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Objective Conservative Opinion
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Objective conservative is in existence simply to hypothesize views and opinions from the appropriate shimmering conservative, sometime broad-minded thought swayed by a belief that the United States of America is founded with a Judeo philosophy. It expresses the objective views of issues and candidates. The book “Bias” shows how the media distorts the news and argues how fairness, integrity and balance vanished in television. The book also insists on the importance the media plays in the USA. This report enlightens on how the book “Bias” shows and portrays the objective conservative opinion and explains them in detail.
The Plot of the Book
The book “Bias” written by Bernard Goldberg resulted from an incident that happened on 13th February. 1996. The Wall Street Journal published an editorial by Bernard Goldberg entitled “Networks Need a Reality Check”, for a fixture in CBS News (Goldberg, 2002). The agenda of the editorial was to enlighten the liberal biasness on the national television news along with the reporters that conflicted with their reporting strategies and policies.
The book “Bias” uncovers how the television network and other cables have failed in their mission by presenting the laissez-faire position on subjects as the baseline; of reasonableness and that any different point besides that is controversial. According to the writer, reasonable minds barely differ. The book tries to illuminate on how information show be presented. The writer through the book states that different ideas need be presented without unfavorably labeling one over the other while making the other look better.
Complaints to the networks editors and executives with no avail, the 28year long CBS news reporter went public through the publication of an Op Eds in the Wall Street Journal. His delusions of slanted news stories prompted his actions accusing the CBS for bias and copiously criticizing a story by Eric Engberg allegedly giving a “reality check” on the flat tax scheme of Steve Forbes. Despite the story’s qualification as “news”; the story faced all sorts of distortion, ranging from loaded words such as “scheme” and “elixir”, omission of people supporting the idea of Forbes, omission of association of “experts” contradicting the idea, and snide depiction( a “wacky” proposal as referenced by Engberg and that it should first be tried in Albania). Goldberg used this egregious sample as a commencing avenue to support and provide evidence of the larger charge of left-wing prejudice at the television networks, and provide an explanation why the big three TV networks continued to lose its viewers’ ( Goldberg, 2002) . “In the United States of Entertainment there is no greater sin than to bore the audience”.
Goldberg who was considered as no one in the CBS television, achieved a national voice outside the world of media, to the few quiet voices that worked in the television that supported him, and all this was because of uttering the unutterable. His belief in pointing out slander, prejudice and distortion in the media led to a revolution such as the creation of talk shows on the radio, despite the fact that the media continues to refute.
The author of the book tries to show what the media tries to hide from the people of America when it distorts the news. The book analyzes how the press covers the race issue, the sexes relation, HIV & AIDS, the homeless peoples’ situation and finally, terrorism. This book is well documented and very honest in its portrayal of these issues. The author emphasizes and shows in this book how the media deliberately exaggerates the problems of the homeless people hiding it from the camera and while blaming it on the tax cuts by the republican. The actual agenda of the media was to hide the true reason of the actual homeless; the alcohol and drug addicted, mentally unstable weirdoes unable to perform even sufficient to earn housing; due to fear of the people of America seeing the culpability for the plight of the homeless people.
The author also tries to show the techniques and methods employed to implement a countrywide attack on the whole male gender, and the disastrous aftermath of that attack in California. The book finally shows how the news reporters, driven by a pledge to epitomize Israeli defense armies and Arab terrorists as morally comparable, hid the real nature of the Arabic world from Americans, in effect effecting the agenda of almost all the academic literati and ethically disarming the country- both afore and subsequent September 11.
This book “Bias” by Bernard Goldberg was well written and very informative. The writer of this book bases his argument entirely on facts and barely opinions. He unveils how the media distorts information simply because it aims and intends to hide the truth from the people. “The fact is television doesn’t simply reflect society’s values. In important ways, it also legitimizes them. And more and more in recent decades it has made even the most dubious “values” and behaviors seem normal and routine.” It bases explanations of occurrences on a different matter to the real deal. The media tries to blame the tax cuts by the republicans for the homeless Americans on the streets. The facts in this book are well researched and precisely documented to provide well catalogued information.
