Journalism & Democracy SP 2012

Watergate - In June of 1972, a break-in occurred at the Democratic National Committee offices in Washington D.C. The building that was broken into was called the Water...

Vietnam: The Reality Show - The 1900’s are strongly known as an era of industrialization for our country. Technology skyrocketed, providing us with new inventions and modern lifest...

'Woodstein' Expose Watergate - Bob Woodward brings the 'wood' Carl Bernstein adds some 'stein' The Watergate scandal is undoubtedly the biggest abuse of power in the history of U.S....

- Everyday crime and corruption goes on in or world. It is so expected now that we have almost come accustomed to it like it is apart of life. One thing we n...

Why I Chose Chapter 14: Rush Limbaugh - I'm tired of these people on TV and radio who provide no basis for their arguments. Their goals isn't to inform, but try to swing people to their side, th...

Television News Takes a Stand In The Civil Rights Movement - Chapter 11 of Roger Streitmatter’s, Mightier Than The Sword, focuses on the Civil Rights Movement and TV news’ outstanding impact on social change. I reall...

Watching the Vietnam War from up close - In 1963 Americas way in which they gathered information was changed forever. People were now watching the news on televisions rather than reading the news on...

Watergate Scandal - The American people are taught to rely and trust on the leaders of their nation; to keep them safe and make decisions based on whats best for them. When a ...

Never gonna be the same! - http://spitfiremurphy.wordpress.com/2011/09/11/911-ten-years-later/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMiqEUBux3o&feature=player_embedded Just yesterday my ...

The All American Heros - Robert Streitmatter once again goes into political corruption with his chapter on the Watergate scandal which showed that even the most powerful figure in...

An Unwinnable War - Image: 'Message to and from Obama' http://www.flickr.com/photos/88978189@N00/2555770034 "The Horror... The Horror!" proclaims *Colonel Kurtz* in the infa...

With War Comes Social Change! - http://bit.ly/CLrZ We were all taught about World War II in history class, where the majority of the attention was placed on events such as Pearl Harbor,...

Land of the Free, Home of the Brave - *"Freedom itself was attacked this morning, and freedom will be defended" * -George W. Bush http://nycaviation.com/newspage/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/9-1...

- *Pushing The Civil Rights Movement Onto The National Agenda* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_rights_movement By the late 1950s slavery had been outlawe...

TV's Finest Hour - When a person is in a position of authority, they hold a certain amount of influence and power over a common civilian. Sadly, some authority figures have ...

- From Could Not to Please Do Women Joining the Workforce ...

- Many people think that the KKK was formed as a hate group that went around killing African Americans, Immigrants and Jewish people. But in reality the KKK ...

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"Ku Klux Klan" - [Trevor Griffey, "The Ku Klux Klan In Washington State, 1920s," *Seattle Civil Rights & Labor History Project,* http://depts.washington.edu/civilr/kkk_...

The Fight Against the Ku Klux Klan - “Defying the Ku Klux Klan”- Although this is a very difficult topic to discuss for most people due to the sensitivity of this topic, I enjoy challenging...

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- Father Coughlin blame game Father Coughlin blame the jews basic everything that want wrong USA they blame for ecomomic problems the wars and everything els...

Project 1 desription - Thursday April 12, 2012 After reading the description of this first blog post, I have decided to write my first blog project on the second chapter titled "A...

Let My People Go! - After reading the first four chapters in 'Mightier Than The Sword', I have decided to focus on Abolition: Turning America’s Conscience against the Sins o...

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