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The Public Interest Standard in Television Broadcasting | Benton Foundation - 2 views

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  • Federal oversight of all broadcasting has had two general goals: to foster the commercial development of the industry and to ensure that broadcasting serves the educational and informational needs of the American people.
  • Congress and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) have sometimes concluded that the broadcast marketplace by itself is not adequately serving public needs. Accordingly, numerous efforts have been undertaken over the past 70 years to encourage or require programming or airtime to enhance the electoral process, governance, political discourse, local community affairs, and education. Some initiatives have sought to help underserved audience-constituencies such as children, minorities, and individuals with disabilities.
  • As competition in the telecommunications marketplace becomes more acute and as the competitive dynamics of TV broadcasting change, the capacities of the free marketplace to serve public ends are being tested as never before.
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  • A recurring challenge for Congress and the FCC has been how to reconcile the competitive commercial pressures of broadcasting with the needs of a democracy when the two seem to be in conflict. This struggle was at the heart of the controversy that led to enactment of the Radio Act of 1927 and the Communications Act of 1934.(1)
  • Under the antiquated Radio Act of 1912, the Secretary of Commerce and Labor was authorized to issue radio licenses to citizens on request.(2) Because broadcast spectrum was so plentiful relative to demand, it was not considered necessary to empower the Secretary to deny radio licenses.
  • ongress expanded the deregulatory approach of the 1980s with its enactment of the Telecommunications Act.(38) Among other things, the Act extended the length of television broadcast licenses from 5 years to 8 years(39) and instituted new license renewal procedures that made it more difficult for competitors to compete for an existing broadcast license.(40) The Telecommunications Act also lifted limits on the number of stations that a single company could own, a rule that historically was intended to promote greater diversity in programming.(41)
  • From the beginning, broadcast regulation in the public interest has sought to meet certain basic needs of American politics and culture, over and above what the marketplace may or may not provide. It has sought to cultivate a more informed citizenry, greater democratic dialogue, diversity of expression, a more educated population, and more robust, culturally inclusive communities.
  • why public interest obligations have been seen as vital to broadcast television—and why a marketplace conception of free speech may meet many, but not all, needs of American democracy.
  • Opportunity for local self-expression. The development and use of local talent. Programs for children. Religious programs. Educational programs. Public affairs programs. Editorialization by licensees. Political broadcasts. Agricultural programs. News programs. Weather and market services. Sports programs. Service to minority groups. Entertainment programming.
  • The 1934 Act, which continues to be the charter for broadcast television, ratified a fundamental compromise by adopting two related provisions: a ban on "common carrier" regulation (sought by broadcasters) and a general requirement that broadcast licensees operate in the "public interest, convenience and necessity" (supported by Congress and various civic, educational, and religious groups).(3) The phrase was given no particular definition; some considered it necessary for the Federal Government's licensing powers to be considered constitutional.(4)
  • If a broadcast licensee airs an editorial that either endorses or opposes a legally qualified candidate, the licensee must notify all other candidates for that particular office within 24 hours, provide them with a script or tape, and offer them a "reasonable opportunity to respond through the use of the licensee's broadcast facilities.
  • the chief legal vehicle for citizens to gain direct access to the airwaves -- or hear diverse viewpoints on controversial public issues -- was the Fairness Doctrine. The principles behind the Fairness Doctrine were first expressed in 1929 in guidelines issued by the FRC, with regard to Great Lakes Broadcasting Co.(50) That Commission statement affirmed the need for broadcasters to serve a diverse public with well- rounded programming.
  • the FCC held in the Mayflower ruling in 1941 that a broadcast station could never editorialize because it would flout the public interest mandate that all sides of a controversial issue be fairly presented. Licensees, the FCC said, must present "all sides of important public questions fairly, objectively and without bias."(51)
  • For decades, the Fairness Doctrine was seen as a primary feature of the public interest standard.
  • In 1963, the FCC formally articulated the principle that the presentation of only one side of an issue during a sponsored program (such as an attack on the proposed Nuclear Test Ban Treaty) required free airtime for opposing views -- a rule known as the Cullman Doctrine.(59) Cigarette advertising, and later, controversial advertising in general, also became subject to the Fairness Doctrine.(60) In 1967 the Commission formalized its "personal attack rule" and political editorial policies in specific and specialized rules.(61)
  • Localism was one reason why Congress enacted the 1962 "all-channel" law -- a law that required that all television receivers be capable of receiving both VHF and UHF signals. The idea, according to a House committee report, was to "permit all communities of appreciable size to have at least one television station as an outlet for local self-expression."(77) With varying degrees of success, the FCC has also sought to promote locally originated programming through the Prime Time Access Rule (a rule that once limited networks to 3 hours of programming during primetime, but has since been repealed) and through policy statements that mention local news and public affairs programming as inherent to the public interest stan- dard.(78)
  • The bond between broadcasters and their local communities was given a new and stronger dimension in the 1960s as a result of United Church of Christ v. FCC.(79) In 1964, after the station owner of WLBT in Jackson, Mississippi, aired a program urging racial segregation but refused to air the views of civil rights activists or even to meet with them, the United Church of Christ and others petitioned for legal standing to challenge the renewal of WLBT's broadcast license. A Circuit Court ruling in 1966 held that citizens have the right to participate in the FCC license renewal process.
  • A primary objective and benefit of our Nation's system of regulation of television broadcasting is the local origination of programming. There is a substantial governmental interest in ensuring its continuation.
  • the Supreme Court in Turner Broadcasting v. FCC recognized Congress's rationale and upheld the must-carry rules as consistent with the First Amendment
  • The Telecommunications Act of 1996 encouraged the television industry to develop a voluntary ratings system that allows parents to assess the suitability of programming for their children.
  • Congress has recognized the public interest in expanding captioning access through two key legislative acts. The Television Decoder Circuitry Act (TDCA), passed in 1990, requires all television sets with screens 13 inches or larger manufactured or imported into the United States after July 1, 1993, to display closed captions through a "decoder chip" built into the sets.
  • kyrranielson on 29 Oct 14
     
