week 2 debate jounral american politics

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Amanda Furniss American Politics Week 2 debate journal 11/3/23 1. What is your initial response to the case findings? My initial response to the case findings is shock and disbelief when reading the first couple of sentences surrounding statistics. I find it very hard to believe that 100 percent of Americans ages 18-29 have cell phones. This is clearly false information as I myself personally know a 19 year old that does not have a smart phone device. Seeing as though I found misinformation in the first couple of sentences I continued to read with this in mind, paying attention to what the text was saying but not taking anything too literally. In regards to the case of Timothy Carpenter I was surprised that the court would allow a conviction based off my GPS pings from cell phone towers to determine Carpenters involvement in the robberies. I don’t doubt for a second that he was involved I am just in shock that they did not require more evidence than this as we all know GPS coordinates from cell phone towers can be quite unreliable in detecting exact locations. 2. Research the two resources provided at the very bottom of the case presented (the links can also be found below). What data can you pull from these resources to support your initial response in #1. The Pew Research Center is a well established and highly reputable nonpartisan fact tank that provides data on public opinion, social issues, and demographic trends in the United States and around the world. It is considered a reliable source of data on public opinion and has a good track record for reliability and accuracy, but due to the fact that it relies on gathering information from public surveys it can not be 100%accurate or trusted. The second sited resource known as “Hackernoon” is also a non reliabel source for information. Hackernoon is a free platform open to the public to share information with over 25,000 contributing writers ! with that many cooks in the kitchen it can become hard to decipher real from fake information being shared.
3. Does your response change to the court findings after researching the two resources provided? Explain or cite additional resources that influence your opinions in response to the case presented. After researching the two cited pages I have more disbelief in the article as a whole. The sources cited can not be trusted and have been known to share false information. I personally do not believe anything that was shared in regards to the courts findings or the statistics provided based off of unreliable sourcing.
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