Media Research Center VS. Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting

I just got done going through both of those websites and I've got to say in a way they both act the same. The MRC is definitely Conservative and FAIR is definitely Democratic. Both of them act in the same way as to bash and criticize the other party through articles and videos. Although that may be the case, the MRC showcases other conservative members in the media and shows support in whatever they may do. On the FAIR website they showcase Democrats and heavily criticize other conservatives. There is definitely a huge amount of bias in both websites, because they both try to make the other party look like the enemy, but they make their own look perfect. For example, in the FAIR website in an attempt to criticize Conservatives, they presented Dick Morris. Dick Morris made an appearance in the O'Reilly Factor and proclaimed that McCain's decision to suspend his campaign was a brilliant move and that soon it would pay off. His polls of course kept on dropping and two weeks later Dick Morris said that the decision to suspend his campaign was a mistake on his part. FAIR was of course trying to make Dick Morris look bad by showing everyone that he contradicted himself. There was also a montage on the MRC website that showcased many democrat clips and soon after employees from MRC would comment on them and make sarcastic jokes to make then look "dumb". For example when Katie Couric introduces Al Gore to her show, she called him the "King of Consevation". Soon after the employees from MRC make sarcastic jokes and try to make him look bad. Both websites seem to be either very liberal of very conservative and they both criticize each other and only cover news that will make them look better to the world.

Political Cartoons

Al gore, the candidate that ran against bush is featured in this political cartoon. The media in this cartoon is twisting the actions of Al Gore. This man asks him about the growth of polar bears and Gore tells him to shut up. They end up calling the article "Another inconvenient truth." They pester him with a huge amount of questions and the people in the pool which are citizens are tired of it and say to "turn off his microphone." At the same time Gore runs away. The media controls what the public sees the person as by turning every action they make into anything they want it to be.

This political cartoon also features Al Gore. It shows him lounging next to pool with his drink while his butler brings him the latest from overseas. Gore responds by telling him to go recharge a solar cell. This cartoon is trying to explain that Gore is either a procrastinator or doesn't care. The important issues he has to deal with are being ignored and he is taking his sweet time to deal with the problem.






President Obama wants to send every senior citizen a check for 250$ hooray! The mailman brings the check to the old lady and the little boy wonders where all the money is coming from. The mailman brings in another letter but its a bill for the little boy. The grandma is happy while the child isn't. The seniors of America are getting money and they're really happy because they get free money. Unfortunately the youth are being charged with paying the money that the senior citizens are receiving. Also there might be a message of the child being so young that little kids might have bills built up by the time they reach their adult age.


Around September there were talks about getting N. Korea to talk to the 5 countries which are S. Korea, Russia, US, Japan, and China to stop their nuclear testing of bombs overseas. This shows the leader of N. Korea (Kim Jong) talking over the phone agreeing to begin talking again. In the middle of the conversation he screams fire and goes back to agreeing with the person over the phone. That author is trying to explain that he will pretend to stop nuclear testing but he is not a good person to confide in because he is very unpredictable. He puts on an act of being peaceful but he still continues to test out his weapons behind their back.

"Iran police clash with protesters"

"Security forces have used batons and tear gas to disperse opposition supporters in the Iranian capital, Tehran, witnesses and state media say."

Some unconfirmed reports also state that the police opened fire. The riot consisted of groups of people who opposed the regime and thought that the re-election of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was rigged. Riot police and Pro Militiamen packed the in the streets centre of the capital on Wednesday. They were there on the account of reformist leaders urging their supporters to attend peaceful rallies at the the former US embassy. Their arguement is that that they went with their usual peaceful slogans of supporting peace and asking for freedom. A lot of witnesses claim that they saw no agitation or any aggression in the group but they were still attacked violently. Tear gas was used to disperse the protesters quickly. Some arrests were made and at least 30 or more protesters have died since the election in June. It's pretty hard to take sides in this kind of situation because huge groups of people coordinated into one area and the tension between the police and the group can easily cause a spark of violence. It makes sense that the police would try to disperse the group with tear gas or other manners quickly but beating them with batons and allegedly firing at them is different. If this continues to happen then the eople arrested and death toll is definitely going to rise. Although the people from iran are fighting for a good cause, creating such a huge group in one area creates a lot of suspicion for the police which can result in these kind of actions.

"Afghan bombs kill eight US troops"

The month of October has been the deadliest of all months for the American Troops. On Monday 11 soldiers were among 14 Americans killed in multiple air crashes. In addition several service members have also been airlifted to many medical facilities. After this being labeled as the deadliest month in all 8 years of the war, many americans are wondering if the situation is deteriorating not improving. There were promises made by President Obama that troops were going to be taken out and now doubts are rising in numbers. He is under so much pressure to to send tens of thousands of troops but most likely citizens won't approve such a course because of October's events. f there are so many people dying then why are we still there?? It is really getting sickening and it's really annoying to keep finding all these death facts found on the internet about people dying. Raids, bombings, and ambushes. I'm just wondering will it ever stop? It is really time to just make an overall decision and come to a conclusion to get the troops out of there. There needs to be a lot less lying and talk and a lot more action because all of these false hopes that are being placed in our heads are not even being accomplished.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8328297.stm

" Karzai 'stripped of outright win"

Recently, there was an election in afghanistan and there has been enough evidence and suspicion to believe that there was shady activity going on. Up to 210 polling stations were deducted from his total score. Mr Karzai made no immediate response but later responded as to say that he won the election fair in square. EU observers stated however, that 1 in 4 votes cast were suspicious. The Afghan president then went on to say that a victory was robbed from him and that he is threatening to stop an attempt to hold a 2nd round. Acts like these justifies that it is very possible and simple to cheat or rig an election. This kind of thing makes me wonder if our government was chosen this way when it was George W. Bush running for president. There were many rumors about him rigging the election and i always had my doubts, but now that this man had completed his plan and got caught it could be a very real possibility. I wondered why a man who drove us to debt would be re elected by the citizens of America. There could have possibly been corruption just like in this election in Afghanistan.

"Energy-from-waste powers US army"

"A system that generates energy from rubbish is being sent by defence firm Qinetiq to the US army."

A new machine has been invented that will be sent over to the US army and it will be placed in one of the 55 operating forward operating bases. There's no legitimate way to get rid of waste over in Afghanistan so they created this. It will help whoever occupies those bases to get rid of unecessary wastes, reduce the use of fossil fuels, and reducing the number of body bags. I guess this machine was made as a way to comfort the US troops for getting shot at everyday. It will help them to get rid of their waste ad will use a lot less energy than they normally would. It'll help with the fossil fuels and all the contaminants that are released into the air. At least there's a little help for the poor environment that we destroy everyday. Hopefully this doesn't turn out to be too expensive to remake because there are a lot more US bases that would appreciate the help.

Good Fight and Goodnight!

"Disaffected"

I took the survey that Ms. Morales put up and i turn out to not be liberal or conservative, instead i got the title of disaffected. A disaffected is someone who is currently unhappy with his/her current economic situation and the overall state of the union. The group is deeply concerned with the environmental and immigration policies. They don't really keep up with the news or politics and only about 9% participated in the last election. The group is also often under constant financial pressure. The survey described my current situation accurately because I feel like my family is under financial pressure. I usually don't keep up with the politics and the current news. I also am unhappy with the overall state of the union. The Governor is cutting back on many things including park times and park hours. We are getting less money for education which means less books, less materials, and also less money to be able to hire teachers. I guess i can understand why he's doing it but there are always other options that can be open to making more money considering everyone says that the young are the future. Overall, the survey was great and it shows my personal standpoint at the moment.