Tim O’Brien’s memoir shows that American shows that American soldiers behaved in ways that alienated Vietnamese people and could not when hearts and minds. The cruelty and vulgarity expressed in the memoir shows that the relationship could not be anything but negative. The behaviors of the American soldiers were because of a lot factors. For instance, the domestic situation in the United States, the unfamiliarity of Vietnam (i.e.: culture, people, terrain) and the political climate in the Vietnam. In this paper, I will show that the relationship between the Vietnamese people and the American people in the context of O’Brien’s memoir could not have been anything but distrustful because of the realities of the war.
The Cold War effected everything in the international system from 1945-1991. Most of Asia and Africa were former colonies of western countries and there was a great battle to get those countries into the Soviet or US sphere. The Vietnamese people have a long tradition of resisting the western powers in their country. It is in this resistance that the American soldiers were forced to fight a war. The battle for hearts and minds dictates the way a foreign power will be received by the indigenous people. In the case of Vietnam, this quintessential battle was not won. As opposed World War 2 the indigenous people were happy to see the foreign powers of the Soviet Union, United States, and Great Britain. The situation created by not winning the hearts and minds of the Vietnamese people did not help the Vietnamese-American relationship. This situation added the anger that the American soldiers were filling resulting in the cruelty that that Tim O’Brien experienced in his memoir. (Insert O’Brien Quote and explain)(End with the human condition)
The human condition is extremely important. It is what makes us different from animals. The relationship between human beings can overcome anything, war, hunger…
Friday, March 27, 2009
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
The Human Condition During the Vietnam War
Topic: I want to focus on the relationship between the Vietnamese People and the American soldiers. I want to see was the battle won in a heart and mind context. I will use the following chapters, “Hearts and Minds,” and “Courage Is a Certain Kind of Preserving.”
Argument: The battle to win the hearts and minds of the Vietnamese People was never achieved and that is the main reason why the Vietnam War is seen in a negative connotation. The war is seen as a colossal failure and was never winnable. It is seen as American imperialistic quagmire.
The Vietnam War is seen as an encroachment of the freedom of the Vietnamese People imposed on them by the United States. The war lost mass support as a result of the “Tet Offensive.” Imperialistic tendencies are one of the main charges that superpowers are charged with. (will change later) The human condition shapes a war and how it is fought by those who fight in it. The relationship between the South Vietnamese and the American soldiers dictates the battle for hearts and minds. In this paper, I will show that the battle for hearts and mind in the Vietnam War was never achieved and as a result it was never winnable.
The human condition…
o what, why, result
o use firsthand accounts to show what the human condition was during the war
The battle for the hearts and minds…
o why it is important
o what it is
o how it is seen through the O’Brien’s memoirs
Argument: The battle to win the hearts and minds of the Vietnamese People was never achieved and that is the main reason why the Vietnam War is seen in a negative connotation. The war is seen as a colossal failure and was never winnable. It is seen as American imperialistic quagmire.
The Vietnam War is seen as an encroachment of the freedom of the Vietnamese People imposed on them by the United States. The war lost mass support as a result of the “Tet Offensive.” Imperialistic tendencies are one of the main charges that superpowers are charged with. (will change later) The human condition shapes a war and how it is fought by those who fight in it. The relationship between the South Vietnamese and the American soldiers dictates the battle for hearts and minds. In this paper, I will show that the battle for hearts and mind in the Vietnam War was never achieved and as a result it was never winnable.
The human condition…
o what, why, result
o use firsthand accounts to show what the human condition was during the war
The battle for the hearts and minds…
o why it is important
o what it is
o how it is seen through the O’Brien’s memoirs
Thursday, February 26, 2009
FDR: A Presidency for American Community
FDR is the president that built the American community. A sense of national pride was restored when he ascended to the presidency. The Great Depression created a sense of lost to the American public and a loss of faith in laissez-faire capitalism championed by Herbert Hoover. Robert Susman’s ‘The Culture of the Thirties,” speaks of the creation of collective interests resulting in the American community. Susman’s piece is the text of FDR’s presidency and what it came to mean to the national character during the dark days of the Depression. Susman explains the redefining of the role of American government, ushering a new welfare state. In this paper, the community that is created because of FDR’s political viewpoint will be analyzed by visual representations of the era.
