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Top Stories:  Michael Cohen is resigned to going to prison to protect his family

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World:Reality Winner, ex-NSA contractor, says she regrets leaking Russian hacking docs

US: Aftershocks of cover-up accusation against Pope felt in Rome

Business:Papa John's scorches Papa John in 800-word response 

Technology:Google just launched the two-factor authenticator dongle you’ve been waiting for

Entertainment: Film Review: Five Stars for First Man




 Sports: The Yankees’ Red Sox fantasy is fading away



Science:  This ancient 'monster' galaxy should have destroyed itself



Health: Expecting mothers' opioid use may stunt kids' learning

Current Event Quiz 1

1. McGahn is 50 years old

2.  50,000 people attended the book festival in 2017

3. Aston will attempt to make 14,000 cars next year

4.  Austin and Lake Travis.

5. I would go to the "Slippery Clump" at Umlauf,  because the event will showcase sculptures in Umlauf's Sculpture Garden & Museum. Also the sculptor Shanie Tomassini will feature oversized sculptures and fountains, so I think I would be interested in sculptures that are oversized.


----LONG RESPONSES-----------
1.  Some people aren't allowed to renew their passports because they are believed to not be an American citizen. Even though some people have birth certificates that say they are born in U.S, the State Department says the U.S-Mexico border has significant amounts of citizenship fraud. Some people who are thought to be born in U.S could be illegal immigrants.

2. Juan was infuriated when his passport was not renewed. He says he served his country, U.S, and fought for the U.S on the condition that he wouldn't be a suspect for being an illegal immigrant.

3. The government checks if the suspect's birth certificate if it has been filed by a midwife or a birth attendee. If the suspect does have their certificate filed by a midwife or has two certificates, then they have to show more evidence that they were born in U.S.

4.  I think the people who have a certificate that is filed by a doctor or midwife that says they are born in U.S should go and register for their U.S Citizenship, because then when the people register (again) for a citizenship, then their citizenship will be legal and they will be treated as legal immigrants. The people wouldn't have to have their citizenship questioned every time they renew their passport and it decreases the amount of illegal immigrants coming to U.S.

Media Literacy

1.  3 sources that are mostly fact reporting news sources: Bloomberg, ABC News, Reuters.

2.  3  sources that are slant liberal: New Yorker, The Week, Vanity Fair

3.  3 sources that are slant conservative: The Hill, The Fiscal Times, Wall Street Journal

4.  2 liberal  sources that show extreme partisan bias: Palmer Report, David Wolfe

     2 conservative sources that show extreme partisan bias: Info Wars, TheBlaze

5.  Facts: a statement/ sentence(s) that is true

6.  Opinion: A person's view on a subject/ topic.

7.  Informed Opinion: A person's view on a subject but the person uses facts to support their idea or is familiar with the subject.

8.  I can search for the subject/topic I am writing for on the Bowie Website or on other websites talking about the topic.

9.  Students/ People who were involved with the story can give Informed Opinions.

10. Opinions can creep into my writing if I strongly believe my opinion to be as true as a unofficial fact.

11.  Words like "I believe-, I think-" can lead me into including an opinion in my writing.

12.  The First Amendment gives freedom of the press.

13. "Congress shall make no law... prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press..." -First Amendment

14. The purpose of journalism / media is to share events, issues, and people to the people so that people are informed of the current problems and can use the information in their life.

15.  The three headlines all show the fact that Trump's chairman Paul Manafort was found guilty of bank an tax fraud. Fox's headlines show the story as "10 mistrials", while others don't include Manafort's mistrials in the headlines.

16. Yes, the bias is evident to some media outlets that I saw, however, it could be that I don't recognize hidden bias in some news sources.

17. Fox News and Brietbart choose to cover other news on their front page and choose not to showcase the Paul Manafort story because the story reflects negatively the people that Fox News or Brietbart favor.

18. No. All media should be diverse but not too diverse to the point they spread false rumors. If all media treated stories the same then they all are the same, and all media would be very dull and boring.

19. Yes, because people will know that the media they are clicking on will have a certain bias, and the people won't misunderstand the information as the exact truth.

20. Yes. Just like interrogating people, it is best to get the story from more than one source, even if you dislike the way the news source displays its story.

21.  The media can accurately report a story if they write the truth with no deception and if there is more than one source telling the story. If all the media sources share a story, then the basic truth will be found.

News Values

4. Impact

The story is driven by Impact because the drought is an event that happened to Austin, and the effect is the water rules in Austin are stricter than usual.

Austin tightens water rules as drought intensifies
Found at the Austin American Statesman


7. Novelty

The story is driven by Novelty because it talks about the idea of building a luxurious race track, attracting people who have interests in luxury cars and racing.

Idea for track: Build supercar paradise
Found at the Austin American Statesman

3. Prominence

The story mainly shows Prominence because it talks about Scott Morrison, the next Prime Minister of Australia, telling people that he will heal Australia's Liberal Party. In other words the story shows Prominence because it talks about the promise a famous individual made to Australia.

Scott Morrison, Australia’s Next Prime Minister, Pledges to ‘Heal Our Party’
https://www.nytimes.com/

1. Timeliness

The story expresses Timeliness because it shows a tweet President Trump posted this Wednesday about attacks on white farmers, and how this new tweet was based on false claims.

Trump Cites False Claims of Widespread Attacks on White Farmers in South Africa
https://www.nytimes.com/

6. Human Interest

The story is driven by Human Interest because the article expresses how contractors that were heading to the Canadian embassy were injured because of a suicide bombing sue the Canadian Embassy due to how they were treated along the journey. The story views the contractors killed by the bombing as victims who could have been saved if they were treated with better protection from the Embassy.

 ‘They Treated Our Men Like Goats’: Guards in Afghan Blast Sue Employers and Canada
https://www.nytimes.com/

2. Proximity

The story is driven by Proximity because it tells of an event that happened in Yellowstone Park, near the Austin area.

Bear attacks and injures 10-Year-Old Boy in Yellowstone National Park

https://www.usatoday.com/videos/news/nation/2018/08/24/bear-attacks-and-injures-10-year-old-boy-yellowstone-national-park/37588989/

5. Conflict

This story is driven by Conflict because it talks about how Malaysia goes against China's ideas due to Malaysia's income.

‘We Cannot Afford This’: Malaysia Pushes Back Against China’s Vision
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/20/world/asia/china-malaysia.html?rref=collection%2Fspotlightcollection%2Fchina-reach

Welcome To My Blog

I took Journalism 1 because I wanted to explore my interests. I wanted to try out some electives to see if I would be interested in them and Journalism 1 was one of them. I felt like Journalism 1 would be a fun elective to try out, so that is why I chose it.