journalistic ethics

When a journalist lies a punishment is in order, but what the punishment is is yet to be decided. Although publishing false information may not seem that important it is. When a journalist releases an article the public trusts that the article is factual, if the article is not true than the journalist is releasing false potentially important information. The repercussions for releasing untrue information should result in a fine and community service depending on the severity of the crime. Jail time would not accomplish anything due to the fact that the sentence would be minimal. If the ordeal becomes a well known issue and a movie or television show then the journalist who committed the crime should not profit from it due to their fraudulence. If they recieve any profit then the act of publishing false information becomes ok, and they are rewarded for the crime.

poetry anaylsis

Hey World, Here I Am! by Jean Little
Wars - pg 13

Jean Little who is legally blind from birth moved from Tiwan to Guelph in 1940. She didn't allow her blindness to get in the way of her education and attended the University of Toronto. She also lived across the street for a small period of time.

This poem is about how its easy to judge a situation but when you are in a similar situation it's hard to use the same judgment you once had. This shows that Jean understood the evil of wars between nations. Jean has a sister, children and grandchildren and I'm sure that situations like the poem have happened in reality, but I think this particular poem could be about blindness. The war of going blind with age something she would like to stop but in the end it's inevitable.

"When I was in Grade Two, I said to my father,
'I think wars are wrong!
People should be told to stop all this fighting right now.
If I were crowned Queen of  the World,
I'd make wars against the law.'
My father said I had something there,
But he didn't seem terribly excited.
I could not understand him.

Then I went upstairs and caught my sister Marilyn
Playing with my new paper dolls without my permission!

We had a war"