    I think that if "broadcasters are meant to act as trustees for the public interest, then a corollary is that they must affirmatively present a wide diversity of perspectives." In my opinion, this is fantastic for all other means than politics. I think that both sides of an arguement should be presented publicly. I don't think that a Republican should just watch what the republican candidates are discussing but also look at the side of the Democrat to have a well-rounded political knowledge.
charlito_love

Scott Walker wins Wisconsin recall election - 1 views

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  • First-term Republican Gov. Scott Walker has survived the Wisconsin recall election, beating back a labor-backed effort to unseat him and again handing defeat to his Democratic challenger, 58-year-old Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett.
  • With 94 percent of the expected vote in, Walker led Barrett 54 percent to 45 percent.
  • the state remains divided
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  • the first governor in U.S. history to survive a recall election
  • the election is over, it's time to move Wisconsin forward."
  • bringing our state together will take some time, no doubt about it,
  • he planed to hold a meeting with the entire state legislature next week.
  • has doubled as a proxy fight over whether Republicans can push through spending cuts and confront organized labor - and live to tell about it.
  • I believe that in November voters across the country will demonstrate that they want the same in Washington, D.C.,
  • exit polls showed Barrett winning handily among union households, while Walker dominated among Tea Party voters. Walker also won by 9 points among independents. The polls showed Walker winning with men and those making more than $50,000, and Barrett winning among women and those making less than $50,000 per year.
  • candidates and outside groups spent in excess of $63 million on the recall election
  • Walker and his Republican allies spent $45.6 million on the race as of May 21, while Barrett and his allies have spent $17.9 million.
  • estimated 2.8 million people expected to cast ballots.
  • The Walker campaign said in response to the reports that "any accusation that our campaign is making those calls is categorically false and unfounded."
  • exit polls found that 52 percent of voters in Wisconsin approve of how Walker has handled the issue of collective bargaining, and 54 percent approve of how he has handled job creation. Fifty-two percent said they approved of the recent changes to state law that limits collective bargaining for government workers, while 47 percent disapproved of these changes.
  • favorable view of unions for government workers
  • 45 percent have an unfavorable opinion of these unions.
  • The Romney campaign said the former Massachusetts governor called Walker to congratulate him Tuesday evening.
  • Part of the disparity can be explained by the fact that Walker, as a sitting governor facing
  • isconsin law.
  • The rest of the spending in the race has been from outside ideological groups.
  • he newly-elected governor, who had defeated Barrett in the 2010 election, released a budget plan that proposed elimination of most public employee bargaining rights.
  • Wisconsin Senate Democrats even temporarily fled the state in an ultimately futile effort to keep Walker's plan from being passed.
  • recall elections are only appropriate for official misconduct.
  • Divide and conquer works."
  • Republicans called the race a test of whether they can push through the difficult reforms needed to deal with massive federal, state and local budget deficits.
  • exit polls found that Mr. Obama led Romney 51 percent to 44 percent among voters in the recall election.
  • The power of Wisconsin's progressive, grassroots tradition was clearly on display throughout the run up to this election and we will continue to work together to ensure a brighter future for Wisconsin's middle class.
  • Walker's victory suggests that the newly-legal unlimited spending by super PACs and other outside groups - which was unleashed by a pair of recent Supreme Court decisions, including Citizens United
  • his victory will elevate him to superstar status among conservatives and likely prompt talk of a future presidential run.
  • In a fourth state Senate recall election, Republicans were leading. If Democrats were able to triumph in any of the state senate elections, they would win a majority in the Wisconsin Senate and be able to block Walker's agenda even though he remains in office.
  • bennordpaskin on 25 Mar 15
     
