FAKE NEWS:
The topic of what news is today is a very controversial subject between many. It is being stirred up because of the fact that Donald Trump seems to claim that many things that are said about him is "fake news". I personally do not watch much news because of this fact, you never know what is true. I have found myself in the past to believe many ideas portrayed in the media that ended up being completely false. Which led me to give up hope in believing what many people say. Today I see that more and more news articles are beginning to step outside the box and challenge our political leaders. There are still many cases where journalists are still deemed to follow what their publishers want and decide to not step outside of the box. When looking through multiple articles I found there to be a lot of more challenging articles than I thought. Obviously given the many angered U.S. citizens lately this makes more sense. Given the recent news about Trump wanting to removing the gender neutral bathroom there were many pieces written challenging his character and many others. I found one piece to stick out most to me because it was written through a young transgender opinion. He made claims of his feelings and the harm that is being done to those who are trans ever since Trump was elected into office. I think to have a journalist publish through a young boys perspective and challenge authority is that much more powerful.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/gavin-grimm-transgender-students-trump-administration_us_58ae0260e4b057efdce8b1de?section=us_education
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/gavin-grimm-transgender-students-trump-administration_us_58ae0260e4b057efdce8b1de?section=us_education
Hi Halee, I like the choice you made for which article you wanted to highlight. I agree that having a transgender journalist reporting on the issuse gives a much more powerful and meaningful impact on the subject than it would if the journalist was not transgender. I also agree that there seems to be more and more journalists these days who are starting to fight back and call attention to problems with our political leaders. Hopefully this trend continues and we get back to what journalism was meant to be in the first place.
ReplyDeleteGood post, Halee. I think the trans bathroom issue is largely understood by the public and by many in government as well. I think it is important to call out our government when it's policies undermine the emotional and physical well being of children, no matter who is in the White House. I was pleased to see a lot more "rogue" reporting then I have in the past in response to what's going on politically, specifically in regards to human rights.
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