Not all press is good and totally honest. Sometimes stories, even the positive ones, are a little stretched from the truth. Instead of getting the facts of a story we could be given opinions from the writer. Or we could even be given totally false information just because they wanted to make news. For example, the tabloids put out crazy stories of made up things just to get people interested enough to buy their paper.
Keeler later on told national tabloid, News Of The World, her story which allowed the public to get a better understanding of the details regarding the whole affair. The fact that Profumo, who along with Macmillan was a member of the Establishment, lied in the House Of Commons under oath, tarnished the reputation of the Conservative party and even shook confidence within it. Profumo had also undermined the Establishment which was set in its traditional, Edwardian ways. This brought embarrassment to Macmillan as he too was a part of
The purpose of the SOX Act in response to the fraudulent and misleading activities of large corporations such as Enron, Health South, Xerox, Global Crossing, and almost one thousand publicly traded companies. Fraud is defined as “a dishonest act by an employee that results in personal benefit to the employee at a cost to the employer” (Kimmel, Weygandt, & Kieso, 2011). The afore mentioned companies and many others committed fraud when they willingly published false and/or deceptive financial statements making their companies look like they were making huge profits, therefore causing their stock prices to soar and enticing the public to by more and more shares of their companies. Unfortunately, when the truth came out, the fraudulent actions of a few resulted in the loss of almost $5 trillion of stock market value and an undetermined amount for stockholders. Because of this fraudulent action, Congress had no choice but to intervene and pass legislation that would curtail this illegal
Why The CIA Torture Reports Matter The Senate Intelligence Committee just released a long awaited report on the CIA’s torture techniques after 9/11. The report has caused tension between the CIA, Congress, and The White House and there is some concern that the report’s release will spark more antiAmerican sentiment around the world. So what exactly is in this report? We all know that the CIA was authorized to torture suspected terrorists during this time period. But this newest report found that the CIA tortured more people in more brutal ways than previously admitted and that they got less information out of these interrogations than they led the public to believe.
More than a third of the American public suspects that federal officials assisted in the 9/11 terrorist attacks or took no action to stop them so the United States could go to war in the Middle East, according to a new Scripps Howard/Ohio University poll. The national survey of 1,010 adults also found that anger against the federal government is at record levels, with 54 percent saying they "personally are more angry" at the government than they used to be. Widespread resentment and alienation toward the national government appears to be fueling a growing acceptance of conspiracy theories about the 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. Suspicions that the 9/11 attacks were "an inside job" _ the common phrase used
Any site with user generated content; Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and many more could quickly be blocked. Two senior congressional Aides that were later hired by Hollywood entertainment lobbying offices, had a large part of writing the bill. The lobbying group hired them after the bill was introduced. They could then lobby the bill more effectively with the congressional aides information. Do you want lobbyist to be able to have that power?
One of the most controversial conflicts in our Nations history is definitely the Vietnam War. Today there is a lot of skepticism with America’s involvement in the War and I believe the biggest thing that gave people so much skepticism is the media’s portrayal of the War. The mainstream news stations of the time seemed to care more about entertainment, trying to get the most interesting story in order to keep their ratings high and keep people on the edge of their seat. The Documentary we watched in class gave a good look at how the media was more into story telling and less into giving people the facts that they deserve. I think that the film did a really good job at exposing the media for it’s horrible performance during the Vietnam War.
Violence from a minority group against the white society is extremely disturbing to that population. We can see from Newsweek report, the tone used to described Malcolm X was a bit harsh for our reading. From the article, we as readers can make
A “moral panic” starts with an unspeakable tragedy, which sparks an attempt to ascribe blame and responsibility. Framers or activists, fueled with exaggeration of statistics and the strong imagery presented through pop culture and especially the media help define “moral panic”. The most interesting relationship to me that is created by the “moral panic” is the involvement of the media or pop culture. The media in all these articles have a crucial role in escalating the issue as well as pop culture. The movies, literature, and news all have a stake in the phenomenon of serial homicide.
For instance, the purpose of the magazine may be unreliable. This is because maybe one of Capone’s men may have forced the editor to make this picture and article. Maybe they thought that he needed to tell people prohibition was good so that Capone could make more money or say it’s bad so they wouldn’t be wanted by the police. This may mean that this article may be biased mainly towards no prohibition. This could also tell us some of the views on prohibition.