Welcome to Journalism and Democracy Fall 2011. This blog is produced by students in Professor Carol Passariello's Journalism and Democracy course at State University of New York: Westchester Community College.
The Civil Rights Movement
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Image: 'Martin Luther King Jr. Stencil'
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During the Civil Rights Movement in southern America, African...
Watergate Forces The President To His Knees
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Image: 'Dick Nixon by Norman Rock'
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This chapter caught my attention because it's crazy to see how some...
Violence against Civil Rights
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Hosing down peaceful protestors, sending in the dogs, police brutality;
sounds familiar doesn't it? However I do not believe that we have seen such
violenc...
Watergate Forces the President to his Knees
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If one were to compose a list of modern American journalistic heroes,
there is no doubt in anyone's mind that Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward
would as...
WATERGATE FORCES THE PRESIDENT TO HIS KNEES
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Image: 'Grabadora :O'
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Although I am ashamed to admit it, the first time I ever heard about the
Wate...
Rush Limbaugh
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It did not matter if you liked Rush Limbaugh, or did not like him, if you
listened to him or you did not listen to him, if you talked about him or
refused ...
More Chris Rock on America
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Its funny how much truth Chris Rock speaks in his comedy. Personally is my
favorite comedian the way he is able to relate current events with comedy.
In my...
DEFYING THE KLU KLUX KLAN
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The refusal to accept anything different, not trying to understand why it
is different, and standing against it and anything associated with it. The
beli...
Exposing Joe McCarthy: Television's Finest Hour
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Joseph_McCarthy.jpg This chapter caught
my interest more than the others. In summary, Joe McCarthy was an American
Sena...
On spreading hate
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Image: Charles Edward Coughlin? radio priest - 1940's by The Retro-Spector
Father Charles E. Coughlin was a Catholic priest turned public figure in
the...
Yellow journalism gives me the Blues.
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As defined by wikipedia, yellow journalism is is a type of journalism that
presents little or no legitimate well-researched news and instead uses
eye-catc...
9/11.. Failing the American Public
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Hey readers so for my last Blog post I went for the chapter on 9/11. Now it
took alot to get me to do this one believe me. I was quite on the fence
about d...
9/11
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I remember the mix of reactions that went through my head when I heard
about what had happened to the World Trade Center buildings. I knew they
were really...
The Un-winnable War: Vietnam War
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"If I've lost Cronkite, I've lost the war." - President Lyndon Johnson
The Vietnam War will always be known as America's first defeat against
foreign ad...
Rush Limbaugh: Leading the Republican Revolution
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RUSH LIMBAUGH
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By Dan Correia...
Bringing the battlefield into American living room
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Image: 'The Terror of War'
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When watching the war over in Iraq and Baghdad, reminds me of the Vietnam ...
Chapter 7 : Defying the Ku Klux Klan
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[image: Ku Klux Klan Funeral]
The Ku Klux Klan is an organization that thrives on hate and disregaurd for
anyone not of their own Arian race. The most heav...
Reality TV Addiction Interview
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Maya talks speaks to us about her Reality TV show addictions. The shows she
watches and what draws her in to continously keep watching these type of
shows....