Blog Post #5

personally, i think a lot of antiwar media is suppressed on purpose, despite having our first amendment right of freedom of speech, i think its something the government almost tries to hide from us. after reading the articles, especially the antiwar.com one, it was seriously eye opening. it feels like theres almost another world thats being hidden from us due to its "slander" type of literature. although this is protected in our first amendment rights, especially in the values, specifically the first, the market place of ideas aka discovery of truth. this is information that should, no needs to be broadcasted larger than it is at the moment. its important information we as Americans very much have the right to discuss and more importantly, at least be aware of! it makes me wonder if its being hidden for more than one reason. some questions arise for me: is there more going on? why has no one spoken about this before when theres miles of either evidence or knowledge about the situation? why is this being kept from us? 

so many things were racing in my mind when i first went on the anti war website. even the layout of the website itself looks like an expository thing as theyre placed in bold red news looking headlines that cover the page.  i dont want to get into conspiracy theory territory, but it really does make one think there has to be more going on and thats why its being kept from us.

Blog Post #3

 after reading the eight values of free expression i think the one that stood out and resonated with me the most was the fifth, "check on governmental power" aka the watchdog role. i think this is so important that we have the ability to "check" our government when we feel theyre doing something wrong. speech of this kind is so important in general but to me personally as well. i like to think of myself as a libertarian and am not the biggest fan of government involvement in my life in most places. i have very strong views about the things i believe in and can become very upset when the government sticks its nose into places it doesnt belong, so i am very grateful this value exists. there absolutely needs to be a check-and-balance system for americans to be able to essentially call out the government when we feel were being disrespected.  

i think another very very important value is the third, stable change aka safety valve. i think its very self aware of america to put this in place. i like how it talks about how we need the opportunity to vent so we dont resort to physical violence, which is a seriously real possibility. i think a lot of violence stems from lack of communication taken to the extreme so it makes me very proud to learn america was self aware enough to put the safety valve in place.

https://www.mtsu.edu/first-amendment/article/1014/safety-valve-theory

Blog Post #2

 I honestly didnt know in the beginning the first supreme court only had six justices instead of nine, i also never heard that the first meeting had to be postponed. reading this article i feel like there was more i didnt know about the supreme court than i knew about the supreme court.

i feel like an important take away was everything written about the chief justice. i didnt know they had to proceed over the impeachment of the president or that they were basically in charge of the supreme court. that i found really interesting and an important thing i feel like not many know. i would say those were the most surprising things i learned as well.

alot of what i learned was really interesting and i feel as if most of it was new information, which made me feel as if my previews opinions of SCOTUS couldve been misjudged due to lack of knowledge.

Blog Post #1

 My Top 5 news sources in order are 

1.  Twitter https://twitter.com/

2. Google News  https://news.google.com/topstories?hl=en-US&gl=US&ceid=US:en3. 

3. BBC https://www.bbc.com/news

4. MSNBC https://www.msnbc.com/

5. CNN https://www.cnn.com/

twitter is my favorite just because its a social media app and it's more my speed. i go on it typically first thing in the morning when i open my phone just to check things out. i like twitter just because its typically unbiased just because it gives you a wide range of news like trending stories, international, etc.

google news is typically my second choice because thats where i'll go from twitter if a story catches my eye. its an easy place to search for stories i've already seen and have my eye out for. its an easy place to site and reliable for my projects and essays. 

BBC is my third preference because its usually unbiased. using BBC is a good way to get global news and i personally feel like ill get more information on American stories vs using an American news site.

MSNBC is another good one as it leans more democratic which i typically find myself falling but i don't like to affiliate with one side just because of person preference and opinions.

CNN is another good one because it leans more republican so its good to compare CNN to MSNBC to get a good look at both biases which i find helpful.