    This is a news article concerning the attempted recall of Wisconsin governor Scott Walker. This article contrasts the idea that every legislative race, no matter how big or small, reflects politics on a national level. In this particular race, it is notable that parties argued as to wether or not this race was any indication as to the potential outcome of 2012 general elections, and whether or not it might have been possible for Mitt Romney to win the state of Wisconsin from Obama. Noted, the article makes reference to exit polls that indicated Obamas advantage in the state.
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  • paigedeleeuw on 25 Mar 15
     
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  • sebasgm on 25 Mar 15
     
    A summary of what happened during the election and the actions Walker took when faced with the recall.
  • bubb1erat on 23 Mar 16
     
    With a dominant 54%, Walker handily retained the governors office.
  • eleanorthorp on 23 Mar 16
     
    This article seems to favor Walker but gives the general idea of why he survived the recall
  • charlito_love on 24 Mar 16
     
    Walker wins recall this is important because republicans have said this was a test for walker and his political career, while on the other hand even though democrat president Obama won Wisconsin in 2008 earlier with a point lead.
kyrranielson

Same-Sex "Marriage" Is Not a Civil Right | The Center for Public Justice - 3 views

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  • constitutional principles of equal protection and equal treatment.
  • civil right of equal treatment cannot constitute social reality by declaration.
  • A homosexual relationship, regardless of how enduring it is as a bond of loving commitment, does not and cannot include sexual intercourse leading to pregnancy. Thus it is not marriage.
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      kyrranielson on 10 Oct 14
       
      I do not believe that this is true. Marriage isn't defined by your ability to reproduce.
  • A marriage and a homosexual relationship are two different kinds of relationships and it is a misuse of civil rights law to use that law to try to blot out the difference between two different kinds of things.
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      kyrranielson on 10 Oct 14
       
      There is no difference between a straight or homosexual relationship. You can't compare it to brothers and sisters living together or an eight year old wanting to get married. This is a civil rights issue because it is infringing on people's personal rights to enjoy the benefits of marriage.
  • The only thing that will change is that the law will mistakenly use the word "marriage" to refer to two different kinds of sexually intimate human relationships.
  • Judges and public officials will then be required to recognize as a marriage any sexually Intimate bond between two people who want to call themselves married.
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      kyrranielson on 10 Oct 14
       
      Judges are not being called upon to accept the idea of marriage between any individual that claims that. The only relationship that is asking to be recognizing is between two people of the same gender, nobody is asking them to allow brother and sister marriage or marriage between a 12 year old and a 20 year old. This is just a matter of mature relationships being recognized to the next level.
  • In that regard, the question of marriage is not about a civil right at all. It is about the nature of reality and interpretations of reality that precede the law.
  • the question of marriage is not first of all a religious matter in the sense in which most people use the word "religion."
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      kyrranielson on 10 Oct 14
       
      marriage is not a matter of religion, then why is it a standard of moralistic values that a man and a woman can be married but not homosexuals?
  • sebasgm on 10 Oct 14
     
    I agree with you Kyrra, it shouldn't be defined by your ability to reproduce. I also agree with the statement that marriage is a "civil matter, not a church affair." There is really no argument against the restrictions put on same-sex marriage being discriminatory and unconstitutional, hopefully society will soon come to understand this.
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  • Joanne Kim on 11 Oct 14
     
    I also agree with Kyrra and Sebastian and think this article is using ridiculous reasons to oppose same sex marriage. I think same sex marriage is not different from any other types of marriage, and therefore should be allowed.
  • paigedeleeuw on 11 Oct 14
     
    I completely agree with the statement that marriage is a civil matter rather than a church affair. I do not, however, believe that just because same-sex marriage cannot physically create pregnancy, it does not count as marriage. You are all right to say that this article is using absolutely ridiculous reasons to support their ideas on same-sex marriage. As Sebastian said, hopefully society will lessen their biased minds on the subject matter.
  • danielajallath on 18 Oct 16
     
    First, I was not very familiar with the legalities of this issue until I read this. To my surprise I realized how many factors went into the process of legalizing same-sex marriages. I agree with Kyrra's comments, which I think are on point. This issue is an example of how religion does tie into law at times. The Constitution does not point at any religion in specific. However, if in law marriage did not tie up to religion... What said that only a man and woman could be married and not same sex people? There was no one definition for this. At the end of the day, same-sex marriage was passed at a federal level. There cannot be any discrimination towards these individuals, or if there is then they are protected by the law. Going back to "Civil Rights", this law was passed in response to civil rights. How the law should not discriminate. Many of the excuses that this article uses of why same sex marriage is different are ridiculous in my opinion. Just like my older fellow classmates said marriage should not be based on wether a couple can procreate. In conclusion, its is 2016 and same sex marriages are legal, respected and protected against the law. So, justice was served!
kyrranielson