The Great Depression was a time of great economic peril for the common American citizen. The libertarian republican views of the 1920s and President Hoover left little recourse for the American people stem the horrors of the Depression. President Hoover sought for states and charity from the wealthy American elite would help people to take care of their families. President Hoover did not reassess his political views to account for the monumental distress of the Great Depression. The last number of the film “The Gold Diggers” just scratches the surfaces of the horrors of the Depression on the American character. The sadness demonstrated in the faces of the World War 1 veterans in movie’s last number is representation of the misery that gripped the country was not addressed by the Hoover administration. When FDR came onto the national scene advocating a new form of government it forever changed the American community. Susman’s body of work shows a substantial change in American culture. FDR redefined what is meant to be a free American.
FDR’s four freedoms that everyone American is entitled too created a collective action American community that built a new sense of nationalism. Nationalism was not a characteristic of American culture until the New Deal…
New Deal legislature created a culture that changed the role of the American government. Government previously was seen as a necessary evil to run the country. Government was not supposed to take care of people’s well being. President Hoover and the republicans saw that any widening of government would inhibit the freedom of the American people and create a welfare state. However, the Great Depression ruined the global economy effectively taking away ordinary Americans to take care of themselves and their children.
New Deal legislation changed the scope of the ….
The Great Depression was a time of great economic peril for the common American citizen. The libertarian republican views of the 1920s and President Hoover left little recourse for the American people stem the horrors of the Depression. President Hoover sought for states and charity from the wealthy American elite would help people to take care of their families. President Hoover did not reassess his political views to account for the monumental distress of the Great Depression. The last number of the film “The Gold Diggers” just scratches the surfaces of the horrors of the Depression on the American character. The sadness demonstrated in the faces of the World War 1 veterans in movie’s last number is representation of the misery that gripped the country was not addressed by the Hoover administration. When FDR came onto the national scene advocating a new form of government it forever changed the American community. Susman’s body of work shows a substantial change in American culture. FDR redefined what is meant to be a free American.
FDR’s four freedoms that everyone American is entitled too created a collective action American community that built a new sense of nationalism. Nationalism was not a characteristic of American culture until the New Deal…
New Deal legislature created a culture that changed the role of the American government. Government previously was seen as a necessary evil to run the country. Government was not supposed to take care of people’s well being. President Hoover and the republicans saw that any widening of government would inhibit the freedom of the American people and create a welfare state. However, the Great Depression ruined the global economy effectively taking away ordinary Americans to take care of themselves and their children.
New Deal legislation changed the scope of the ….
FDR: A Presidency for American Community
FDR is the president that built the American community. A sense of national pride was restored when he ascended to the presidency. The Great Depression created a sense of lost to the American public and a loss of faith in laissez-faire capitalism championed by Herbert Hoover. Robert Susman’s ‘The Culture of the Thirties,” speaks of the creation of collective interests resulting in the American community. Susman’s piece is the text of FDR’s presidency and what it came to mean to the national character during the dark days of the Depression. Susman explains the redefining of the role of American government, ushering a new welfare state. In this paper, the community that is created because of FDR’s political viewpoint will be analyzed by visual representations of the era.
The Great Depression was a time of great economic peril for the common American citizen. The libertarian republican views of the 1920s and President Hoover left little recourse for the American people stem the horrors of the Depression. President Hoover sought for states and charity from the wealthy American elite would help people to take care of their families. President Hoover did not reassess his political views to account for the monumental distress of the Great Depression. The last number of the film “The Gold Diggers” just scratches the surfaces of the horrors of the Depression on the American character. The sadness demonstrated in the faces of the World War 1 veterans in movie’s last number is representation of the misery that gripped the country was not addressed by the Hoover administration. When FDR came onto the national scene advocating a new form of government it forever changed the American community. Susman’s body of work shows a substantial change in American culture. FDR redefined what is meant to be a free American.