The author of the book bases his facts on real life issues that he has experienced and has substantial evidence on. Through the book, the author tries to portray how the media distorts information through all means like slander and exaggeration “… Bob Schieffer, the network’s chief Washington correspondent, told The Washington Post: “Bernie just seemed to be upset about everything. He was upset with the world.””(Goldberg, 2002). The reasons for these are because the most media institutions are owned by rich people and politician who control the country and are afraid of the truth getting out to citizens. It is plain and simple; media is power. Whoever controls the media owns the power. The most powerful politicians and rich men are able to control the country by dictating what the media broadcasts. The people of the country judge others basing on the information they access from the media, knowing that they rely and believe in the news from the media.
In other areas, journalists control the mind of the Americans by providing information about the Israeli and Arabs, that they want Americans to access. Information portraying how the Americans are harassing the Arabs and Israeli has consequently led to the disarming of the American armies. The truth about the Israeli and Arabs is however concealed. This is because these journalists have sworn to humanitarianism blindfolded by their belief of “controlling Americans” to see the plain truth.
The obsessed news man spent most of his trying to find a way to expose the media’s unreliability in relaying information. After numerous attempts failed attempts to persuade the editors and news executives of the media houses, he decided to find a way to expose the media’s capriciousness of tampering with information by publishing a controversial article on the journal of Wall Street. This journal attracted attention all over the country and pasting his name wrongly to the CBS news, while emerging as a vocal hero to the civilians and other members of the CBS news who felt in accordance (Goldberg, 2002).
In conclusion, the book “Bias” by Bernard Goldberg solely intends to enlighten the people of America of the sins the media is committing. The book also aims at exposing the media in its unending quest to hide information from the American citizens with reasons of doing damage control, hiding the guilty and protecting the innocent. This book makes a great discovery of the crimes the media commit and openly points them out. The book is a representation of a hero engaging in a difficult stuff that is voicing very many quiet individuals. This book is a masterpiece that utters of the reality without hesitance of the reaction of the media and critics.
Reference
Goldberg, Bernard. 2002. Bias: a CBS insider exposes how the media distort the news. Washington, DC: Regnery Publ.
Cross examination of opposing team position
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Cross examination of opposing team positionThree points our opposing team has kept and pointing the weakness of their argument. The points can be crossed easily though. The positive side of globalization in United Arab Emirates and arguments for the discussion are as follows-
New risk- With expanding the business there is no risk involved as there is a high degree of diversification in the market and increasing amount of competition in the UAE market. Large markets bring certain amount of positive points like quality improvement in the business and business process. The profit is likely seen to have fluctuating rates bringing stability and predictability in businesses in United Arab Emirates.
Arguments for it- Globalization is about new opportunities increasing leverage and easy credit as the money flow is across the boundaries irrespective of local and national in United Arab Emirates. Globalization boosts the aggregate demand, increasing the income cycle and growth in financial condition of the firm. With huge amount of risk, a little risk can be adjusted.
Job creation- With expansion of business there will be creation of jobs in United Arab Emirates. The company would expand in United Arab Emirates, as more opportunities will be available in these areas (Rugman and Brewer, 2001). There will be more opportunity for United Arab Emirates as these companies willing to expand will prefer the developed countries.
Arguments for it- Expanding the business brings positive note for the company and the country. There is an increase in the wealth of the organization. The United Arab Emirates is already developed with the aspect of job and income groups of their population the new company cannot make a difference in the country like this. There is opportunity for the organization as well as the home country the company belongs too. Thus, the efficiency of the employees and the people associated with the organization increases.
Offer work good remunerations and other benefits- In the UAE, globalization will offer the change to works. They will be trained about the changes in management caused by globalization. In addition they will be better remunerated.
Arguments for it- With expansion and globalization the company gains a lot benefits and even the benefits are shared with UAE and its economy where the organization plans to expand. Globalization brings new advancement in the economy of the developing country and changes the shape of operations. Availability of cheap labor or workers is a benefit for the organization. United Arab Emirates has made laws to protect its people and look into the matter that they do not get exploit.
