Propaganda Blog Post

Deception is just as bad as telling an outright lie.

In Al Jazeera's depiction of Iraq's point of view of their war, some truths surface from how American news channels' portrayals of the same war have contributed to the extreme bigotism against Arabs and Islam. American media is widely considered to be hijacked by the US government as leverage against enemy countries, such as Iraq. In the American depiction of the Iraq war, their news outlets have made a conscious effort to antagonise the Iraqi and middle Eastern culture. Considering this, the deception exuded by the American media is just as bad as telling an outright lie. 

Firstly, the representation of the United States' perspective on their news outlets materialised to be innocent and often downplayed their military actions. The American President at the time had a large involvement in the media as he often contributed his strong point of views. He created an enemy out of Iraq by stating things like "Al Jazeera is the mouthpiece of Osama Bin Laden" or publicly communicating that he felt the U.S. was being fair in their military actions. From an American civilians' point of view, they are only able to view their government as being just and honourable. Yet, their government is in fact disguising their real involvement in the war through language manipulation and fact deception. In many instances, American news outlets have used soldiers as their new anchors and describe certain military events as having "heroic resistance" or perhaps "miscalculating" some of their moves, which is in fact a huge paraphrase of the true events occurring within Iraq. The tone of voice used by their anchors also appears to be calm and certain, which acts as a tool to the media in reassuring the American audience and disguising the American government at the time. It is obvious that what the American news outlet are showing benefits their country rather than communicating the truth. In doing so, the truth will never ultimately be revealed to the American public demonstrating these U.S. journalists' inability toe be objective. 

On the other hand, Al Jazeera's approach at news seems to be much more effective. Despite inevitably having bias, their conscious effort at covering news that demonstrates neutrality and truth, effectively allows for their audience to come to their own conclusions about the truth. Their head director has confidently expressed that their news outlet only wishes to hear individuals and depict news that does not overtly communicate only one side of the story. The lack of support from the Iraqi government goes to show how they do not rely on the middle Eastern support to convey the truth. 

All in all, American media's obstructing the process of their own media is in fact misinformation and in this case can be viewed as an outright lie. The public deserves the right to know and understand the truth concerning their country's affairs with other countries. 

Media Bias - Rewrite

Private Prison Stocks Skyrocket Following Donald Trump's Election Win

Wednesday morning, following Donald Trump's victory in the election, stocks for CoreCivic (formerly known as Corrections Corporation of America), the biggest private prison in the United States, was up by nearly 60 percent. Stocks for the second biggest, GEO Group, went up by 28 percent. While both have subsided since early this morning, stocks have remained rather strong.

This marks an undoing of the Obama administration, which, in August of 2016, announced plans to phase out and cease use of private prisons, some of which have been used to house undocumented inmates. According to the Justice Department's Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates, "They simply do not provide the same level of correctional services, programs, and resources; they do not save substantially on costs; and as noted in a recent report by the Department's Office of Inspector General, they do not maintain the same level of safety and security." 

Stock prices for both CoreCivic and GEO Group had dropped around 25 percent following the Obama administration's announcement, but both are now back up a mere hours after the Trump's election victory. Under Hillary Clinton's administration, Obama's plan would have been continued. But Trump's republican stance has predicted an expansion of private prisons. Despite Trump's lack of vocalization on the exact matter, it's long been known that the prison system has been owned by private owners. However, the Motley Fool notes that the spike is curious considering Trump's end game for illegal immigrants is deportation, not imprisonment. 

Rewritten

Just this morning, following Donald Trump's pyrrhic victory in the US election, stocks for CoreCivic (formerly known as Corrections Corporation of America), the biggest private prison in the United States,  immediately raised by 60 percent. Stocks for the second biggest, GEO Group, went up by 28 percent, a significant rise. Since Trump's election as American President, prison stocks have increase in value.

This marks an instantaneous downfall of the Obama administration's effort to improve America's prison conditions. In August of 2016, the government declared intentions to phase out and cease use of privately owned prisons, some of which have been used to confine undocumented men and women. According to the Justice Department's Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates, "These prisons are not equipped with humane correctional services, programs, and resources; and the costs are most beneficial to the rich white male owners; and as noted in a recent report by the Department's Office of Inspector General, they marginalise basic levels of safety and security needed for a prison." 

Stock prices for both CoreCivic and GEO Group had notably decreased nearly 25 percent following the Obama administration's announcement, but both are now back up a mere hour after Trump's unfortunate election. Under Hillary Clinton's leadership, Obama's favourable objectives would have continued to make a difference. But Trump's racist, xenophobic, anti-immigrant stance has predicted an expansion of these prisons owned by America's 1%. Despite Trump's absent vocalisation on the matter, it's long been known that the prison system has been fueled by racism. White men are now unable to own slaves, so the privatisation of prisons is plan B. However, the Motley Fool notes that the spike is curious considering Trump's end game for immigrants is deportation, and less focus on imprisonment.