Analysis: I Knew You Were Trouble

After reading chapters 4 through 6 in Matthew Desmond’s Evicted it was very interesting to learn about the goals and stories of those affected in the book. In chapter 4, Desmond focuses on a trailer park owner, Tobin Charney who is told by the Common Council that he has to begin evicting some of his tenants. Throughout this chapter, it is evident to recognize how Desmond focuses on how the city has been threatening to close down Charney’s trailer park if he did not follow through with evicting his tenants, who were known as troublemakers. Two of the noted people from the book were Pam and Ned. Pam had a very tough childhood and upbringing which led to her becoming a crack addict. The eviction of Pam and Ned was an important part of the chapter because Tobin filed for eviction against his tenants for not paying the rent. Tobin originally gives them 28 day notice but he managed to get them out in 5 days. This chapter was eye-opening because of the way Tobin reacted to his tenants, particularly Pam and Ned. I believe Tobin reacted like this because he was afraid to lose his trailer park to the town and cause problems with the council. Also it was eye-opening to see that Tobin only evicted this couple and not others who did not pay their rent, and in my opinion he did that because they were deemed as troublemakers. Later on in the chapter the goals that I noticed were that Tobin evicted Pam and Ned because of them being seen as troublemakers but used the reason of violations which covered that up.

“Words of Fire,” by Anthony Collings, details the lives of different journalists in regards to free press and covering potentially dangerous stories. Anthony Collings is a former CNN reporter who shifted his focus from reporting to telling the story of journalists who have come under fire in a power struggle between government and free press. Collings puts free press into a spectrum, on one side there is the United States, where the press is largely free, and on the other side there are places like North Korea or China where press is largely restricted by the government. Collings does not focus on these extremes, but rather the places in the middle where there is an ongoing struggle between state power.

The Constitution states that a person has the right to publish or print any news or opinions that they deem worthy. Yet today some laws prohibit this freedom, by creating laws in order to protect the individual’s privacy, we are limiting ones ability to report facts. Furthermore many records previously available for the public to view are now sealed. On the opposite end of the spectrum new freedoms are being allowed. In a court case, “Justice Joseph Teresi has struck an important blow for constitutional rights and an open judicial process by allowing cameras to televise the murder trial.”[3] By allowing a camera into the courtroom people are better able to get a grasp on our judicial system in the United States. This decision also allows citizens to view first hand news in action, without any biases created by reporters. As some of our freedoms are revoked other are being ratified. These changes

King, Geoffrey. "Clear and present danger: the NSA, surveillance and the threat to press freedom." Nieman Reports 68.1 (2014): 38+. Academic OneFile. Web. 8 Apr. 2014.

In journalism, an ethical dilemma is a complex issue or situation that often involves an emotional and psychological conflict between moral obligations and duties, in which to obey one would transgress the other. Within the media there are many stories that can be deemed an ethical dilemma; some more so than others. One of the most recent and prominent ethical dilemmas was the worldwide coverage surrounding the shooting of two American WBDJ journalists, Alison Parker and Adam Ward. Despite the fact that the shooter filmed the ordeal clearly showing the two slain journalists being shot, news outlets had picked it up and ran with the story, which ultimately went viral in minutes. This essay will analyse and thoroughly examine the reporting

Taylor Swift really knows how to have hidden messages and secrets throughout her lyrics and music videos. Taylor Swift also likes to trash talk other celebrities including Kim Kardashian and Katy Perry. Which gives a viewer a good chance to critic her lyrics and videos.

The interpretation of “privacy” under the PCC Code was considered in R (Ford) v Press Complaints Commission . The applicant was the well known television journalist, Anna Ford. She looked for authorization to apply for judicial review of the PCC choice dismissing her protest about distribution of photos of her and her accomplice on a disengaged yet open shoreline abroad. Silber J refused permission on the basis of the “broad discretion” given to media regulators and the “extended deference given by the courts” to their

We get advertising from politicians on the media and must of that is from our cameras. Media such as TV, radio or Internet uses us as first resource. I remember the news when they report something, and then they show videotape from someone from the street. Now this is the trend because we are the ones who are living the real life. According to Wallace “Without our video clips, mainstream media have nothing to work with but what they produce for a higher cost”. People are the principal responsible to put their leader, companies and trends on charge or turn an event into phenomenon if they want. Cameras and videos capability to communicate and share are essential in our

The job of a journalist has always been highly scrutinized. For years, the question of what and how a journalist should deliver information has been analyzed. However, despite the many theories, it has always been a clear consensus that journalists have an obligation to truth above all. However, there are many cases where a journalist may not know how far to go in order to deliver that truth. Of course, a journalist must always operate within legal limits, however, again some cases have blurred lines. A case that demonstrates these blurred lines between the legal and illegal, as well as the need to deliver truth, is a case between the Rolling Stone and their use of illegal music links.

To fully understand we much focus on these three aspects of the issue. Above all, it is the media's job to publish what is true. It is its job to give the audience news and that of truthful news. The most serious concern with the media is that what they reveal to the audience must be true because as a society we are greatly influenced by what we read, hear, and see through the press. This is why libel is more serious than privacy issues. Publishing false or inaccurate information directly is the biggest, and most devastating thing a journalist or media can do. That is the

“Many laws exist in Britain restraining the media. In 1992, the White Paper, Open Government, identified 251 laws outlawing information disclosure. Two years later the Guild of Editors listed 46 directly relating to journalists. The laws of libel, contempt, defamation, obscenity and ‘gagging’ injunctions to stop alleged breaches of confidence all act as restraints on the media.” (Keeble, Richard/ Ethics for Journalists)

There are arguments for and against whether during the phone hacking scandal the press operated in the public interest.

The intention of the paparazzi is to take the best photo that will sell for the greatest amount of money. However these ordinary people still have to abide by the laws that the rest of the world lives by, but unfortunately they never seem to follow these crucial and necessary restrictions. The people within society never thought that paparazzi could get this bad to the point in which celebrities were pressing charge, getting into full scale brawls, and breaking laws. The paparazzi of the past never thought that the present-day paparazzi would be so vicious. “The paparazzi care about sales above and beyond all other considerations” (Howe 17). This is far beyond a true statement, it’s a fact.

Problems take place within the media when public interest is conflicted with human right and the right to privacy. You can easily validate publishing privet information as a form of public interest, but you however cannot justify the damages it may cause.

Media is one of the key areas where power is exercised, reinforced, contested and very influent in the political, social, and economic fields. This statement that has been discussed in the previous lectures clearly relates to the message that comes across from Brian Knappenberger's documentary of Nobody Speak: The Trial of Free Press. Throughout the documentary, it is argued that those who have influential backgrounds, or have "deep pockets" are capable of buying their way out of scandals, and concealing facts and their truths in front of media. A publisher and reporter's duty to the public eye is to report and reveal the truth about the world around them without hiding anything from them. As David Folkenflik mentioned, during Hulk Hogan's case, "without the backing of some wealthy billionaire, there is little of what an independent publisher [of media] can do." Media is an