Wednesday, April 8, 2015

Attack from the people we are suppose to trust

In South Carolina, a white police officer was charged with shooting and killing a black unarmed man. We have seen many cause of white on black crime, but the difference between the past crimes that happened this year, compared to this one is that it was caught on video. Officer Michael Slager, is being held in the county's detention center with no bail. This video shows the true color in some people in the justice system. In the video, Slager placed handcuffs on the victims, Walter Scott, lifeless body. What does that show you? All this happened Saturday morning. Some people from Ferguson commented on the situation saying that they were finally happy to see some justice.

Tuesday, April 7, 2015

Good Night and Good Luck

1) Why were CBS executives and its journalists so hesitant about questioning Senator McCarthy?
Well Senator McCarthy has a history of being in the marines so he might have connections with in the system.

2) What method did Murrow and the other journalists use in the first story against McCarthy? Why did they choose this way to tell their story?
There really want a method that Murrow used against McCarthy. Once Murrow heard McCarthy was going to attack him, Murrow was already digging information about McCarthy. So he was waiting for the right time to act.

3) Describe McCarthy's appearance on Murrow's program. In your opinion, was it positive? Negative?
McCarthy's appearance was negative. He was defending himself, but was attacking Murrow (negative). I say this because he was name calling; calling him a leader of a jackle pack. In the movie it seemed that everyone was looking at McCarthy with disgust and disapproval. It seems as if no one liked him

4) Why did Murrow's schedule get changed on CBS from a nightly program to Sunday afternoons?
The reason why Murrow's schedule get change on CBS from a nightly program to Sunday afternoons because no one watches the news at those times. People were watching their favorite TV shows, or movies that played back to back. So basically no one watched the news those days.

5) What does Friendly and Murrow refer to as the "downfall of television?"


6) What ended up happening to McCarthy?


7) What was Murrow's speech at the beginning and the end of the film about?