This has been a busy week for news agencies. There are a couple of things that occurred throughout the week that I would like to discuss. The first being the recent fake terrorist attacks that President Trump and his administration continue to produce. I don’t even know how to react, I am seriously starting to question exactly how much research and thought is put into our president's speeches. Having something like this happen once should be an embarrassment, allowing it to happen three times makes this administration look like a circus. At first it was the bowling green massacre, followed by the alleged terrorist attacks in Atlanta, and now the Sweden terrorist attack. This is simply unacceptable and needs to be addressed. For those who don’t realize, these comments were made to make a point. Lying and making up fake attacks to push your narrative can spiral out of control very quickly. Going around criticizing the media on fake news, and then spilling an unprecedented amount to the public is hypocritical. As if this wasn’t ridiculous enough, his explanation on how this misinformation came to be was even more embarrassing. You would think that the president of the United States would be the last person on earth to require an intelligence briefing from FOX news. However it seems this is his primary source for information. He admitted that he got his information from a story that was developing on FOX news. Furthermore, the piece he was referring to was not even talking about terrorist attacks, it was a piece on Sweden refuges and an increase of the rape rates. The next story I want to discuss are the recent media band from the whitehouse. It appears that in the latest press briefing, a couple of news organizations were barred from entering. These include CNN, BBC, The New York Times, and The LA Times. I believe this is a serious blow to our democracy and a huge concern when it comes to the freedom of the press. Cherry picking which news outlets can cover the white house press briefings is a major step in the wrong direction. Furthermore, how can you ban the BBC, and still allow news outlets like Breitbart to attend? This is the news site that came up with the story of there being a supposed couple of million illegal voters in the U.S.. My point is, if you’re trying to ban the news outlets which you consider “fake news” you should at least ban both the left and right leaning ones.
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I don’t usually like getting into politics, but these weekly blogs and Trumps weekly material give me no choice. Once again Trump has been on the news and once again he is caught doing something which is probably illegal. This may not be the biggest story of the week but it is one of the more interesting ones. It seems that the designer fashion store chain Nordstrom has dropped Ivanka Trump’s clothing line. Normally I doubt anyone would even notice this but, after president Trump tweeted about it a couple days ago it seems the whole nation is aware at this point. This begs the question, is this illegal? Should the president be able to tweet about business decisions taken against his family? For those not aware president Trump tweeted “My daughter Ivanka has been treated so unfairly by Nordstrom. She is a great person -- always pushing me to do the right thing! Terrible!”. Nordstrom has given an explanation for dropping Ivanka’s brand, it was simply was not selling too well. Whether this is true or not should not matter. Now i’m no lawyer but, i’m almost positive the president of the United States is not allowed to publicly support a family business. This tweet was stupid enough but, the Trump administration couldn’t let it go. In a recent interview with Kellyanne Conway, she is seen preaching to Fox news about the scandal. She says and I quote, “...go buy Ivanka’s stuff I hate shopping and i’m going to go get some for myself today”. It’s becoming embarrassing at this point, it sounds like she is selling a commercial to our nation. The Trump administration seems to act more childish every week, how are we supposed to maintain the title of “Leaders of the free world” when our president and his administration whine over the smallest scandal, especially when it is illegal. I know some people might bring up Jimmy Carter and his brother, however I don’t think you can even compare them. Jimmy Carter never publicly advertised his brothers business, in fact it was the opposite. Billy Carter did his own advertising, he knew that he could get some recognition thanks to his sibling and so he traveled the country advertising his own beer by himself. I think the events that have taken place this past week are a disgrace to our democracy and most importantly our image as a leading nation.So this week I have been thinking about some pretty controversial topics, specifically the “muslim ban” that every news outlet has been mentioning. I have been thinking hard about what it means to be a racist and what is just an exaggeration. I know it sounds silly but at this point i’ve heard so many accusation of racism over the most petty things that it has become a real problem for me to gauge these articles without reading multiple ones with opposing views. With Trump taking office it seems there’s breaking news every couple of hours around the clock. The latest decision that has caused an outcry and probably rightly so has been his latest “muslim ban”. Although I don’t necessarily see it as a muslim ban since everyone from those seven countries are banned, not only muslims and there are other countries such as Saudi Arabia with muslim majority which are not banned. I do not agree with this ban, however I don’t think that spreading misleading information or naming it something is not is helping anyone. Besides that though I completely disagree with the ban he implemented. I think it’s unethical to bomb a country for months on end and then tell the very civilians whose homes have been destroyed that they can no longer enter the United States. I believe this only creates a circle of hatred that only fans the flames of terrorism. I think this ban does more harm than good, especially when you consider that most of the last couple of terrorists that have attacked the U.S. have been been born in the U.S.. Next although it’s seems completely unrelated, I am very disappointed with the riots that have recently occurred in UC Berkeley. What ever happened to freedom of speech and constructive arguments? It’s a shame that this small minority is tainting the left and giving liberals a bad name. To quote Tyrion Lannister, “When you tear out man’s tongue, you are not proving him a liar; you’re only telling the world that you fear what he might say.”. If you really hate what Milo has to say and you disagree with it with all your heart, then the worst thing you can do is try and silence him. These protesters are just giving him more coverage and exposure. This shouldn’t have to be said, but at no point does silencing your opponent win you the battle in fact it does the exact opposite. Universities are not meant to be some kind of safe space, they are meant to be a place of learning, a place where your ideas and ideals are challenged. I really disagree with these new notions about “safe spaces”, if you don’t want your ideas challenged you should just stay at home, I don’t think college is for you. |
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