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Website 2: Fox News Website 3: The Guardian 3 things I read about: Paul is tired of speaking Canadians can be crazy bigots too Russia just..... aaaaahhhhhhhhhhh Why do we care? Well, for one Paul Ryan was like, third in line for the presidency. Which doesn't mean much since that was unlikely to ever happen but it shows how powerful he was. So that position changing hands is kinda insane. As for the Canadian thing, a man who shot and killed 6 people at a Mosque last year came out with the reason he did it and it was "“I was, like, sure that they were going to come and kill my parents also, and my family." So yeah he's scum. Nah, he's actually just diagnosed with depression and he thought that that meant people would kill him. So yeah, he's just nuts. As for Russia... aaaaahhhhhhhhhhh. The U.N. Secretary General said we're in a new cold war and I don't wanna be. It scares me. So yeah... that's it. The end. Spent about 10 minutes reading the Washington Post and another 10 doing the same on fox news
3 takeaways: 1. Starbucks is actually taking steps to avoid that kinda racist situation they had 2. Trump's SC nominee actually has morals. I was scared for a bit 3. Apparently the Koreas have Trumps "blessing" to try and end their war. So, the Starbucks situation that happened recently was... kinda bad. Like, really racist kinda bad. But you know what, they're actually taking appropriate steps to avoid it. Shutting down 8000 stores to educate their employees on what happened. And education is literally never a bad thing. As for the second story, Niel Gorsuch voted against his party lines. The fact that that's a noteworthy thing is kinda sad, but I mean... yay? I guess I was just expecting a Trump nominee to be loyal to Trump and support him in anything he puts forward, but Gorsuch actually saw that Trump's wording was super vague and called him out on it which is amazing. In his own words “Vague laws invite arbitrary power,” which I could not agree with more. So way to go Niel. And to wrap things up, Trump I guess sees himself as an authority over the Koreas cuz he felt the need to give them his "blessing" to continue talks of peace. Which I mean... cool? But why is that a necessary thing? I mean, South Korea is a big boy now, he doesn't need Trumps permission to talk to his neighbor. Idk, that just kinda irked me, but I'm very happy about the prospect of not getting nuked by North Korea, so I guess I won't complain. Kinda just stalked www.nytimes.com for 15 minutes
Oh geez was there some news lately. Like, some very potentially huge news. SO! 3 main takeaways from this news reading session. 1. The government isn't all powerful, and will listen to the people if they speak up 2. To quote Judge Jennifer G. Schecter "It is settled that the president of the United States has no immunity and is ‘subject to the laws’ for purely private acts." And not only is it possible, it'll probably happen. 3. Probs shouldn't trust Facebook Starting with the thing that I originally got curious about , the teacher's strike. This article did a really wonderful job of getting all the important information out in the first couple of paragraphs. It felt like everything it had to say was important too, so it avoided that feeling that you're just kinda wasting your time reading about stupid unimportant stuff. That handles the stylistic appreciation, lets quickly just discuss why I think this was important. To me, it feels sometimes like the government just has so much power over the every man, and it feels like there's nothing we can do about it unless we're extremely rich to buy influence. But the situation in West Virginia proves that people's voices will be heard if they just band together. It's kinda a beautiful (and super reassuring) thought. Also to quickly summarize the other two articles. The second one is more Trump scandals (because of course it was), but this one could potentially be an actual issue because according to the judge Trump could be called to defend himself for sexual harassment charges, which would be problematic cuz Pence. And the other one is that Facebook, with it's vast amounts of data on everyone, accidentally gave it to a company that has essentially sold it to politicians. It's super slimy and awful and come on Facebook. Not cool. So yeah lots of people are deleting Facebook now. Thus ends my blogging. Pretend this came out like, mid February. Bad News for the Gays:
https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/bermuda-s-gay-marriage-reversal-sparks-fears-others-may-follow-n849891 Timeliness: 8/10. Like this legit happened a couple weeks ago (although they kinda forgot to explain when it happened I had to hunt for the date). Consequence: 9/10. This affects like 12 couples in Bermuda, but it opens the door to more repeals later. Prominence: 6/10. It hella affects the gays, but that's about it. Proximity: 10/10. This hurts the LGBTQIA+ a lot, and I am extremely close to that community. Like a ton of my friends are gay/bi (like almost a really big amount it's kinda weird now that I think about it) so this makes me fear for them. Human Interest: 10/10. This is literally a thing that interests everyone. If you're on the left it's a huge loss (which gets clicks), and if you're on the right it's a big win. And now a new segment called "James Is Allowed To Be A Nerd, Shut Up" https://dotesports.com/overwatch/news/dallas-fuel-overwatch-cheering-twitch-21308 This article is super interesting to me, not just because the topic interests me (it does), and not just because it legitimizes eSports as a legitimate economic option. All of this is in addition to the fact that it's actually super well written. It follows the "upside down pyramid" format perfectly. Most important info in the headline, super effective NutGraph, and kinda random but still tangentially related info last. It's also very well written, at least for the target audience, and it shows a clear understanding of the subject matter. Overall, James likey. Website 1: www.washingtonpost.com
About 10 minutes Website 2: https://www.nytimes.com/ About 5 minutes Website 3: http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment.html About 10 minutes 3 things to remember: If you're having relation issues with other countries, then the Pope is likely not the best diplomat. Congress literally can't do anything even to save their countries government. The line between politics and entertainment is getting blurrier by the day because now we have House Minority Leaders judging drag queens. Style Notes: Because I'm a little late on this I can't find the actual article that I noticed this on, but the fact that it's been 2 weeks and I still remember it clearly, it is definitely worth noting. In one of the articles I read, I noticed that the author, whose name I cannot for the life of me remember because I'd love to give them credit for their work, wrote every single paragraph as it's own self contained thing. Now this may seem like a good thing, it makes it easy to stop at any point like you're supposed to do in journalism. But the problem is it had absolutely no flow. It felt like it stopped and started. And stopped and started. And stopped. And. Started. It was awful and I hated reading it and I'm going to do everything in my power to avoid doing anything like that. |
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