Fabulously Political: Narrowcasting - 4 views

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  • FOX News, which popularly narrowcasts notoriously conservative-directed news stories.
  • MSNBC is typically considered to be the directive of the liberal media.
  • advocating for more and more gun control and an assault weapons ban
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  • FOX News began running more stories that criticized the liberals for trying to take away Americans 2nd Amendment rights by taking away their guns.
  • CNN is typically considered to be more in the middle when it comes to a liberal or conservative slant,
  • With the lack of non-biased information, people selectively pick and choose information based on what they want to hear, creating individuals who are not well rounded.
  • Narrowcasting can lead to narrow minds which is very dangerous to a society.
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      kyrranielson on 29 Oct 14
       
      I believe Narrowcasting is effecting the nation not necessarily in a positive way. Since people have the choice to watch or listen to media that is biased towards their own opinions they will never hear the side of opposition. 
  • paigedeleeuw on 29 Oct 14
     
    It's crazy to think how much narrowcasting and broadcasting often go hand in hand without us knowing. Not to mention how mind-boggling it is to think just how many different groups of people are affected, whether it's a political group, or even an ethnic group. It's begs the question of what group you might be included in when it comes to narrowcasting.
  • sebasgm on 29 Oct 14
     
    The article starts by defining narrowcasting and giving Fox News as being an example, as it is known for being a conservative new station. This article is interesting as it states that narrowcasting is detrimental to society as it "leads to narrow minds which is very dangerous to a society."
  • Joanne Kim on 29 Oct 14
     
    I thought narrowcasting is just an effective way of delivering information to a certain group of people, but this article points out the dangerousness of it, which is the bad influence that people can get by just getting one point of view
sebasgm

Homeland Security Today: Watchdog Calls for DHS Reform to Improve Homeland Security - 2 views

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  • The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) plays a critical role in securing the United States against a number of threats
  • In light of these reports, the House Committee on Homeland Security’s Subcommittee on Oversight and Management Efficiency held a hearing  last Thursday to examine DHS’s performance and provide recommendations to improve homeland security.
  • “These reports show serious deficiencies in how DHS secures the border, protects federal buildings from cyber attacks, and manages billions of taxpayer dollars,” said subcommittee chairman Scott Perry (R-Penn.). “DHS must act on these and other recommendations to improve our homeland security.”
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  • r 22 disparate agencies to form the third largest cabinet level department has continued to prove challenging.
  • ded to be replaced.   Gerstein also observed a lack of national preparedness, which he believes was highlighted by the response to the Ebola outbreak, the critical shortfalls surrounding the fire in a Washington Metro station several weeks ago, and the growing number of cybersecurity incidents.
  • sebasgm on 03 Mar 15
     
    The House Committee on Homeland Security's Subcommittee on Oversight and Management Efficiency held a meeting last Thursday to analyze DHS's efficiency and performance, to decide whether reforms are needed to be made. After this meeting, they came to the consensus that DHS shows "serious deficiencies" in their performance and that reforms are needed to be made.
  • campbellcondon on 03 Mar 15
     
    The results of this article really show in specific detail how the DHS has secured the border and helps prevent cyber attacks from federal buildings. The meeting last week analyzed the efficiency of the DHS and if the reforms are needed. In my opinion, they are not; the DHS is doing sufficient work.
paigedeleeuw

Democracy in the age of narrowcasting - BlueOregon - 2 views

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  • The large number of candidates in each party -- with front runners like Hillary Clinton challenged by a younger generation and veterans like John McCain fading -- creates a fluid situation that has some voters nostalgic for successful politicians of the recent past.
  • That is unlikely to happen. McCall and Reagan were men of their own time and that time has passed. McCall and Reagan were creatures of a mass media culture created largely by three television networks that replaced mass circulation magazines by the 1960s.
  • Both men were successful because they knew how to appeal to the mass audience television created. It is not a coincidence that both McCall and Reagan began their careers as broadcasters.
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  • Former congressman Les AuCoin read it and asked me, “So how are we going to govern the country if everyone is operating on different facts?”
  • I responded, “I don’t know.” A decade later, one answer is obvious. We are not governing the country. We have two sets of leaders from at least two different worlds. They talk past one another. They appear incapable of communicating with each other and exhibit little respect for those who differ. It is more acute among Republicans than Democrats. Nonaffiliated voters are usually ignored.
  • Hillary Clinton and John McCain are practicing mass media politics in a world of narrowcasting. McCain is fading. If Clinton is nominated, she might become our last mass media president.
  • Barrack Obama may have something to offer. He is appealing to a diverse group -- younger and broader politically -- that seems to defy the deliberately circumscribed demographic categories of narrowcasting. We’ll see. Of one thing I am sure. We will not see another Tom McCall or Ronald Reagan. The conditions that allowed these men to communicate so successfully with the voters no longer exist.
  • paigedeleeuw on 29 Oct 14
     
    This article gives examples of narrowcasting in our American politics. It gives examples of our Presidents that have been affected by it. 
  • kyrranielson on 29 Oct 14
     
    Great article, I did not realize that narrowcasting had such an effect on the voters outlook. It is interesting that someone that is not a participant in specific party can get so lost in politics because broad ideas are no longer being discussed compared to narrow ideas that are biased to one side of the debate.
  • campbellcondon on 29 Oct 14
     
