Description
write a journal entry of what the student has learned from the current news of the week regarding American Government.
The journal entry needs to provide the distraction story for the week AND what impactful news item was covered up or lacking in the news because of the distraction news item.
- Identify the distraction news item and explain the impactful news item with the relevance, consequences, and significance the impactful news item has on the U.S. and/or world
Explanation & Answer
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Running head: MEDIA JOURNAL
Trump’s Justice
Name of student
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MEDIA JOURNAL
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Most headlines are focused on President Trump calling Democratic candidate Michael
Bloomberg a total racist after an audio clip of him supporting the ‘stop and frisk’ police practice.
Trump, who has been accused of being racist even by close associates, has since deleted the
tweet and has offered no explanation for it. The audio clip has not been confirmed to be
Bloomberg who sees Trump’s tweet as “clearly reflecting” Trump’s “fear over the growing
strength” of Bloomberg’s campaign (Gregorian, 2020). While most media outlets are focusing on
Trump’s tweet and the growing feud with Bloomberg, they are pulling focus from the fact that
Trump is forcing or at least pushing the hands of the Justice Department in favor of him and his
allies.
Following Watergate, the Justice Department has acted with the least possible
interference from the White House because of fears that political interference would yet again
interfere with the course of justice as was the case during the reign of Attorney General John
Mitchell who helped President Nixon ...