Ashley Explores The Arts

For this weeks article, I chose to read, “Democrats warn Trump’s visit to Kenosha ‘fanning the flames’” written by John Parkinson. In this article it discusses the shooting that happened in Kenosha, Wisconsin. It talks about how Trump wants to come and talk to the people protesting and assess the damage of Kenosha, however, a lot of democrats do not want him to do that. They say he will just make it worse and make people angrier, while republicans say that Trump just wats to visit hurting Americans.

I chose this article because it discusses two points that we have discussed in class lately: objectivity and inflame vs inform. I am not sure we discussed inflame vs inform, but it was on the board and this article makes a lot of sense. Basically stating that this information given should inform the people, not make them more angry. With Trump trying to show up to talk to the protestors, he is just going to make them even more angry and none of them will listen to what he has to say. Objectivity comes in to play when the governors are talking Trump, saying that Trump is only there to egg on protestors and make it worse. That information is opinionated because how do they know Trump is only there to do that? It is interesting to see how the governors try to push their opinions on the public.

Skyler McDermott is a senior here at Morningside. She is studying in the field of business administration with an emphasis in management and a minor in marketing. Not only is Skyler participating in classes at Morningside, she is also a part of choir. After she graduates college in May of 2021, Skyler plans to pursue a career in marketing, all the while staying in Iowa.

Skyler wants to stay in Iowa because she is originally from Anthon, Iowa and has a lot of family there. Her family is the whole reason she actually came to Morningside. Skyler had an older sister who also attended Morningside. As she states, “The small community feel and my older sister went here.” Those are the main reasons why Skyler chose Morningside to do her studies.

After talking with Skyler and another student, an exchange student, it was found out that Skyler can speak English and Spanish. English being her first language and Spanish being her second from which she learned most in high school. She said her Spanish is not the best, but she can at least speak a little bit of it, therefore maybe not considering it a second language. Skyler has one year of college left before she graduates, hopefully it treats her well and COVID doesn’t send her home like it did in the spring.

The article I read for this week is called, “In new lawsuit, New York state adds to mounting legal pressure on Postal Service over mail-in voting” written by Lucien Bruggeman and Aaron Katersky. Basically, the state of New York, along with many other cities, are going to sue the postal service. They believe the postmaster general, along with president Trump, have violated federal statues, which in turn could affect absentee voting in the upcoming election. Therefore, the postmaster stated he would withhold his initiatives until after the election so it doesn’t seem like he is trying to affect it in any way.

I chose this article because it relates to what we have discussed in class in many different ways. First off, it can affect how people get their news. As we discussed, news is important because it notifies the public or even in communities. Some older people still rely on newspapers for their news and if the government is creating issues and slowing down the postal service, those people cannot receive the mail they need. Along with that, in the article it mentions that the postmaster is “withholding information from the panel.” If the information is need to know, the postal service shouldn’t do that, not even if the government. The government does, but the government is corrupt in many different ways.

I also liked this article because it shows how the reporters have to really be objective in this situation. They could easily input on how the postal service being slow is a tact to affect the upcoming election. Or how the postmaster could be corrupt and refusing to give the boards and committees what they need. However, the reporters tried their best to give facts and stick to what they found out, whether it is true or not. Some information reporters find could be false, which screws everything up, but in todays world, you can never really tell what is true or not.