An example can be taken to support my team argument- A company dealing with fashion products wants to expand in the UAE market. As a developing country, it offers huge benefit to the organization as well as to the UAE economy. The organization gets opportunity to explore new market with new customers and a scope to increase its revenue. The UAE economy benefits by getting a new brand and new offers in the market in social point, gets new jobs opportunities in the market. The United Arab Emirates has laws, which are in favor of its people and to verify the exploitation of its people.
What Make Urban Environments Unique
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What Make Urban Environments Unique
Urban centers are some of the most densely populated and diversified places in the world people from varied cultural backgrounds converge. As rational beings, humans are embracing such behaviors due to particular reasons that could entail the search for better social amenities, jobs and infrastructure (Abdul-Azeez and Opoola 140). Accordingly, cities accommodate unrelated persons with particular interests. Thus, urban environments exhibit unique attributes that promotes more freedom and have significant influence in human cultures and relations.
About four specific aspects make urban centers distinct from other environments. First, residents of cities are strangers with weak ties because they originate from varied backgrounds. Secondly, “weak norms, relativism and instrumentalism” shapes the urban centers. Consequently, urban environment promotes individualism as every resident is focused on personal interests rather than communal benefits. Moreover, urban centers rely primarily on formal institutions to attain and maintain order since there is no dominant culture that could otherwise rule the dwellers. As densely populated areas, urban environments comprise numerous people from varied cultural backgrounds who interact primarily on formal and economic occasions and when seeking government-sponsored amenities such as water and electricity. Hence, cities accommodate persons who are not interested in controlling or gaining deep social understandings of their neighbors but rather working on personal interests.
Conversely, the distinctive attributes of cities have adversely impacted on human relations and cultures. Since persons from different cultural backgrounds converge at urban centers, there is no specific or orderly culture in cities. Besides, urban centers tend to be ‘messy’ due to the relative freedom that allows each resident to defy their cultural norms because none of their community members are available to observe and control them. Unfortunately, there exist weak relationships between residents of cities as no one cares about their neighbor. Subsequently, dewelles of urban centers could encounter significant degree of anonymity, isolation and lack of social support (Desmond 1315). Thus, undesired instances such as “personal disorganization, mental breakdown, suicide, delinquency, crime, corruption, and disorder” could be more rampant in cities. Moreover, urban populations could exhibit immoral behaviors due to the relative absence of cultural norms and rules that could govern and shape conducts of people. That is, the capitalist and self-interest behaviors that shape urban centers attract perception whereby none of the residents would bother correcting or advising their neighbor, thus resulting in lots of existential problems, isolation and conflicts (Murtaza 583). Hence, the poor human relations and cultural erosion in cities attract detrimental impacts.
However, urban areas are more prone to freedom compared with other environments because of their profound innovation and adequate room for deviation from the otherwise restrictive rules and regulations that cultures attract. Residents of urban centers would strive to determine and develop more suitable social, economic, political and other strategies by exploring their skills, experiences and knowledge without limitations from cultural rules that entail imposition of taboos on particular activities. Besides, residents of cities would determine and embrace their most preferred and suitable cultural practices while defy the undesired ones. Also, urban residents would adopt new practices that could otherwise be forbidden by their original culture.
In conclusion, individualism, weak ties, weak social norms and the reliance on formal institutions to attain and maintain order serve as specific aspects that make urban environments distinct from other environments. Besides, cities are more prone to freedom due to the presence of adequate space for innovation and deviation of cultural regulations. Urban residents enjoy the freedom of determining and embracing their most desired cultural practices while discarding others. Unfortunately, undesired instances such as isolation, depression, incarceration, corruption and suicides are rampant in urban centers due to poor human relations and defiance of the otherwise beneficial cultural norms. Therefore, the unique urban environment attracts both beneficial and destructive consequences.
Works Cited
Abdul-Azeez, Ibraheem Adegoke, and Nurain A. Opoola. “An appraisal of the factors influencing rural-urban migration in some selected local government areas of Lagos State Nigeria.” Journal of sustainable Development 4.3 (2011): 136.
Desmond, Matthew. “Disposable ties and the urban poor.” American Journal of Sociology 117.5 (2012): 1295-1335.
Murtaza, Niaz. “Pursuing self-interest or self-actualization? From capitalism to a steady-state, wisdom economy.” Ecological Economics 70.4 (2011): 577-584.