or not the New York Times v. Sullivan case went too far in establishing actual malice as a requirement where public officials are concerned. The case officially ruled that a public official must showcase proof against the libel. In this discussion, I would have to take the side of the two individuals who argued for this statement. An important point one of them brought up was the fact that the case exemplified the tort of defamation. The original article published from the New York Times…
poem depicting the bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church in 1963. Several differences arise when comparing the poem to the historical account of Claude Sitton, “Birmingham Bomb Kills 4 Negro girls in Church; Riots Flare; 2 Boys Slain” in the New York Times. The poem, “The Ballad of Birmingham”, written by Dudley Randall, changes events, details of the girls killed, information of their mothers, and the voice’s point of view to elicit empathy, involve the reader emotionally, and demonstrate…
Helen Keller Disabled Rights Fighter Symbol of triumph, enthusiastic, and overachiever are three words that people think of in connection to Helen Keller. Many people know Helen Keller as a blind and deaf women, but she was so much more. As a member of the American Foundation for the Blind, Helen Keller showed the world that through determination, persistence, and positivity anyone can accomplish more than the usual. She left a legacy as a mute equal rights fighter. Many people did not…
annoying. It happens every day. Why do they always have to be on their phones? ” These are the normal wonders of every morning when trying to leave for class. The guys of the Fraternity are always too busy doing their normal stuff to be able to get out on time. They are always on their phones and sleepy from their gaming experiences that somehow ended up lasting the entire night. When they get to the car, they all try to find the door handle while still staring at their phones. When they finally…
developing a way to keep the data up to date. As Mr. Rosenbush says, “For years, companies have been using digital technology to make their operations more efficient. With the rise of big data, they can capture much more information from a wealth of new sources as it happens” this means that as the big data rises, the more useful it becomes” (5). He also mentions that the big data is very useful tool for marketing. The use of the big data makes the hiring process a lot easier for the CEOs as…
Sadness in the Working Class” clarifies a portion of the unfairness that the working class is subjected to in today’s society. David Brooks’ essay was published on September 20th, 2016 in The New York Times in the Opinion section. The New York Times is a highly-respected newspaper site which delivers “high quality news and information” (“Standards and Ethics”). Brooks starts off his essay by including an anecdote about a working class man from Kentucky who has spent most of his life working,…
lives, education is one of the biggest things that technological advances have changed the way we use to do it. As new generations become increasingly dependent to Technology impacts their life’s, they way that they learn is affected as well. This situation is being address by two genres that show the effect of technology in the classroom. The first one is Matt Ritchel’s New York Times article, “Technology Changing How Students Learn, Teachers Say”. This article is about of the opinion held by…
In today’s society journalists and editors play a large role in providing the public with credible information; however when it comes to photographs, when does the public know if they are saying the truth? At this moment in time it’s very easy for journalists and editors to manipulate pictures and images which rises speculations among the people. Manipulating an image or photo has plenty of ethical issues which are that people can lose their trust in the journalists/editors and lose credibility…
After the signing of the Constitution, the role of the press increased as time went on. It became easier for citizens to get information because technology was advancing. The printing press had already been invented but there were advancements made to make the machine more efficient. It became power driven making it easier to print more in a smaller amount of time. Offset printing became popular for books and magazines so that they could be in color. By 1950, the internet came along and…
USA Today captured an unmet need in the market for professionals, students and households that had not been tapped until Gannett seized the opportunity in the 80’s. He reached a segment of the market where readers were in a time crunch to obtain news and relevant consumer information in an expedited convenient manner. He met unmet needs where people were not happy about flipping from page to page to continue the article of interest, so he kept the articles to a single page with the only…