Wednesday, May 24 Blog Post
My Article
In this article it talks about the United State's opinion on Donald Trump. More specifically, his recent meeting with the Pope. The author says, "You either love him or you hate him. And you see absolutely everything through that love-or-hate-Trump lens. If you hate him, you are ready to believe every negative thing on the Internet that even touches him. If you love him, you see only the positives." During his meeting with Pope Francis the media got many pictures of Trump and the Pope together. But only two of them were really focused on. One of them was taken when Ivanka, Melania, and the Pope were all looking a little melancholy but Trump had a big grin on his face. This picture was absorbed by all of the "Trump-haters" and was used to claim that the Pope didn't like his meeting with Trump. Another picture that was taken of Pope Francis and Trump shows the two getting along quite well and smiling at each other. This picture was used in opposite of the first and showed how well the two were getting along and that the Pope enjoyed Trumps company. The author then goes on to say that living in a society where we "cherrypick" the news to make our side of the argument stronger means that we are not in a good place.
This relates to Ap Government because it shows the medias coverage of politics. In class we have talked about how the media covers certain issues and what kind of things the media covers. We have also talked about how the media acts as a gate keeper; in which publishers can choose what subjects they would like report.
I think that this is a real issue in this day and age. Since the media controls almost the entire populations source of information, they have a massive amount of influence. If we can't trust the media to give us all of the facts and not just show us something to help their side, then I think we should do something to fix that. If the government is doing something illegally or they are violating someones rights, instead of someone who supports the government explaining to me why it was ok, we need someone to explain what happened and what they are going to do to fix it.
Wednesday, May 24, 2017
Wednesday, May 17, 2017
Wednesday, May 17
Wednesday, May 17: Blog Post Tenneyson Wnek
My article
In this article it talks about ISIS and how they are developing chemical weapons. In the article it states that ISIS is bringing in experts from Syria and Iraq to develop chemical weapons. The "chemical weapons cell" is located in an ISIS-controlled area of Syria, in the Euphrates river valley, near the town of al Qaim, just across the Iraqi border. US officials have stated that this location has sparked US military intelligence interest because ISIS leader Abu Bakr al Baghdadi could be hiding out some where nearby. The article also states that the area now considered the "de facto" capital of ISIS because the previous capital, Raqqa, is under high military pressure. Officials are still making it very important to secure Raqqa because it remains an important military objective to defeat ISIS. US defense officials have noticed that much of the leaders of ISIS have been dispersing out of the city of Raqqa into towns near the Euphrates river valley.
This relates to Ap Government because we have talked about foreign relations very much. We have also talked about what Congress and the Presidents duties are with topics like this. Congress sets the budget on military spending and the President make most of the key decision on deploying troops and treaties which are approved by Congress.
I think that as a nation we are doing the right thing by protecting Syrians and the surrounding countries from ISIS. I think we are also protecting our own nation as well. But I would agree with some people that we have been in this war for too long. I feel like we haven't gained much of anything and this war has been somewhat useless. I feel like no matter what we do, there will always be Islamic extremists in the world. But if Syria doesn't have the money or military to defend themselves from ISIS control, then we have to do something to keep them from taking over. I think its not just our duty to help Syria fight ISIS, it's every countries duty. Because if they get control over all of the middle-east (worst case scenario) then everyone will be affected and the countries of this world will be at war with each other.
My article
In this article it talks about ISIS and how they are developing chemical weapons. In the article it states that ISIS is bringing in experts from Syria and Iraq to develop chemical weapons. The "chemical weapons cell" is located in an ISIS-controlled area of Syria, in the Euphrates river valley, near the town of al Qaim, just across the Iraqi border. US officials have stated that this location has sparked US military intelligence interest because ISIS leader Abu Bakr al Baghdadi could be hiding out some where nearby. The article also states that the area now considered the "de facto" capital of ISIS because the previous capital, Raqqa, is under high military pressure. Officials are still making it very important to secure Raqqa because it remains an important military objective to defeat ISIS. US defense officials have noticed that much of the leaders of ISIS have been dispersing out of the city of Raqqa into towns near the Euphrates river valley.
This relates to Ap Government because we have talked about foreign relations very much. We have also talked about what Congress and the Presidents duties are with topics like this. Congress sets the budget on military spending and the President make most of the key decision on deploying troops and treaties which are approved by Congress.
I think that as a nation we are doing the right thing by protecting Syrians and the surrounding countries from ISIS. I think we are also protecting our own nation as well. But I would agree with some people that we have been in this war for too long. I feel like we haven't gained much of anything and this war has been somewhat useless. I feel like no matter what we do, there will always be Islamic extremists in the world. But if Syria doesn't have the money or military to defend themselves from ISIS control, then we have to do something to keep them from taking over. I think its not just our duty to help Syria fight ISIS, it's every countries duty. Because if they get control over all of the middle-east (worst case scenario) then everyone will be affected and the countries of this world will be at war with each other.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)