of the matter seems to become clearer each day. With today’s technology, the media is in more places than ever. In fact, it’s everywhere.…
To say that Dr. Laura Schlessinger has been a controversial character over the past few decades is quite a significant understatement. Those who love to hate the talk show host use words like “rude,” and “dictatorial,” and reference a rise in blood pressure when forced to even hear her voice, while her staunch supporters readily rally behind her self-proclaimed “preaching, teaching, and nagging.” Regardless of where a person falls on that spectrum, she definitely gives the world something to talk about.…
The Derogatory Portrayal and its Effects of Women on Reality Television Many individuals are starting to suggest that the massive production of reality shows emanating negative connotations that reflect overly exaggerated images of womanhood could possibly be responsible for significantly contributing to the influx of emotional disturbances and/or behavior disorders. What society has openly embraced as friendly entertainment, has grossly underestimated and/or has a lack of knowledge in understanding the power of subliminal messages that are transmitted to the subconscious mind and as individuals mindlessly engage the viewings of destructive behaviors portrayed by woman; in addition, to the consequences of the psychological effects a large or consistent consumption of such negative influences can have on the mind; thereby, unknowingly establishing destructive patterns of…
In the CNN article, The meaning of tolerance in the Trump era, anti-Trump, journalist, Isaac Bailey, advises readers on how those who did not vote for Trump’s “bigotry and misogyny” should handle their relationships with people that did. The author uses a C-Span video with an admittedly prejudiced veteran and a situation involving religion and homosexuality on the Ellen Degeneres Show, to help define when, “it makes sense to be tolerant of opposing views”, and when, “it is appropriate to separate yourself from potentially soul-sapping relationships”. The C-Span video he writes about of a disabled veteran admitting the wrongfulness of his racial prejudice and asking how he can overcome it, as an example in which one should tolerate someone’s…
In the article, “When all news is ‘fake’, whom do we trust?” the author Ruth Marcus writes from an interesting point of view about the media. Her article provides no biasness and only gives facts about the media and the society at large. She leaves the begging question as to whether the media should or should not be trusted by the society to the reader of the article. She provides facts to support her article, the technique of the author’s delivery is established as formal.…
On September 26, there was a presidential debate between Republican nominee Donald Trump, and Democratic nominee Hilary Clinton. The debate was structured into six, fifteen minute sections, which had three broad sections, being; Achieving prosperity, America's direction, and securing America. The moderator for the debate was Lester Holt, a reporter from NBC News. Within the event I was an observer, I had absolutely no change on the outcome of the debate. The debate was intended to be a well-mannered form of communication between the candidates in order to get their main points across and sway the opinion of the voter to their side.…
Insiders say President Donald Trump is strongly considering cutting off abortion providers such as Planned Parenthood from Title X funding, a move that has liberals very worried ahead of crucial midterm elections in November, according to Axios. The decision would mean that Planned Parenthood and other abortion clinics would be forced to choose between either losing federal funding or ending all abortion referrals. This would be historic and deliver a historic victory to pro-lifers, and liberals should be very concerned.…
On March 23 the National Enquirer recently leaked racy news to the public that claimed Ted Cruz was caught cheating with 5 secret mistresses. The sex scandal shocked Americans across the nation, given that Ted Cruz is a conservative republican senator from Texas. This type of strategic communication release is most definitely a leak as well as a way of negative campaigning. The 2016 election is one of the craziest, most entertaining elections in our nation’s history.…
Hate Radio: The Outer Limits of Tasteful Broadcasting Today in our world, unfortunately, we are often faced with ethical dilemmas. Whether they are either expected or unexpected, it’s vital for one to know how to solve these dilemmas, especially when working in media. In order to effectively do this, it is important for one to be familiar with both the tools and theories behind the intellectual minds of society’s infamous ethicists.…
Freedom of speech can be debated on whether or not there should be boundaries to it or not and on what is considered freedom of speech. The First Amendment affirmed that "Congress shall make no law...abridging freedom of speech" but based on www.legal-dictionary.the free dictionary.com it states' All speech is not equal under the First Amendment. The high court has identified five areas of expression that the government may legitimately restrict under certain circumstances. These areas are speech that incites illegal activity and subversive speech, fighting words, obscenity and pornography, commercial speech, and symbolic expression'. On this information and amongst other I believe that freedom of speech is both restricted to a fault and abused.…