    This is a very percise article about narrowcasting. It exemplifies very well what we are discussing in class and gives awesome examples on what narrowcasting is, especially in politics. It also breaks down how to identify different types of narrowcasting and how the media may be potentially trying to manipulate Americans.
sebasgm

Narrowcasting Kills Broadcast Marketing - 2 views

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  • 0 years ag
  • polar opposites
  • masses and likewise marketed them in that way
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  • Those days are gone.
  • highly fragmented marketplace.
  • highly personalized fashion.
  • Rule No. 1:
  • Narrow your target market to a specific niche versus trying to be all things to all people
  • Rule No. 2:
  • ithin your niche
  • Rule No. 3:
  • Gone are the days of casting a wide advertising net.
  • Brands that successfully market in the new economy will forgo the desire to appeal to the masses
  • greater profitability.
    • sebasgm
      sebasgm on 29 Oct 14
       
      Although this has to do more with business, it can be applied to politics as narrowcasting shows the same results in politics.
    • sebasgm
      sebasgm on 29 Oct 14
       
      The article explains how trying to broadcast to the masses proves to be less profitable, as narrowmarketing can be taken advantage of due to our technological era. 
  • sebasgm on 29 Oct 14
     
    Summarizes the benefits of narrowcasting and how it is much more efficient than broadcasting.
  • Joanne Kim on 29 Oct 14
     
    It's interesting that this article says narrowcasting is the dominant method of marketing in today's markets. I agree with the writer in that narrowcasting is more effective.
natedurrett

This Alabama Judge Has Figured Out How to Dismantle Roe v. Wade - ProPublica - 2 views

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  • Before his election to Alabama’s highest court, Parker had been an aide-de-camp to Chief Justice Roy Moore, whose installation of a granite Ten Commandments monument in the state judiciary building had touched off what became for Alabama both a considerable embarrassment and a genuine constitutional crisis.
  • A DVD of the session shows him gripping the lectern, dressed in a gray suit and blue tie, as he railed against the perceived sins of jurists at every level. “It’s the judges who have legalized abortion and homosexuality … They are shaking the very foundation of our society.”
  • Parker has been the most creative in his relentless campaign to undermine legal abortion.
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  • Again and again, he has taken cases that do not directly concern reproductive rights, or even reproductive issues, and found ways to use them to argue for full legal status for the unborn.
  • Those efforts have made Parker a pivotal figure in the so-called personhood movement, which has its roots in a loophole in Roe v. Wade.
  • During oral arguments, the justices had asked Roe’s lawyer what would happen if a fetus were held to be a person under the Constitution.
  • “If this suggestion of personhood is established, [Roe’s] case, of course, collapses, for the fetus’ right to life would then be guaranteed.”
  • natedurrett on 11 Oct 14
     
    Alabama Judge challenges pro-choice by stating that fetuses should have full rights as citizens of the US
Joanne Kim

Secretary of State John Kerry working on Iran nuke deal not likely to please Israel's N... - 2 views

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  • Senior U.S. and Iranian officials kicked off the second day of the latest round of nuclear negotiations here on Tuesday as Israel's leader prepared to deliver a speech to Congress denouncing a potential deal as dangerous to the Jewish state and the world.
  • Iran would have to suspend its nuclear activities for at least a decade as part of any final agreement.
  • It is clear that Obama's stance is aimed at confronting propaganda by Zionist regime's prime minister and other extremist opponents of the negotiations,"
  • Joanne Kim on 03 Mar 15
     
    This article shows how the secretary of state is working with Israel and discussing how to deal with Iran and its nuclear activities.
  • sebasgm on 03 Mar 15
     
    It makes sense that Israel is not pleased with the US trying to Negotiate with Iran, without completely removing their nuclear advancement, but instead only delaying it in return for the removal of the US sanctions. Not only does that make Israel Iran's major target, but it also allows for Iran to become more wealthy during that delay period, which makes them an even larger threat to Israel.
  • kyrranielson on 03 Mar 15
     
    It's very interesting that the Iranian leader is offended by the president's actions and how that might take accord in the rest of the agreements.
sebasgm

Same-Sex Marriages Begin in the South - ABC News - 0 views

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      sebasgm on 10 Oct 14
       
      This is beginning to change the civil rights for gay couples and starting to lead to more equality in the south. This is significant considering how the south is so conservative. 
  • The U.S. Supreme Court's decision Monday to turn away appeals from a handful of states including Virginia means marriage bans are unconstitutional throughout the 4th U.S. Circuit.
  • West Virginia and North and South Carolina
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  • conservatives seem determined to fight to the bitter end.
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      sebasgm on 10 Oct 14
       
