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Imagine tuning in on Monday night with your family to watch your son’s favorite movie: David and Bathsheba. Your spouse gets up during a commercial to grab water, when a commercial featuring a young girl in a field comes on. You watch in dismay as that young toddler witnesses a nuclear explosion. “Lyndon B. Johnson’s Daisy Girl” opens on a shot of a girl in a field picking daisy petals. A voice begins counting down from ten, and suddenly there is a nuclear explosion. Johnson comes on to say, “To…

Imagine yourself in a particular situation for a moment. You’re living in a modern day teen’s shoes. Coincidentally, today is the big football championship you’ve been waiting to play for, and you’re the star player on the school team, with this being the final game. You feel a bit nervous but nevertheless confident to win the game for your team because this game could decide your football career. However, you’re sitting at home, waiting for a ride from your parents, all the while nervously…

by machines, where the outcome can be decided by the evidence of a camera. Leaving fans, players, and teams wondering what might have been if the call was left alone. ("Upon further review: Instant replay takes away from immediacy of sport - NBC Sports | NBC Sports," n.d.) When we look back on the evolution of instant replay, we can see the many games and lives it has changed based on the outcome of entire seasons of sporting events. Perhaps a team might not have won without a call being…

When a regular viewer tunes in the hit comedy show, Saturday Night Live, what might they examine on their screen? A viewer would be watching a comedy show with primarily young white men, some white women, and very few African Americans. There is a problem with the low levels of diversity within Saturday Night Live, otherwise called SNL. Since the show’s beginning, Saturday Night Live has had a very long history with not displaying actors from a variety of races and backgrounds. I, Hannah Rabitoy…

Annotated Bibliography "Teen Driving Statistics." Auto and Homeowners Insurance Information for Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, Wyoming. N.p., n.d. This site is created by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. It shows that motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death among 15 to 20 years old. It was also proven that after some laws being passed against teenage driving, it lowered the crash rates. Distraction was a main factor of the crashes. 60% of all teen crashes were caused by…

As the July 15 deadline draws near, Dez Bryant, his agents, and Dallas Cowboys executives resume contract negotiations to try and get the wide receiver to start for the team in September. Held this week at the Cowboy’s team facility, it was the first time in almost four months that both parties have met in person to discuss the 26-year-old’s financial and playing future in Dallas, as per ESPN. The former Oklahoma State standout still has yet to sign the $12.8 million franchise tender offered…

Some visitors say "Yes he will" others say "No won't". It is both answers but at the same time not. Biden has delayed this decision for quite some time now. There have been many reports contradicting each other throughout the big networks such as, NBC, Politico, the New York Times, etc. None of which gets us closer to the answer. Milbank feels as though Biden will ultimately decide not to…

The main focus of my research paper will be cold cases and unsolved crime. I will mainly focus on cold cases and unsolved crime in the United States. Ultimately, this topic interests me because growing up I watched a lot of the news and most nights I would be interested by the crime or investigation segments on the television. It would fascinate me how the new reporters could talks weeks about a certain crime that was still trying to be solved or that was never solved and it went cold.…

Yesterday afternoon, the network announced its decision to revive The Gong Show. ABC has ordered ten episodes of the once (in)famously iconoclastic and controversial talent game show and the new version will be hosted and executive produced by actor and comedian Will Arnett. Arnett will serve as executive producers alongside Evan Prager, Jesse Ignjatovic and Peter Principato, and Jared Morell, Jordan Barrow and Marc Forman will co-executive produce. The Gong Show will be produced by Electric…

As time progresses, media has been gaining more influence on our daily lives and opinions, but it has been starting to disseminate the facts and information about key topics. Since a lot of people rely on the media for information, it causes them to see an event from only one viewpoint, which causes their opinion to sway. One case of this, involving a current event, is when the media reported Trump’s decision to rescind the DACA, which is a policy that protects certain undocumented immigrants to…