Name: Reybren, Chelsea, Harry, and Jimmy
Source: Looking at Islamic Center Debate, World Sees U.S., Thanasis Cambanis, The New York Times, 25 August 2010
Summary: They are discussing whether or not it is a good idea to have the Park51 location where it is. It is discussing whether or not Americans are tolerant of Islamic people. They talk about how there is more heated debate about building mosques outside of the United States in countries like France or Italy. They say that the pivotal issue of religion is that of tolerance and free speech. Some say that the Park51 being placed in its location shows tolerance, and we support free speech because we can't control what people say inside of the mosque. Other people argue that the United States is intolerant and racist.
Analysis: Because it is near to site of a major tragedy for the United States and it is related to the largest religion in the world. It shows how simple things are a really big deal because it relates to religion, and as much as you try to keep religion and politics separate it is very hard to do. It is interesting because it seemed that American public was past racial discrimination, but it is obvious that we are really not past the attack. It is also amazing to think that people in other countries debate more about Park51 than the people inside the United States. It seems that the United States are more tolerant than other countries who don't allow free speech or people to wear clothing of their religion.
Monday, August 30, 2010
Current Event Practice Post #1
- What's being discussed in this article?
2. When did the event happen? (Is this breaking news or something that's been analyzed and discussed for a while?) It is pretty recent. The man in Milan has been working for a while, but the proposal of Park51 is really recent
3. What questions do you have that would help make this article make more sense to you? What more do you need to learn about to be able to report on this event?
I want to know what people in the United States think about the location. I would also want to know what the Christians and Jews think about the Islamic countries not allowing them to build churches and synagogues. I want to learn more about the views from Jews and Christians around the world.
Sunday, August 29, 2010
3 newsworthy events from Parents (2 from mom and 1 from dad)
1. Landing on the moon, Apollo 11, 1969 (mom)
She was already in bed, and her parents got her and her brother up to watch the landing. She didn't really think it was a big deal at the time, but looking back realizing it was really big. It served as a benchmark for how old somebody was. This was an example of the United States solidifying ourselves as a world superpower. Looking back on the kind of technology it is kind of scary to think about how basic it really was back then.
2. September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks (mom)
She was at a college counselor breakfast. She didn't know anything had happened until she heard it on the radio driving back to school. She thought about how it was going to change the school day and school week. The school administrators spent time discussing about to talk about it with the students from different grade levels. The older kids understood what had happened, but most of the younger students didn't really understand what actually happened. They thought that the people would all walk out of the building and the planes and be okay. She thinks that this really showed that we really aren't as safe as we think that we are, and we aren't isolated from the rest of the world.
3. Fall of the Soviet Union and the Eastern Bloc/End of the Cold War, 1990 (dad)
He remembers sitting at work, and listening to the radio and being so surprised as all of these countries left the Soviet Union. He also remembers going home at watching all of the news stories about it. It was most newsworthy to him because it was people taking control of their own destiny, and it was a shock that the West outlived the East. It was more of international event than a natural disaster and it was greater than the 9/11 attacks. It was bigger than the moon landing to him because the moon landing was like uniting the earth, but the fall of the Soviet Union affected more of day to day life. It took tension away from the world because people weren't afraid of nuclear fallout and bombings everyday.
She was already in bed, and her parents got her and her brother up to watch the landing. She didn't really think it was a big deal at the time, but looking back realizing it was really big. It served as a benchmark for how old somebody was. This was an example of the United States solidifying ourselves as a world superpower. Looking back on the kind of technology it is kind of scary to think about how basic it really was back then.
2. September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks (mom)
She was at a college counselor breakfast. She didn't know anything had happened until she heard it on the radio driving back to school. She thought about how it was going to change the school day and school week. The school administrators spent time discussing about to talk about it with the students from different grade levels. The older kids understood what had happened, but most of the younger students didn't really understand what actually happened. They thought that the people would all walk out of the building and the planes and be okay. She thinks that this really showed that we really aren't as safe as we think that we are, and we aren't isolated from the rest of the world.
