Free Press in other countries

           I believe that other countries lack free press because it helps the rulers keep control over the people.  If  they can keep make everyone believe that everyone else agrees with them would anyone rebel?  If you think about that question the answer is obviously no, who would stand up if they believed everyone else wouldn't?  In my opinion we cant really do much to help them, but we can give the government advice such as allow the people to vote on most if not all of the laws. Yes, we should always help when we can especially when you consider how much we have learned over time.  If everyone helped one another out this world would be a much better place. We can learn some things from other countries just as other countries can learn from us. For instance we can learn from other countries how to keep a constant economy whist other countries can learn the right of free press or to vote for the leaders from us.  All this supports my theory that other countries lack free press to help keep control over their citizens.

Is it ethical to embed journalists in the armed forces in wartime?

           No, I don't believe embedding news reporters in the armed forces during wartime to be ethical.  I believe this because it is extremely disrespectful and insensitive to some people.  If your lost your mom or dad or some other close relative in a war and they happen to have been caught on tape you wouldn't want to have to relive that say 10 years from now. It is so disrespectful because they're putting someones loved ones' death all over the world. It's insensitive because maybe the enemy got to see the tape and are laughing at the pain they're causing to that person's family. If I lost someone in the war and it was caught on tape that would be running through my head the entire time "I bet they are over there laughing," and I would of wanted to cry and scream but mostly I would want revenge! Not only would the newsreporters have to deal with the people who had suffered from the scene, they would have to deal with the people who would want revenge against the enemy!  If someone maybe got a little bit out of control we might have a mass murderer on their hands. All these reasons are why I believe embedding journalists in the armed forces camp is wrong, insensitive, and disrespetive.

Is America's journalism too detached from society

           I think that yes journalism is to detached from society because they mostly talk about sports events or movie stars. They prefer to talk about exciting events or celebrity gossip when in all actuality they should be doing things about the lack of jobs in the U.S.A or about the ways to manage your money. Celebrity gossip is fun and everyone loves to hear that their favorite sports team is winning but right now the people in the United States need financial advice or reassurance that some jobs are starting to repopulate. Sure it might not be interesting stuff but how many of your parents don't have jobs right now and are struggling to put food on the table every night? If news papers or magazines covered that more people would get their jobs back and would have the money to later learn from the paper that Lady Gaga has a new meat dress.

privacy

           Privacy is important because without it anyone could know your home address, who your ex boy/girlfriends are, and other important private things. Without privacy there would be a lot more break-ins and possibly murders. If everyone knows where you are at any time they they could easily sneak into your house and steal everything without having to worry about you coming home. I do unfortunately forget sometimes forget about the need for privacy but luckily I don't own a facebook or twitter so its harder for me to spill everything out to the world. I often beg my mom for one but I always know that she only says no because she doesn't want me to get into any trouble or for our house to be broken in to or for me to be made fun of. I realze that privacy is a problem and if everyone else knew that I highly doubt anyone would spill anything private on the internet anymore.

My opinion on the Koran burning

           In my opinion the Koran burning is highly wrong.  We may live in a free country but everything has limits, if Jones did end up burning the Korans' I would consider it a terrorist attack.  My reasoning consists of past events in America's history such as the KKK or the events at Pearl Harbor as well as the Japanese internment camps during World War Two. The main reason Jones was upset was because the Muslim people were building their church near the sight of 9/11 which the Muslim people caused. It  was his fear that caused him to say that he would burn the Koran's, he was afraid that there would be another attack so he spoke out. It is alot like the KKK they believe only they are right and that people that have a different skin color shouldn'y have the same rights as those who have white skin. Over all even though we all have all these freedoms some people are still  racist, sexist, ans a little close minded.

what's best to remember when writing a news story

        What I think is best when writing a hard news story is facts and witness reports. I think facts because if you don't add them your story won't be news but an opinion article. I think witness reports are important because they make the story more real. In my opinion bothe these things work together to create a hard, interesting news story. Which is what people want to read about. That is why I think facts and witness reports are important in a hard news story.

What I would do without noticing

             I would without a doubt have an issue with commitment to accurasy.  I have a tendency to write about the interesting lies then the boring truth. I sometimes forget that you can't write about something that doesn't have any sources other than your friends or family.  When I write something factual I also tend to leave the subject and say my or my friends opinions on the subject.  Obviously I have a problem with a commitment to accurasy

what I would change

           If I could change some things about the paper they would be more out of school news and more world wide news. I would want more world wide news because alot of people tend to forget that the United States isn't the only country in the world. I would want more out of school news because we always know whats going on in the school but we often don't know about the news out side of school such as break ins' or things happening out in Hawaii! That is all I would change about the school news paper