      It is still possible that other Supreme Court cases will find different results, leading to less equality for gays.
  • "We'll accept same-sex marriage just like we accepted desegregation and the end of slavery," Ferris added. "These other barriers that have burdened us for too long are coming down and the people in the South are open to change."
  • These court rulings can't help but "change the culture of the South," said the Rev.
  • "left Virginians without a definitive answer."
  • Attorney Byron Babione of the Alliance Defending Freedom, which represented two Virginia clerks in their appeal, noted that it's still possible that another federal case will reach the Supreme Court and produce a different result.
  • sebasgm on 10 Oct 14
     
    Same-Sex marriages begin in the south as the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to turn away appeals from states means marriage bans are unconstitutional.
  • Joanne Kim on 11 Oct 14
     
    I agree that banning same sex marriage is unconstitutional and I think this would be a start to more and more states allowing same sex marriage
  • paigedeleeuw on 11 Oct 14
     
    I've noticed that there are a lot of people who chose to discuss the topic of same-sex marriage. It's understandable for it to be unconstitutional for marriage to be banned whether it is between a man and a women, or of those who are of the same sex. Recently many states have abolished their laws against same-sex marriages. States such as Idaho and Nevada have just legalized gay marriage.
Joanne Kim

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker Survives Recall : It's All Politics : NPR - 2 views

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  • became a proxy of sorts for national politics.
  • At the macro level, it was about different visions for the role of government. But it all stemmed from legislation, championed by Walker, that severely limited the collective-bargaining rights of public employees.
  • Unions and Democrats collected more than 900,000 signatures to trigger only the third gubernatorial recall election in U.S. history. But in the end, the GOP outraised and outmaneuvered Democrats in the state. Walker raised $30.5 million, while Barrett raised only about $4 million.
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  • he State Capitol in Madison, the mood was one of disbelief.
  • she feared Walker's agenda "will be a template for the rest of the country."
  • the two governors to have been recalled were Lynn Frazier of North Dakota, who was in his third two-year term when he was recalled in October 1921 and Gray Davis of California, who was recalled in October 2003.
  • Voters want leaders who stand up and make the tough decisions,
  • Democrats were outspent big.
  • money matters but so do basic, core ideas.
  • he recall campaign simply energized Republicans and they were able to raise huge money and expand its turnout operation "where Democrats traditionally have the edge."
  • NBC News is projecting that Walker has survived the recall election. The call comes just as news organizations got updated exit poll numbers that indicated Walker had a four point lead over Barrett.
  • hey don't mean much, of course, but with 2.25 percent of precincts reporting, Walker leads with 54 percent. Barrett has 45 percent.
  • With about 21 percent of the precincts counted, Walker maintains a sizable lead of 61 percent to 38 percent.
  • the turnout is being compared to the turnout for 2008's presidential election. That's what NPR's Don Gonyea reported on All Things Considered this afternoon. In some pre
  • The Capitol in Madison has been the scene of nonstop protests for more than a year.
  • of those who voted today, 60 percent said recalls are only appropriate because of misconduct. Of course that differed depending on party.
  • Republicans said by a near unanimous margin that recall elections are never appropriate or only appropriate in the case of official misconduct. But slight majority of Democratic voters said recall elections are appropriate 'for any reason.'"
  • While Barrett has received about 26 percent of his $4 million in campaign donations from outside the Badger State, Walker has drawn nearly two-thirds of his $30.5 million contributions from out of state, according to campaign filings released May 29. Walker has outraised Barrett 7 1/2 to 1 since late 2011, though Barrett didn't enter the race until late March."
  • The presence of undecided voters tends to correlate with higher unpredictability on Election Day, while the absence of them, as in this case, means that even a small lead is more likely to hold up."
  • Most (88 percent) made up their minds about whom to vote for before May.
  • cincts, said Don, turnout could exceed 100 percent.
  • 32 percent of voters said someone in their household was a union member. 68 percent said they had no connection to a union. That's a higher union turnout than 2010 and 2008, when that number was 26 percent.
  • Voters are unhappy with both parties.
  • Note that it was signed by him, which the White House has said means it was sent by the president himself.
  • first to successfully defeat such an attempt.
  • Walker raised $30.5 million, while Barrett raised only about $4 million.
  • Joanne Kim on 25 Mar 15
     
    This news article talks about how Walker became the first to survive the recall election and the process of it in details.
  • kyrranielson on 25 Mar 15
     
    This article brought up a fact that could have substantially changed the outcome of the election. Walker raised $30.5 million, while Barrett raised only about $4 million. Money is a huge tool that can sway the outcome of an election very easily. If Barrett had the same amount of funding as Walker would the election have ended in his favor?
sebasgm

Privacy, Civil Liberties Take Center Stage at Cybersecurity Info Sharing Hearing - 1 views

