Slanted Reporting. The situation in which a reporter presents the facts in a bias way with a distinct underlying message.
"Christian catching hell" is a prime example of this type of reporting. Within the brief news story, the reporter interviews a conservative Christian woman, Cathi Herrod, who had been receiving hateful words towards her conservation positions. Herrod, a prominent member of the Center for Arizona Policy. The reporter glosses over the most hateful aspects of Herrod's conservative position. On the Center for Arizona Policy's webpage, hateful comments towards LGBT members are encouraged. One such page Homosexuality argues that the American Psychological Association (APA) was only persuaded to not encourage conversion therapy for homosexuals due to the, "Strength that pro-homosexual advocates," exerted on the APA. While the reporter may seem to be taking an unbiased view, what she is actually doing is completely different. What NBC12 is essentially telling viewers is that Christians who advocate for extremely harmful conversion therapy and the inequality of LGBT individuals are "oppressed" if people take offense to their words. For the audience, this can tell an LGBT teen or young adult that they're wrong. That what they feel is immoral and they should change. People like Herrod increase the suicide rates for LGBT youth and increase the self-harm rates as well. Herrod and the NBC affiliate should be ashamed of themselves. Herrod for encouraging the inequality of citizens based off of religious beliefs in a country founded on the concept of not having one supreme religion, and NBC12 for making a victim out of the oppressor. Personally, I feel sicken by this report. I remember being youth and feeling wrong about who I was. I remember liking girls and worrying about what people would say. Herrod is a bigot and NBC12 is encouraging her archaic behavior through this segment.
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Saturday, November 15, 2014
Sunday, November 2, 2014
Entry #2. LDRs.
Distance sucks. First, if I could just teleport anywhere that would be great. Second, I wouldn't have to work about gas prices (although, they'd probably be some fee for teleportation per miles or something...). But as it stands, distance is something that impacts my day to day life. Why is this? Because currently, I am in a long distance relationship (LDR).
I'm lucky though. I knew going into this relationship it was going to be LDR. She was going off to college, I knew that. However, some people aren't that lucky. Circumstances such as school, work, and family can cause regular relationships to become LDRs. LDRs are hard, and, in my opinion, much harder than ones where the couples can see each other often.
My relationship currently (as of 2am this morning actually) has a 2 hour time difference. That makes planning Skype (a video chat service) dates, phone calls, and other relationship aspects really difficult. Additionally, sometimes remembering the 2 hours is a pain in the butt. For example, if I work from 6pm-10pm, it's 8pm-12am (previously 9pm-1am) her time. Plus, there were some days where I wouldn't be getting done with classes until 820 her time, then I would work at 9 her time (6 my time). Sounds confusing? Trust me, I know.
One of the most important things is communication. My girlfriend can't read my body language or my nonverbal communication to know if something is wrong (unless we're on Skype, but even then), so I have to tell her. Additionally, I have to make sure I let her know when I'm going out with friends and whatnot, so we can both prepare before we Skype, whether that's getting ready for bed, or getting homework done.
Right now, my girlfriend and I are 2,450 miles apart (maybe more she's currently on the subway). She goes to Pace University in downtown New York city, and I live in Glendale, Arizona. We're pretty much across the country from each other. But we make it work. Through texting, phone calls, Skype chats, FaceTime, care packages, and LDR couple apps (there's actually one called Avocado), we make this relationship work.
I'm lucky though. I knew going into this relationship it was going to be LDR. She was going off to college, I knew that. However, some people aren't that lucky. Circumstances such as school, work, and family can cause regular relationships to become LDRs. LDRs are hard, and, in my opinion, much harder than ones where the couples can see each other often.
My relationship currently (as of 2am this morning actually) has a 2 hour time difference. That makes planning Skype (a video chat service) dates, phone calls, and other relationship aspects really difficult. Additionally, sometimes remembering the 2 hours is a pain in the butt. For example, if I work from 6pm-10pm, it's 8pm-12am (previously 9pm-1am) her time. Plus, there were some days where I wouldn't be getting done with classes until 820 her time, then I would work at 9 her time (6 my time). Sounds confusing? Trust me, I know.
One of the most important things is communication. My girlfriend can't read my body language or my nonverbal communication to know if something is wrong (unless we're on Skype, but even then), so I have to tell her. Additionally, I have to make sure I let her know when I'm going out with friends and whatnot, so we can both prepare before we Skype, whether that's getting ready for bed, or getting homework done.
Right now, my girlfriend and I are 2,450 miles apart (maybe more she's currently on the subway). She goes to Pace University in downtown New York city, and I live in Glendale, Arizona. We're pretty much across the country from each other. But we make it work. Through texting, phone calls, Skype chats, FaceTime, care packages, and LDR couple apps (there's actually one called Avocado), we make this relationship work.
Me (left) and my girlfriend (right) with the doll I got her before she left
We're cool
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