US Man Freed After 23 Years in Jail

Mug Shot of Robert along with Victim

A man was just freed after serving 23 years in jail when found to be unguilty of the crimes we was said to have committed. Rober Jones was wrongfully put into jail on the accusations of rape, robbery, and manslaughter. He was released on bail and had to attend a retrial of his case where he then became free.
US Man Freed After 23 Years in Jail

Bernie Sanders for Legalizing Marijuana

Bernie Sanders

On Wednesday Bernie Sanders introduced a bill that would reduce all federal penalties for growing or possessing marijuana. This would allow states to determine its own laws on marijuana use and the government would ultimately  have nothing to do with it. However there would be penalties for trafficking the substance into other states.
Bernie Sanders Introduces Senate Bill to End Federal Marijuana Prohibition

Obama Defends Syrian Refugee Screenings

Syrian Refugees On Way to US

Obama is fighting his Syrian Refugee program with saying that each refugee goes through a vigorous screening process before even allowed into the US. First applications are reviewed, then each applicant is interviewed, and then another intense review is done including multiple background checks and biological mapping. What Obama is trying to say is that what he is doing is safe and that it needs to continue happening.
Obama Administration Defends its Syrian Refugee Screening

Newest Republican Presidential Poll

Donald Trump

In the most resent poll it seems that Donald Trump has gaining back his voters and Ben Carson has lost his. Donald Trump is in the lead again but the spot for second place is currently being fought after by Ben Carson, Ted Cruz, and Marco Rubio. This might have to do with the Syrian Refugee situation that Donald Trump has voiced his opinions on very loudly as well as other things. Now the race is getting quite close and interesting.
FOX News Poll

Obama and the Islamic State

Obama Speaking about Islamic State

President Obama recently came out to say that the U.S. is going to do nothing in the "fight against the Islamic State". He believes that the group will be taken out without us as long as the world stops thinking about it as the "new normal". The recent attack on Paris has started a debate on if the U.S. should continue with the invitation of Syrian Refugees into our country. It will be interesting to see how the President continues to handle this time.
Obama Says US Will Not Relent in Fight Against Islamic State

French Government

France is a republic specifically known as the French Republic that operates under their constitution.

The republic consists of a Prime Minister (minister to parliament) which is the head of the government and is picked by the President, a Minister, and a Secretary of State. France has a "multi-party political system"and is also has a sample of political factionalism. Throughout most of France's time their government has been between the on the left led by the Socialist party and the centre- right led by the Republicans. It is hard to have anything other than these two parties rule because they are so powerful. As of now France is governed by the Socialist Party. There are four main categories of French political parties: On the Right, Centre Right, Centre, On the Left and there are about 35 parties all together that make up these categories.
Political Parties in France
Government of France
List of Political Parties
The French Political System

Fourth GOP Debate

Fourth GOP Debate

The 4th GOP debate is being described as "awkward". Donald Trump came back into action with his ideas and views on immigration which caused a stir between him and John Kasich. Bush did better in this debate and showed more of his campaign than we have seen in a long time. Everyone had an opinion on the immigration topic and jumped in even when not asked. Hilary Clinton was also a name brought up many times in a negative way. After this debate it will be interesting to see where the polls go. 

Sharp Policy Divisions Emerge on Awkward Republican Debate Stage

Obama's Veterans Day Speech

Obama Veterans Day 

Today during Obama's Veterans Day speech his focus was set on previous troops and their need rather than the wars that are accumulating. Speaking about the amount of veterans coming home from Afghanistan and Iraq in need of jobs and the U.S. has an obligation to help the people that have helped us. This was very different to other Veteran Day speeches because of the non focus on the wars today but I think that the focus of todays speech was much needed and well appreciated.
Obama's Veterans Day Message Focuses on Jobs

6000 Federal Inmates Released

Federal Inmates

Sheriffs and people are around the U.S. are worried because of the recent release of 6,000 federal inmates. There release was because of the fact that the U.S. sentencing commission reduced the sentencing of most drug trafficking charges. This is the biggest mass release in history and people are worried about how the inmates will adjust to their new found freedom. More than half are currently in half way houses already and it is said that no state will receive more than 80 inmates. This however is not easing citizens worries and concerns, it will be intestine to see where this goes.
Sheriffs Fume at Mass Release of 6000 Federal Inmates

Ben Carson Leads

Ben Carson

In the latest national poll every major republican candidate is being Hilary Clinton and Ben Carson is leading by a 10 point margin. This poll is from the Quinnipiac University and was taken right after the Republican GOP debate last week. Clinton is succeeding Trump but only 46-43%.
Carson, Other GOP Candidates Top Clinton in Latest National Poll

Paul Ryan Elected Speaker of the House

Paul Ryan

Paul Ryan was elected speaker of the house last Thursday and has become the youngest speaker of the house in 150 years. 236 Republicans backed Paul Ryan, 18 more than he needed. Daniel Webster from Florida also ran but only received 9 of the republican votes, and almost every democrat voted for Nancy Pelosi. Ryan vowed to give every member of the House a chance to have their say in legislation. 
Paul Ryan Vows to Unify Party, Reshape House

The Man Behind the Mosque Questions

1. Cable news did not really use any steps to investigate who was actually behind the mosque. They found the man who had originally thought of the project, who's name is El Gamal, but this was as far as the investigation went.

2. Pamela Geller brought the story to Fox News. 

3. Throughout the story we saw people being interviewed about how they felt aft the mosque being build. We saw both sides of the story and learned how everyone felt but we didn't really hear the reasoning behind the building and the facts for it being build. This was touched on briefly throughout but it was definitely not the main focus of the story, the main focus was to get the opinions of the people to make it much more interesting. 

4. El Gamal the real estate agent on this project was approached for an interview by Fox News but would not talk and no other Park 51 workers were interviewed for cable news. There was a lady interviewed for Frontline however that did a good job in presenting herself. 

5. Cable news used sources of historians, non- islamic, to rely on for information. This is not a credible source because they are not a primary source when it comes to islamic knowledge and personal truths. 

6. It is extremely relevant for media sources to understand that its goal will create bias towards the thing that they are covering. Media sources know that when they are coving a story they are pitching it to the world and they know what the world wants to hear. Because of this they can screw the story in a way that creates a bias in order to get peoples attention.

7. Saudi Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal was the second largest shareholder in News Corps at the time of the Ground Zero Mosque. 

8. People  began to loose interest in the Ground Zero Mosque because it was such a long and controversial topic that was going to continue for a long time. People moved on and so did Fox News.