Contemplating Media & the First Amendment
A lawyer at the University of North Texas, Caitlin Sewell, resigned after giving a speech about the First Amendment. During this event, she was supposed to be giving the students an understanding of civil discourse and the type of language protected under the First Amendment. She proceeds to warn everyone that what she is going... Continue Reading →
Have you ever bought vegan “Cheez” or “Chik’n”? Or, perhaps, "Just Like Parmesan… plant based cheese"? The reason why these pseudonyms for vegan products exist is because of the FDA. The FDA regulates what can and can’t be identified as certain foods, and since technically vegan cheese alternative isn’t actually cheese, it cannot be sold... Continue Reading →
Student journalists at Central Washington University are speaking out after months of interference from the university's administration. The university's student-run newspaper and television station have been trying to prepare for the real world of journalism, but the university has forced them to change the way they go about reporting. To interview any employee, faculty or... Continue Reading →
Presidential Candidate Bernie Sanders has raised upwards of $10 million dollars a week after launching his presidential campaign. The average contribution of those donations were $27. Sanders is among many to vocally rebuke Super PAC money, he is one to consistently celebrate that much of his donations come from small donors. Services like Actblue, make... Continue Reading →
When we as a society had been presented with the mere notion of “fake news,” some of us laughed, some of us brushed it off as President Trump solidified to Twitter to be his main mode of communication with the American people. Little did we know, we had already been victims cyber terrorism. Between Facebook... Continue Reading →
In his 2017 New York Times Article about the revival of the Wikimedia v. NSA case, Charlie Savage raises a very important question: How do we apply old legal concepts (like the First and Fourth Amendments) to 21st century communications technology? Maybe we don’t. In the article, Savage outlines the details of the case, explaining... Continue Reading →
So far in Media and the First Amendment (COMM 320), we've learned two things about money: it's fungible, and it conveys a message. So on the topic of free speech, what kinds of donations are First Amendment dilemmas? The answer is religious ones . . . well, political ones too, but we'll save that for... Continue Reading →
The Barbara Barnett piece discusses an honest reality that I had not been exposed to: Mothers killing their children. https://www.islesoftheleft.org/on-regretting-motherhood/ Barnett outlines that mothers are seen to be these beings that, more often than not, have a "natural" ability and instinct to nurture children and guide them. However,that's a narrative that fails to account the... Continue Reading →
Source: Forbes Magazine Many have questioned Mayor Pete Buttigieg’s qualifications to be the President of the United States, including some of his fellow Democratic candidates. I recently say a New York Times op-ed titled “Why Pete Buttigieg Annoys His Democratic Rivals” exploring how many find Buttigieg to be irritating and difficult to take seriously considering... Continue Reading →
As we're sitting in the midst of an almost impeachment, I've been thinking that there is no way Trump can screw us over more than he has in the last few weeks. Boy, was I wrong. The Trump Administration released that they are starting the official process of withdrawing from the Paris climate agreement. For... Continue Reading →
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