Searching
these magazines online was a new experience for me. I have never been the kind
of person to pick up a magazine to read. I have always been the kind of person
that got his information off of Twitter. I enjoyed finding these controversial
stories.
1. What is the debate,
disagreement or argument in the story about? Explain concisely, but with
specificity and precision. Name specific people, places, things, events, dates,
times and/or other identifying details.
On November 19, 2015 a news reporter for CNN by the name of
Elise Labott, tweeted that the Statue of Liberty bowed its head in anguish when
the Syrian refugee bill passed. This bill limited the number of Syrian refugees
that would be able to come to America. CNN decided to suspend Elise due to the
inappropriateness of the comment. Many people disagree with the decision that
CNN made, including Fortune magazine writer Mathew Ingram who states that
writers should be able to speak their minds.
2. Who is the most sympathetic character in the story? Who are they? How
are they involved? Why do they evoke feelings of sympathy from you?
The most sympathetic character in the story is Michael
Calderone, a reporter for the Huffington Post, was sympathetic to Elise. He
says that the only reason Elise was suspended was because it was in opposition
to a Republican bill. Elise has posted her political opinion before when she
said she was opposed to one of Obama’s decisions and she faced no punishment
for that. Michael believes in his fellow reporter when a major news business,
CNN, does not.
3. Who is the least sympathetic character
in the story? Who are they? How are they involved? Why can't you easily
sympathize with them?
Jeff Zucker, the head of CNN, is extremely unsympathetic to
Elise’s decision to express her opinion on social media. He believes that his
reporters will get blamed for bias if they are tweeting their opinions at all.
I think that Jeff needs to give his reporters some slack, the tweet does not
give off a bias in my opinion and he is being too cautious. Even though CNN is
a major corporation that has its standard rules, there should be some lenience.
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1 . What is the debate,
disagreement or argument in the story about? Explain concisely, but with
specificity and precision. Name specific people, places, things, events, dates,
times and/or other identifying details.
In this story by Bloomberg Business, the dispute
is over whether or not Facebook should change the nature of the like button.
Chris Cox, who is the social network’s chief product officer, is contemplating
changing the like button. The like button is the key symbol of the company and
it would be an astounding change. The idea was first announced in Silicon
Valley at the Four Seasons at an executive meeting.
2. Who is the most sympathetic character in the story? Who are they? How
are they involved? Why do they evoke feelings of sympathy from you?
The most sympathetic person in this story is none
other than Mark Zuckerberg. Zuckerberg is quoted saying that he is fine with it
and that he completely agrees with anything his chief product officer and the
other board members decide to do. The reason that I evoke sympathy to
Zuckerberg is because it is his company and he has made the decision to let
someone else have control. He trusts that and that makes me trust Cox more.
3. Who is the least sympathetic character
in the story? Who are they? How are they involved? Why can't you easily
sympathize with them?
The least sympathetic person to the change is Cox
himself. Cox is saying that it is something that needs to happen. He feels that
the company has remained stagnant on their look and there needs to be a major
change. The reason that I cannot sympathize too much with Cox is because he is
changing the face of Facebook. He wants to adjust something that does not need
to be adjusted.
