Media Law and Literacy

  Anti-War Sources     The two anti-war websites antiwar.com and theamericanconservative.com  are two sources where you can find information and news on everything do to with foreign policy and anti-war articles. The only thing is, I and probably many other people have never heard of such sites that have information regarding something as good as being against  war. The reason behind this lies within our media. Not only do our common media sources not take note of websites like this, they don't even cover information that has to do with anything being against war. The reason behind this is that they wish to get the highest ratings in order to bring in more revenue and more attention to their company. Why would they cover something being against war when they could promote half true information that hints towards a war or some violent act that would then pull in more ratings?      While these websites mostly cover things to do with foreign policy,...

  First Amendment and BLM Protests         The First Amendment is something that is heavily debated in this country and the question of whether or not something applies under the First Amendment can be applies to a number of recent events. Something that people don't realize is that the First Amendment is something that prevents the government  from interfering with your six freedoms (Separation of church and state, Freedom of conscience, speech, press, assembly, and petition). Where it becomes confusing is when a private corporation or property blocks one of these. It is difficult for someone who feels their First Amendment was denied by a private actor to sue and win, because they are not the government.      There are 3 Federal Law policies that apply to the First Amendment: F.A. protection is not absolute, F.A. is not a shield against laws of general applicability, and freedom of the press is a fundamental, personal right, not an ins...

Beginnings of the Supreme Court     The Supreme Court was established back in 1789 by Article Three of the Constitution, but its organization was not decided until later with the Judiciary Act of 1789. With this act, which was signed into law by President George Washington, decided that the court would be made up of six justices who serve until they either die or retire. The first Supreme Court was made up by Chief Justice John Jay and Associate Justices John Rutledge, William Cushing, John Blair, Robert Harrison and James Wilson. The first assembly of the justices was supposed to be on February 1, 1790, but transportation issues postponed it until the next day.            The court's first meetings did not actually hear any cases, but rather mainly worked out organizational procedures. The first decision handed down by the court was on August 3, 1791, only a day after hearing arguments for the case West v. Barnes . For over 100 years af...

S ource #1: WPRI WPRI is a local news station that airs in my hometown of Warwick, Rhode Island. I don't often watch "morning" television but when I catch a glimpse of it, WPRI usually has everything I need while I'm back home. Since Rhode Island is so small, every city in the state is covered in it, so I know everything that's going on throughout the state. The site has everything covered from sports, weather, crime, and more recently, all info on COVID-19 in Rhode Island and what Governor Gina Raimondo has to say. There's also other programs that air like "The Rhode Show" which has information on tech, food, and other lifestyle topics in Rhode Island Source #2: Instagram I feel that myself and many other college students or teenagers have started to lose interest in getting their news from newspapers or even television and websites. I can easily say that I get most of my information from social media, especially Instagram . In some cases like spo...