COM 317- Code of Ethics Clinton and Obama

The negative things about the videos is that on an ad for Hillary Clinton, they used a quote from Harry S. Truman instead of using a quote in which Hillary Clinton is speaking to the people. Also, her opponent, Barack Obama's ad failed to have his voice speaking many times because he only spoke once during the entire ad about the people of the U.S.

Both ads tend to use good advocacy because both candidates sounded honest about fixing the U.S. economy and they both oppose the war in Iraq and want to bring the troops home.

Aristotle vs. Maslow- COM 317

Maslow's self- actualization is defined as making a person design his or her own lifestyle. For example, if a person purchases a product because he or she likes it, then Malsow would say that the person who bought it can develop his or her own image based on what the product is that captures his or her interests.

However, Aristotle believes that a good life is when a person develops something on his or her own and uses it to the fullest extent. Basically, if a person learns something on his or her own, then he or she should stick with it and not go out a purchase something that can ruin his or her image around others.

I think attaining self- actualization depends on a person's attitude and how they view life in general, but also decide whether or not they feel that they need to purchase a pair of shoes just to fit in with the "in crowd."

Carl Hiaasen

Carl Hiaasen believes that reporters should just cover a lot of stories and not take a side of good or evil, but just report the cold hard facts to get the truth out about the story. In other words, reporters have to be neutral while writing a story so that their emotions will not interfere with their work.

One issue Carl Hiaasen has that he has a strong sense of what is right and what is wrong because he witnessed several events such as President Kennedy's assassination and the impeachment of Richard Nixon. These two events are what made his ability to visualize about what actions or words are right and which ones are wrong stronger, but also which is the proper method to write a story for a newspaper.

Breslin and Thompson

The articles Breslin and Thompson wrote have some similarities because they both discuss the impeachment of President Richard Nixon. They both discuss how Nixon was abusing his position by worrying about foreign affairs and not domestic. These are the two main things that both articles have in common with each other.

William F. Buckley Jr.

Mr. Buckley Jr. contributed to the public was how to view politicians and what we, as Americans should say to view a politicians campaign for the presidency, but also view that the CIA and our government can have a few problems with getting information out to the public in order to protect national security.

No, he couldn't compete in today's multimedia world because every piece of technology it starting to become digital and information is being presented from many broadcast companies.

I found that I wouldn't not use negative opinions about a politician because it would make the government come after me and try to humiliate the rest of my life if the information presented was false, but also if it destroyed that politicians credibility.

COM 317- Obama: Plagiarism?

Facts: Obama uses words from previous speeches in which he was plagiarizing. Clinton views this as an unpolitical action to get voters to support Obama's campaign.

Ethics: Clinton tries to make Obama look bad to get voters to support her campaign. She also believes that Obama is using libel.

Principles: It involves not only libel, but slander also because Obama used the written material and spoke out to the public by following the script his writers wrote for him.

I would decide this issue as a speechwriter and as a news reporter by not using another persons work and saying that it is your own.

Compare and Contrast - Bull Run and Iraq

The Battle of Bull Run and the Iraq War are similar because both reporters have seen many soldiers wounded in battle, heard the sirens, explosions, and gun fire coming from all directions, but also, each reporter has viewed how war can be very destructive to not only people, but to civilizations.

The major difference betweeen these two stories is the timeline. Bull Run had limited resources to build guns which were revolvers, cannons, and muskets. The Iraq story has technology that is advanced for the soldiers such as grenades, tanks, jets, assault rifles, and better equipment for the soldiers to get around big obstacles. The reporter in the Civil War had to write the story out with pen and paper, while the reporter in Iraq can broadcast the war over the television.