Analysis: Exploring Media Coverage of Hurricane Maria
Hurricane Maria is causing serious damage, but the media is failing to cover it.
Hurricane Maria is causing serious damage, but the media is failing to cover it.
Hurricane Harvey has taken over the news cycle, but devastating floods in South Asia have gone on ignored.
There was a clear narrative after the 2016 election: the polls were wrong. Poll aggregators in the media who mathematically average together election polls had a clear victor picked out on the morning of November 8—and it wasn’t Donald Trump. The Huffington Post gave Hillary
This past week, Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch endured 20 hours of hearings to prove that he is worthy of a prestigious seat on the nation’s highest court. Gorsuch was questioned by 20 senators—11 Republicans and 9 Democrats—led by Judiciary Committee chairman Senator Chuck Grassley.
Although the founding fathers, who denounced monarchy, intended for the Congress to be the most powerful institution in government, the executive branch has since taken that title for itself. Especially in the modern political era – the latter half of the 20th century to now
There is an expectation that the media always needs to be correct. They need to understand the entire country and every situation. Although that is an unrealistic expectation, the expectation that they will do their best is reasonable. In this election, journalists did not do
Immigration reform has been a hot topic during this election cycle. With both presidential nominees presenting very different plans for the betterment of our current deportation system, it is clear that the issue is far from being resolved. Traditionally, when people think about illegal immigration and