3. Fall of the Soviet Union and the Eastern Bloc/End of the Cold War, 1990 (dad)
He remembers sitting at work, and listening to the radio and being so surprised as all of these countries left the Soviet Union. He also remembers going home at watching all of the news stories about it. It was most newsworthy to him because it was people taking control of their own destiny, and it was a shock that the West outlived the East. It was more of international event than a natural disaster and it was greater than the 9/11 attacks. It was bigger than the moon landing to him because the moon landing was like uniting the earth, but the fall of the Soviet Union affected more of day to day life. It took tension away from the world because people weren't afraid of nuclear fallout and bombings everyday.
Thursday, August 26, 2010
3 Newsworthy events from Jimmy A
1. The terrorist attacks of 9/11/01
This is the first newsworthy event that I remember in my lifetime because it is the only attack on U.S. soil that I have ever witnessed. I remember that when I first heard about the first plane hitting the building, I was eating a bagel in my living room. When dad told me to come to the kitchen and when watched the live news report come in, and as they were interviewing a women you could just see another plane crash into the other tower. I was in third grade at the time, and when I got to school all we did all day was watch the news report and discuss the events that had taken place so far. I think this was my most newsworthy story because of the number of people who died that day and the amount of coverage and support for the victims and their families shown by the American people. There was meaning to the word patriotism again.
2. Hurricane Katrina, 2006
This is my 2nd most newsworthy story because it was not just the hurricane that hit New Orleans, but the fact that the levees broke as well. I had been in New Orleans only a few weeks prior for a family vacation, so I felt that I had a strong connection to the city. I also knew a person who had family down there, but, fortunately, they did leave the city before the hurricane hit. I think that it is newsworthy because of the type of support that everyone who witnessed these events wanted to give to the people to shelter and feed them. That support still continues today by rebuilding all of the houses that were destroyed. I was also newsworthy because of the lack of support from the government who were supposed to be helping these people. The event stuck in my mind because of the overwhelming support shown by the American people.
3. The election of Barack Obama, 2009
This is a newsworthy story to me because it shows how far the American people have come since the time of slavery and how much more tolerant people are of other races. This is very fresh in my mind because we talked about it a lot at school. The entire high school watched Obama's entire inauguration speech, and we spent a lot of time with our history teacher and class discussing how this will change the U.S. and what this means to our country. I even had the chance in the summer of 2009 to visit Obama's neighborhood. So, I feel that I have more of a connection to him. I think that this is newsworthy also because this election just opens up more doors for equality in lots of other aspects of life, and not just including race but sex as well.
This is the first newsworthy event that I remember in my lifetime because it is the only attack on U.S. soil that I have ever witnessed. I remember that when I first heard about the first plane hitting the building, I was eating a bagel in my living room. When dad told me to come to the kitchen and when watched the live news report come in, and as they were interviewing a women you could just see another plane crash into the other tower. I was in third grade at the time, and when I got to school all we did all day was watch the news report and discuss the events that had taken place so far. I think this was my most newsworthy story because of the number of people who died that day and the amount of coverage and support for the victims and their families shown by the American people. There was meaning to the word patriotism again.
2. Hurricane Katrina, 2006
This is my 2nd most newsworthy story because it was not just the hurricane that hit New Orleans, but the fact that the levees broke as well. I had been in New Orleans only a few weeks prior for a family vacation, so I felt that I had a strong connection to the city. I also knew a person who had family down there, but, fortunately, they did leave the city before the hurricane hit. I think that it is newsworthy because of the type of support that everyone who witnessed these events wanted to give to the people to shelter and feed them. That support still continues today by rebuilding all of the houses that were destroyed. I was also newsworthy because of the lack of support from the government who were supposed to be helping these people. The event stuck in my mind because of the overwhelming support shown by the American people.
3. The election of Barack Obama, 2009
This is a newsworthy story to me because it shows how far the American people have come since the time of slavery and how much more tolerant people are of other races. This is very fresh in my mind because we talked about it a lot at school. The entire high school watched Obama's entire inauguration speech, and we spent a lot of time with our history teacher and class discussing how this will change the U.S. and what this means to our country. I even had the chance in the summer of 2009 to visit Obama's neighborhood. So, I feel that I have more of a connection to him. I think that this is newsworthy also because this election just opens up more doors for equality in lots of other aspects of life, and not just including race but sex as well.
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