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  • ecent high-profile security breaches, including the attack on Sony Pictures and the breach of health insurer Anthem, have highlighted the reality that cybersecurity is now one of the greatest national security challenges facing the nation.  
  • To improve preparedness and response to cyber incidents, the House Committee on Homeland Security held a hearing Wednesday to examine the President’s recent Cybersecurity Information Sharing Proposal, an executive order he issued to help advance cybersecurity threat and information sharing between the public and private sectors.
  • While Obama's executive order will help advance cybersecurity threat and information sharing between the public and private sectors, critics have said it doesn’t provide legal protection for companies that share such information.   “Every day, our country faces digital intrusions from criminals, hacktivists, terrorists, and nation-states like Russia, China and
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  • an,” said House Committee on Homeland Security Chairman Michael McCaul (R-Texas). “The impacts of thos
  • Obama’s proposed cybersecurity legislation has been met with mixed reactions from both Capitol Hill and industry experts because of the lack of legal protections for information sharing liability and privacy issues.  
  • Sadly, our laws are not keeping up with the threat,
  • “notwithstanding any other provision of law.”
  • Fischer explained that there is a wide variety of information that can be shared, but organizations should focus on sharing information that is actionable— that identifies or evokes a specific response aimed at mitigating cybersecurity risks.
  • imits the scope of infor
  • mation that should be shared as “cyber threat indicators,”
    • sebasgm
      sebasgm on 03 Mar 15
       
      Summarizes the actions the different branches of government are taking in order to improve our protection against cyber attacks.
  • sebasgm on 03 Mar 15
     
    With recent public cyber attacks, such as the attack on Sony Pictures, the fact that cybersecurity is one of the nations most prominent security challenges has been highlighted. The need for readiness to prevent these attacks has been increasing. This summarizes the what the nation is doing to improve our protection against these attacks, such as Obama's executive order to advance sybersecurity sharing between the public and private sector.
  • Joanne Kim on 03 Mar 15
     
    I think this article really shows how the cybersecurity has become one of the most important security issues. Since information can be the most powerful weapon in the modern world, I agree with the article that the US needs a stronger defense plan to fight the threat of cyber attacks.
kyrranielson

Broadcasting -- Encyclopedia Britannica - 1 views

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  • roadcasting, electronic transmission of radio and television signals that are intended for general public reception, as distinguished from private signals that are directed to specific receivers.
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      kyrranielson on 29 Oct 14
       
      Definition of Broadcasting
  • Sound broadcasting in this sense may be said to have started about 1920, while television broadcasting began in the 1930s.
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  • The first known radio program in the United States was broadcast by Reginald Aubrey Fessenden from his experimental station at Brant Rock, Mass., on Christmas Eve, 1906.
  • he first commercial radio station was KDKA in Pittsburgh, which went on the air in the evening of Nov. 2, 1920, with a broadcast of the returns of the Harding-Cox presidential election.
  • Government regulation Although the growth of radiobroadcasting in the United States was spectacularly swift, in the early years it also proved to be chaotic, unplanned, and unregulated. Furthermore, business arrangements that were being made between the leading manufacturers of radio equipment and the leading broadcasters seemed to threaten monopoly. Congress responded by passing the Radio Act of 1927, which, although directed primarily against monopoly, also set up the agency that is now called the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to allocate wavelengths to broadcasters. The government’s attack on monopoly resulted eventually in four radio networks—the National Broadcasting Company, the Columbia Broadcasting System, the Mutual Broadcasting System, and the American Broadcasting Company—while the FCC permitted orderly growth and ensured the survival of educational radio stations.
    • kyrranielson
      kyrranielson on 29 Oct 14
       
      Government Regulation: FCC, Radio Act of 1927
  • commercial firms that regarded broadcasting primarily as a means of point-to-point communication.
  • paigedeleeuw on 29 Oct 14
     
    I liked the fact that you introduced a definition. It was a nice refresher to see what it is that is being discussed, and then to be given examples. I thought it was really interesting to see just how much people are affected daily by the idea and motives of broadcasting. Most of the time we are being influenced not really knowing what it is that is actually going on. It really forces someone to stop and think about what is being broadcasted to them via t.v. and the radio.
Joanne Kim

From broadcast to narrowcast - Direct Marketing News - 1 views

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  • In 2011, broadcasting will migrate to narrowcasting, enabling advertisers to reach desired audiences, and just them, when, where and how they choose. These narrowcast audiences will be multi-dimensionally defined across shopping, purchasing and attitudinal behaviors.
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      Joanne Kim on 29 Oct 14
       
      How the future will be in terms of media
  • Narrowcasting is the paradigm that enables marketers to leverage their customer insights to best reach their most desired audiences, getting their message in front of just those valuable prospects with greater certainty.
    • Joanne Kim
      Joanne Kim on 29 Oct 14
       
      The biggest benefits of narrowcasting
  • It also means that marketers would be well served to shift up to a third of their marketing budget from broadcast marketing activities to a narrowcast approach. In this way, they can leverage the extensive consumer insights with responsible publishing partners in a privacy-assured manner. 
    • Joanne Kim
      Joanne Kim on 29 Oct 14
       
      Another benefit of narrowcasting
jennacrosby

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alan-singer/new-york-states-mis-educa_b_8300698.html?utm_... - 6 views

I had never considered high minimum requirement for TOFEL as racist until reading this. Especially Eleanor's comment. There is an obvious gap in test scores between racial demographics, and it rea...

