Due by Friday 5/22 at 3:30pm
Current Event guidelines for 2015
Directions: Your weekly current event is no longer filling in a form. You will free write your summary, reaction, opinion, and connection to Civics in two paragraphs.
Requirements: must be about government
- Article title:
- Article date:
- Summary/reaction/opinion/connection: TWO PARAGRAPHS (10 sentences minimum)
- Provide a proper MLA citation of the article: Author’s Last name, First name. “Title of Document.” Page or site name. Document date. Full web address (Date of access)
Example:
Dohms, Elizabeth. “U.S. Supreme Court Could Determine Marriage Rights in Wisconsin.” The Chippewa Herald. 9 Feb 2014. http://chippewa.com/news/local/u-s-supreme-court-could-determine-marriage-rights-in-wisconsin/article_c160db9d-e37e-54a7-a128-5ee809d8b073.html (9 Feb 2014)
DON'T FORGET FULL WEB ADDRESS AND MLA CITATION- simple error made by few.
Article Title: Obama’s Twitter Debut, @POTUS, Attracts Hate-Filled Posts
ReplyDeleteArticle Date: May 21, 2015
The past monday President Obama created a new Twitter account. The Twitter page, @POTUS, is for the president to connect and reach out with people more and to inform and update the nation. His first tweet posted on Monday was met with hostility and racism however. Tweets asking Obama to kill himself and violent threats were sent to Obama. Although the tweets were numerous and disturbing these tweets didn’t outweigh all of the positive tweets sent to Obama.
I think that such hate in modern day America is ashame. This type of racism isn’t shocking to me however as we’ve been constantly reminded about the racism that exists in our country these past few years. This is different however because this is the president and I think the government should pursue those who send threats to teach a lesson. There should be some way to filter out these tweets. Also I wonder what would Obama change his “@” name to when his term is over and if the new president will adopt this name. I chose this article because it’s interesting seeing how politicians try to connect to the younger generation who use technology.
Davis, Julie. “Obama’s Twitter Debut, @POTUS, Attracts Hate-Filled Posts” NYTimes. 21 May 2015.http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/22/us/politics/obamas-twitter-debut-potus-attracts-hate-filled-posts.html?_r=0 . (May 21)