Melania Trump

Michel Martin is an American journalist who currently works for the National Public Radio. She has received various awards including the Joan Barone Award for Excellence and the Candace Award. Her lecture was meant to discuss the ramifications of last year’s political election on public culture, and how to seek out civil communication. One Gallup poll she referenced was the increase from 53% to 70% in Americans favorability towards Muslims in just the last year. This can be attributed to many…

In a recent New York Times article, It’s Not Just About the Tacos, author Lawrence Downes aims to expose the roots of anti-immigration policy that has been a huge focus of the 2016 presidential campaign. It is no secret that Donald Trump has developed a zero-tolerance policy for undocumented migration into the United States, going as far as proposing the “building of a wall” to prevent the influx of our neighbors to the south. Trump’s relentless immigrant-expulsion plan has sparked great…

Before reading the articles I think the issue media bias will be a controversial topic. The articles appear to be op-ed pieces and their commentary will be directed towards the republican nominee political candidate Donald Trump. The first piece: The Mystery of Trump, Partially Explained, by Paul Berman gives the reader an idea of the current state of journalism. Paul Berman begins with a series of rhetorical questions, wondering how they failed to see this campaign coming and how America could…

Donald Trump ran a campaign on “shaking” up American politics and changing the status quo. Trump’s rise to success and eventual presidency was a byproduct of his tumultuous relationship with the news media to which he often described as “fake news”. Public perception was a key component to the presidential election which included many headlines. President Trump has continued his attack on the media and its perceived “authenticity” which he continues to call into question. In today’s day and age…

Boston Is Our Home "I don't feel comfortable walking through my own city," said a Muslim women. (This Is What It's Like to Be a Muslim in Boston Right Now) After the 9/11 and Boston Bombing Muslims were appointed as the culprits and the reason why it happened. Ever since, the Muslim community hasn’t felt safe leaving their home. That day many thought it was safer to stay home. (This Is What It's Like to Be a Muslim in Boston Right Now) Boston has many problems it needs to solve, one of them is…

article informs its reader about a comment passed by Donald Trump to a crowd of his followers, a day before the South Carolina GOP primary. In his statement, the Republican candidate said, “Apple ought to give the security for that phone, OK. What I think you ought to do is boycott Apple until such a time as they give that security number. How do you like that? I just thought of it. Boycott Apple.” As one can surmise from the quote, Trump is not in agreement with the Apple company. The article…

was for or against she mostly bad talked Donald Trump or made herself look like the better choice (pumped herself up). I understand that it is a presidential election, a lot at stake, bashing the other candidate is what they do, but to have abandoned all your morals, is concerning, I just hoped because she was the first women ever to be elected by any political…

What if a person was reading an article and believed it and, later found out it was fake? Fake news can persuade people into believing something that is true but, really it’s fake. Also fake news changes the mind of american society because some websites want you to believe what they think. Fake news does have a very big impact on american society. Fake news can persuade the american voters into who they wanted for the new president. In the Article “Fake news, once satirical and sketchy, is…

controversial is the idea presented by the leading Republican candidate Donald J. Trump, his idea is to build a great wall to span the entire border between Mexico and the United States. His reasoning is that this wall will help stop the flow of illegal immigrants coming into our country and stop them from taking our jobs, tax money, and stop crime. Although this idea is not a new one, look to the George W. Bush’s Secure Fence Act, Trump poll number are soaring at the idea of this wall being…

You can’t look at America as a single person or body, it is a heterogeneous mixture of people, ethnicities, wealth, and backgrounds. There isn’t a blue America, and there isn’t a red America, there’s so many different pockets and groups that can influence demographics and elections. So really no one is living in the same country as anyone else, everyone has different lives and experiences that influence their decisions. People who voted for Hillary Clinton saw the world much differently than…