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Linda McQuaig is Canadian journalist, columnist, non-fiction author. She is best known for her series of best-selling books that challenge what she describes as Canada's departure from the principles of universal social programs . Linda first worked as a journalist while a student at University of Toronto Linda McQuaig , a well-known author and the NDP candidate for the riding of Toronto Centre,for Canada to meet its climate change targets, "a lot of the oilsands oil may have to stay in the…

forces managed to hold off the communist attack, however, news coverage of the offensive shocked the American public. The strength of Communist forces in the Tet victory shocked the respected television journalist Walter Cronkite. Walter Cronkite’s was America’s well-known and most popular CBS journalist of the era. Cronkite went to South Vietnam in February 1968 to get a firsthand look at the ongoing Tet Offensive. After touring war-ravaged sections of major cities…

In 2013, a documentary filmed by Wolfram Kuhnigk (a journalist), showed adult members of the group hitting their children several times using “willow canes” (Paterson 2013). As a result of this documentary, several police raids were conducted at different Twelve Tribes communities in Germany to investigate the matter (Paterson 2013). According to an online article by Independent news, “…authorities in Germany took 40 children at the Twelve Tribes community in Bavaria [in Germany] away from their…

1. The Federal Freedom of Information Act 1. The Federal Freedom of Information Act suggests that the government is more efficient when it is open to public investigation by allowing the public access to information from the federal government, upon request (Siegel, 2014, p. 268). This act has allowed reporters and activists, to help the public know about pertinent issues such as the CIA’s secret detainee program (Siegel, 2014, p. 268). Every federal agency in question is required to make…

to control other countries in addition. One of these countries includes Ukraina, half of the population believes that they should be part of Russia and would like to be absorbed into the country to become one. The most popular topic that Russia journalists, media, and government has been reporting on for months is the Middle East. Putin would not have as much influence as he has now if the Middle East did not exist or have major issues that they are having at this moment. The problems in the…

An executive editor of Wired, Kevin Kelly in his “Better than Human: Why Robots Will – and Must – Take Our Jobs,” published on December 24, 2012 address the topic of how robot can improve our lives and argues that robots will execute human’s jobs in the future. Furthermore, Kelly acknowledges how robots replacing human for their jobs is similar to the industrial revolution in the 1800s. As Kelly supports this claim by providing the abilities a robot has, he predicts automation will replace…

These journalists, or Muckrakers as they were more commonly known as, worked to expose abuses of corporate power, and helped to gather public support for regulation and reform during the Progressive Era. These Muckrakers, such as Ida Tarbell and Upton Sinclair, worked…

The tactics used in the video Did an FBI Sting Operation in Vegas Cross the Line? (CBS, 2014) and the article Who’s the Predator? (Rogers & Stone, n.d.) represent the future of catching criminals in two ways. First it shows how using modern technology can help catch criminals. Almost everyone depends on the internet for communication. That is why the FBI agents who turned off the internet to the room of the illegal gamblers in Las Vegas were able to gain fast and easy access. The criminals…

Muckraker was a term to describe journalists who wrote about the corrupt side of business and public life in magazines during the early 20th century. During the Progressive Era they were especially important. The journalists investigated and brought light to bad things and wrong-doing going on with businesses and life. One muckraker who was significant to the Progressive Era was Upton Sinclair who wrote the book "The Jungle" in 1906. He began research for his novel and investigated human…

The Effects of Media Social media is something that has been around for ages despite what we think. Whether it be the newspaper, the radio, or the television, media has influenced us to think and act a certain way. How does the media do just that though? Media is a powerful influence on almost every aspect of our lives. With social media partaking in people 's lives everyday it specifically affects humans vision of War, global warming controversy, and politics. War is such a controversial event…