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BLOG #22 FINAL BLOG The outbreak of COVID-19 within the United States’ territories is the root cause of spiking protests and the increase in gun ownership among Americans. However, this is a mere cover-up of the injustices occurring to the minority people by the United States government and its media. According to the June 17, 2020 article, How Covid-19 is changing the gun debate by Rashawn Ray and Rebecca Shankman, the Americans protested to inform the government to reopen the economy sanctioned shutdowns by states fully. The citizens perceived the imposed quarantine and lockdowns, a violation of their freedom. In passing out their anger to the government, the Americans stormed into the streets with pipe wrenches and assault weapons. Therefore, according to the 1st and 2nd Amendment rights, they are right to express their frustrations by protesting with pipe wrenches and assault weapons. On the contrary, the government perceived these actions against the law and those affected as vic...
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BLOG # 21 Matt Gaetz’s allegiance to Donald Trump put him in the middle of a federal investigation into sex trafficking allegations. These are grave allegations that would cost him his career, and he may even face jail time. The media had to get to the bottom of the matter and uncover all the information related to this case, including the people involved. The article by CNN talks about how Donald Trump denied a meeting with Matt Gaetz (CNN, 2021). CNN uses a statement from two people saying that Gaetz tried to schedule a meeting with Former President Trump, but he was denied (CNN, 2021). They use this statement to conclude that Gaetz finds himself isolated from the looming scandal that might end his career and destroy his reputation. However, Gaetz spokesman, Harlan Hill, stated to CNN saying that Gaetz did not request any meeting with Trump because he is relaxing during this recess (CNN, 2021). CNN covered the story from both perspectives, i.e., the statement by the two people close...
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Blog # 20 The decision by the MLB to move the All-Star game out of Georgia is a surprise. However, this decision is in line with a commitment the league made to the non-partisan Civic Alliance in 2020. Major League Baseball became the first organization to join part the Alliance. The Alliance exists to avert voter discrimination and hold every American dear's rights. There is a divide on this move. Unfortunately, or naturally, it is along political lines. The media has done an excellent job of covering both sides of the conversation. On the one hand, media houses have brought out the distaste expressed by Republican leaders and Republican leaders in Georgia. The governor of Georgia Kemp says that they will not condone bullying and do not support this decision (Young, 2021). Most media houses account for the Democrat side, With ESPN mentioning responses from The President of the United States Joe Biden and his support for the decision. It also says former President Barrack Obama...
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Blog #19 The article covers the case of a former US Special Operations Command under investigation for posting a controversial post on his Facebook account. In the post, Richard Torres-Estrada posted a picture that portrayed US President Donald Trump as Adolf Hitler. The image of Donald Trump holding a bible was taken in front of a church near the white house, but it was exaggerated by comparing Donald Trump to Adolf Hitler with a multitude of the audience giving back a Nazi salute. CNN has covered Richard Torres-Estrada's case from the date of posting, work position, and incurred consequences highlighting the issues' magnitude. CNN coverage seeks to alert people on the damages one is likely to incur for posting politically inappropriate and sensitive posts. The social media hype may lure people; however, dire consequences lie low, and why they catch up, most people are at risk of missing and losing desired posts and jobs. CNN has emphasized the issue by listing other person...
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Blog #18 Mass media creates awareness and informs individuals concerning various matters of national and global interest. The Biden administration recently extended the relief on student loan interest and collections to approximately more than a million default borrowers on loans advanced by private lenders. The move protects about eight-hundred thousand borrowers whose tax refunds are at risk of seizure. The relief also covers loans advanced through the Federal Family Education Loan Program but does not apply to non-default borrowers. Additionally, Biden rejected calls to use his executive authority to waive $50000 in federal student loan debt on each borrower. He, however, supported the cancellation of $10000 on every borrower. Therefore, the paper provides a brief insight concerning how the mass media covered the matter. Firstly, it is worth noting that the policy change was an important national issue, and it received extensive media coverage proportional to its weight. For examp...
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BLOG # 17 America is perceived as one of the countries whose democracy has advanced over the years with its media coverage getting viewed as one of the most independent globally. Judging by how the American media makes its reporting, at times it could be argued that the reporting cling towards a particular dimension of the American major political divides. Based on the last campaigns, President Biden was one of the most fierce critics of President Trump. He saw the former President as a person who was not willing to engage in bilateral ties and was, therefore, keen to isolate America from the world. As such, it was expected that upon ascending to the presidency after a somewhat controversial slim victory against President Trump, he would make more bilateral engagements and agreements with nations that were willing to be friends with the United States, China being one of them. The situation has, however, remained the same even with his presidency. He has continued with the mainte...
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BLOG # 16 Media by itself is a tool that plays an essential role whose function is not just to inform but also to posit the kind of advancement a nation and its democracy has achieved. The U.S. media, even though, was affected by allegations of taking sides, particularly during President’s Trump era. More of concern was the allegation about CNN being primarily linked to the Democratic party and Fox News also getting linked with the president-led Party and the time. While this view made some sense at the time of President Trump’s tenure, things changed when President Biden acquired a slim win against President Trump and, more fundamentally, the events at the Capitol that saw the American media uniting and making what could be described as one of the most serious coverages on something that threatened the American Democracy. With the view of Trump’s article, one agreeable premise is that it acquired a media coverage that was proportional to the weight of the concern and the associated p...
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