In 300 words or more, write a posting onto your blog on a news item that is interesting to you and examine it from at least two opposing viewpoints. Please describe your opinion on the subject. Post the blog by 11:59 pm on Tuesday, November 24.
The news item that was presented in class was a huge eye opener. If it was pointed out in class, I would have never noticed the difference in scenery. They made the viewers believe what they put together and tried to make their point have a better argument in supporting it with some concrete details. Too bad they got caught on their trickery and apologized for it. Even though they apologized for it they made a "smart a**" remark about the people who put a complaint against it, which I thought was pretty immature. At first when I was watching the segment I was more focused on what I saw and only paying attention to the headline and what was being said often. I based my opinion on the segment based on the footage because I wasn't interested and the speaker's did not really grab my attention. Once the different sceneries were pointed out, that's when i realized the segment did have some "fishy" stuff going around. If it's those minor details that you lack to notice change the whole story or even make the story false then it shows how much most busy americans don't pay attention and how most of our societies views can be mainly based upon lies that they go a wrong impression of a certain subject. If I was a critical thinker and was on my toes like that I could of probably questioned things like that, But since I wasn't really absorbing everything they were saying and on auto-pilot while watching the news segment I got that wrong impression that everyone got, and how the group they were supporting looked like they were true to their word when in reality they "mistakenly" mis-inputted the wrong footage at that same exact time where it would fit. Being a critical thinker would open the eyes of most people and even get people to start asking more questions to our government!
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