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johnnyfoster123

Black lives matters civil rights - 5 views

Yes... I feel racism is still a big issue within the United States, even many decades later. What we need to realize however is that there are always two sides to every story. We need to examine bo...

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Joanne Kim

Blog: Facebook's Insidious Influence on Low-Information Voters - 3 views

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  • word used to describe the delivery of news, sliced and diced, edited, and censored, to people based on individualized data about the issues that appeal to them. 
    • Joanne Kim
      Joanne Kim on 29 Oct 14
       
      The definition of narrowcasting
    • mstorey12
      mstorey12 on 29 Oct 14
       
      I agree with this article because it helps show how social networking can influence people's thoughts on politicians, and it also helps spread news to more people since the amount of people that use facebook is huge. It also shows that more politicians could turn to facebook to spread their message to the younger generation.
  • But the role of Facebook itself in influencing America has been woefully underestimated.
    • Joanne Kim
      Joanne Kim on 29 Oct 14
       
      Facebook has huge effect on the media, but ppl don't think so.
  • Joanne Kim on 29 Oct 14
     
    This blog article shows a form of narrowcasting, Facebook, and the huge effect of it in politics.
  • bennordpaskin on 29 Oct 14
     
    I agree with the article, at the same time Facebook can not be blamed for its influence. As an advertisement based function, Facebook is more or less forced to submit to certain political advertisements and political groups.
bennordpaskin

Emails prove Hillary 'terror' lie in Benghazi - 1 views

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  • State Department emails released through a lawsuit by Judicial Watch show then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton knew while the Sept. 11, 2012, attack on the U.S. compound in Benghazi was under way that it was being carried out by terrorists.
  • “And it is inescapable that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton knowingly lied when she planted the false story about ‘inflammatory’ material being posted on the Internet,’” Fitton said.
  • Despite her three top staff members being informed that a terrorist group had claimed credit for the attack, Clinton, issued an official statement, also produced to Judicial Watch, claiming the attack may have been “a response to inflammatory material posted on the Internet.”
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  • “I would have thought a serious congressional investigation into Benghazi would have started with the documents we had, since Judicial Watch has led in exposing the White House cover-up,” he said.
  • bennordpaskin on 03 Mar 15
     
    Chronicle article employed to defame Hillary Clinton. The article cites several emails as sources to prove Clinton's alleged lies concerning an attack in benghazi 2012. 
  • natedurrett on 04 Mar 15
     
    I don't see how this could not just be a terrorist group that responded to internet material they found offensive. Terrorists have access to internet as well.
campbellcondon

Scott Walker (Wisconsin Gubernatorial Recall Vote) - 2 views

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    Morry Gash/Associated Press News about Scott Walker (Wisconsin Gubernatorial Recall Vote), including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times. Show More There are no additional abstracts to display. The governor of Wisconsin has filtered out his regional accent, cut down rambling in speeches and started dressing to please on visits to states like New Hampshire.
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  • Joanne Kim on 25 Mar 15
     
    This time line shows in detail about the events from the beginning to the end. One thing I noticed is about the after effect since unions tried to get rid of Walker and had to use a lot of time and money on it and didn't even succeed.
  • kyrranielson on 25 Mar 15
     
    I like the timeline, it shows how much effort was put in on both sides of the election. It is very unfortunate that the money spent in favor of Barrett was wasted as well as the time but it for the recall. Obviously it was a good decision by Wisconsin voters to not recall Walker because he ended up being very great governor to boost the economy.
  • natedurrett on 27 Mar 15
     
    I agree with kyrranielson on the topic of the money being spent for naught, but Although Walker is doing well, there is the off chance Barrett would have been better
sebasgm

5 Ways New Media Are Changing Politics - US News - 2 views

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  • New social media are already changing the way organizations attract supporters.
  • But the collective outrage focused on a top-down, big-money view of politics, well, that's so . . . last century. If the goal of television ads is to motivate viewers to vote, volunteer, or give money, there are far better ways to reach people, thanks to the new media.
  • 1. News you can choose:
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  • 3. Like it:
  • . Connect with others:
  • instant read on opinions and positions
  • distributing the news
  • etweeted hundreds of times
  • The result is a new paradigm in political communications, and both parties are using it.
  • That affects the way reporters spend their days and the way campaigns craft their message.
    • sebasgm
      sebasgm on 29 Oct 14
       
      Technology is a new means of broadcasting and campaigning to the public.
    • sebasgm
      sebasgm on 29 Oct 14
       
      This is a great summary of how Media is changing politics.
  • sebasgm on 29 Oct 14
     
    Emerging communications phenomena have transformed the political process for broadcasting.
  • Joanne Kim on 29 Oct 14
     
    I think this article shows how technology and the new forms of media are having a huge effect on the politics today, and I agree that the new media is one of the biggest things that influence the politics.
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