Politics

Media Blogs for Students

Adweek: This blog makes it simple to keep up with news in the press, television, technology, and advertising. http://www.adweek.com/

Journalism.org: Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism shares data, analysis, news, and reports through this must-read blog. http://www.journalism.org/

Newshooks: Here, readers can find articles on a wide scope of journalism-related topics. http://newshooks.com/

Mashable: This blog is still a must-read for anyone who wants to be at the cutting edge of social media and digital technology. http://mashable.com/

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Dynasties Die Slowly

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The Bush political dynasty may have died, when JEB suspended his long and painful presidential camp pain. Meanwhile, former First Lady Barbara Bush has been quoted as saying that her son may be a past president, but the greatest American Commander-in-Chief was her husband, and my former boss at USIA, George H. W.

After spending well over 100 million dollars, the Bush family dynasty could not cross the long and winding GOP political road block.

How much money failed presidential candidates have blown through this election http://money.us/20NHnMm

Wikipedia @ Sixteen

How will it look next year and what does Wikipedia mean to you? This is the question the massive online database is asking. This free digital collaborative encyclopedia has grown from 500,000 English-language articles in 2005 to more than 5 million in 2015.

Wikipedia is written in English. It started in 2001 and currently contains 5,056,252 articles. Many other Wikipedias are available; some of the largest are listed below.

More than 1,000,000 articles: Deutsch Español Français Italiano Nederlands Polski Русский Svenska Tiếng Việt

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DEMOCRATS DEBATE

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Democratic presidential candidates take the debate stage in Las Vegas under the time-honored rules of presidential debating, alone, unaided, defending their candidacies with only their wits and smiles.

While it will not really be a real debate in every sense of the word, because the word describes a clash of ideas and positions, it will be a media competition to see how accurately each candidate outlines his or her talking points, and other than some excursion into originality catch them in a flip-flop or a gaffe.

ELECTION = DEMOCRACY?

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If elected officials refuse to be accountable for all their actions, then democracy seizes to exist and the entire system collapses and dies.

If democracy breaks down, elected representative can easily transform him, or herself into a despot. History has examples of democratically elected leaders who evolved into tyrants. Here are three instances in Asia, Africa and Europe.

Ferdinand Marcos - He was first elected as an idolized figure of the resistance against the Japanese in WWII. When he was ousted in 1986, his government was synonymous with corruption and repression.

MORE DEBATES FOR US

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An informed electorate lies at the heart of our democracy. So why is the Democratic National Committee limiting debates between the 2016 Democratic presidential candidates? What are they trying to hide, or who do they want to protect?

The Democratic party has announced six debates, and has gone even further, introducing an exclusivity clause which disqualifies from the debates any candidate that participates in additional, unsanctioned candidate forums. In 2008, the Democratic candidates debated 26 times during the political primaries.

NEWS QUICKIE

THE PEACE DIDN'T LAST
70 years ago the German unconditional surrender to Allied Forces ended World War II. V-E Day celebrated today.

NEW CONSERVATIVES BRITS
Conservatives win UK elections, a victory that returns Cameron to a stronger position and party leaders resign.

AMBASSADORS KILLED IN PAKISTAN
Diplomats from the Philippines and Norway were among those killed in a chopper crash in the country's north.

US SEVERE WEATHER
Storms and tornadoes across an area covering southern Kansas, western Oklahoma and parts of North Texas.

OBAMA VISITS EVERY STATE

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DESPERATION

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The last thing you want to convey to voters the day before they go to the polls is desperation, or rage. So why are the candidates saying and doing just about anything, including political flip-flops the day before V Day?

Israel has really strict voter ID rules, only 3 forms of ID accepted. http://www.timesofisrael.com/elections-2015-a-users-guide/ … Polls close at 10pm local, 4pm ET.

Tuesday’s election in Israel may mark the demise of the old factions: http://nyr.kr/1AOHn0W

Israel election: Binyamin Netanyahu rules out Palestinian state if he wins http://d.gu.com/907T5P