FDR’s four freedoms that everyone American is entitled too created a collective action American community that built a new sense of nationalism. Nationalism was not a characteristic of American culture until the New Deal…
New Deal legislature created a culture that changed the role of the American government. Government previously was seen as a necessary evil to run the country. Government was not supposed to take care of people’s well being. President Hoover and the republicans saw that any widening of government would inhibit the freedom of the American people and create a welfare state. However, the Great Depression ruined the global economy effectively taking away ordinary Americans to take care of themselves and their children.
New Deal legislation changed the scope of the ….
The Great Depression was a time of great economic peril for the common American citizen. The libertarian republican views of the 1920s and President Hoover left little recourse for the American people stem the horrors of the Depression. President Hoover sought for states and charity from the wealthy American elite would help people to take care of their families. President Hoover did not reassess his political views to account for the monumental distress of the Great Depression. The last number of the film “The Gold Diggers” just scratches the surfaces of the horrors of the Depression on the American character. The sadness demonstrated in the faces of the World War 1 veterans in movie’s last number is representation of the misery that gripped the country was not addressed by the Hoover administration. When FDR came onto the national scene advocating a new form of government it forever changed the American community. Susman’s body of work shows a substantial change in American culture. FDR redefined what is meant to be a free American.
FDR’s four freedoms that everyone American is entitled too created a collective action American community that built a new sense of nationalism. Nationalism was not a characteristic of American culture until the New Deal…
New Deal legislature created a culture that changed the role of the American government. Government previously was seen as a necessary evil to run the country. Government was not supposed to take care of people’s well being. President Hoover and the republicans saw that any widening of government would inhibit the freedom of the American people and create a welfare state. However, the Great Depression ruined the global economy effectively taking away ordinary Americans to take care of themselves and their children.
New Deal legislation changed the scope of the ….
FDR: A Presidency for American Community
FDR is the president that built the American community. A sense of national pride was restored when he ascended to the presidency. The Great Depression created a sense of lost to the American public and a loss of faith in laissez-faire capitalism championed by Herbert Hoover. Robert Susman’s ‘The Culture of the Thirties,” speaks of the creation of collective interests resulting in the American community. Susman’s piece is the text of FDR’s presidency and what it came to mean to the national character during the dark days of the Depression. Susman explains the redefining of the role of American government, ushering a new welfare state. In this paper, the community that is created because of FDR’s political viewpoint will be analyzed by visual representations of the era.
The Great Depression was a time of great economic peril for the common American citizen. The libertarian republican views of the 1920s and President Hoover left little recourse for the American people stem the horrors of the Depression. President Hoover sought for states and charity from the wealthy American elite would help people to take care of their families. President Hoover did not reassess his political views to account for the monumental distress of the Great Depression. The last number of the film “The Gold Diggers” just scratches the surfaces of the horrors of the Depression on the American character. The sadness demonstrated in the faces of the World War 1 veterans in movie’s last number is representation of the misery that gripped the country was not addressed by the Hoover administration. When FDR came onto the national scene advocating a new form of government it forever changed the American community. Susman’s body of work shows a substantial change in American culture. FDR redefined what is meant to be a free American.
FDR’s four freedoms that everyone American is entitled too created a collective action American community that built a new sense of nationalism. Nationalism was not a characteristic of American culture until the New Deal…
New Deal legislature created a culture that changed the role of the American government. Government previously was seen as a necessary evil to run the country. Government was not supposed to take care of people’s well being. President Hoover and the republicans saw that any widening of government would inhibit the freedom of the American people and create a welfare state. However, the Great Depression ruined the global economy effectively taking away ordinary Americans to take care of themselves and their children.
New Deal legislation changed the scope of the ….
The Great Depression was a time of great economic peril for the common American citizen. The libertarian republican views of the 1920s and President Hoover left little recourse for the American people stem the horrors of the Depression. President Hoover sought for states and charity from the wealthy American elite would help people to take care of their families. President Hoover did not reassess his political views to account for the monumental distress of the Great Depression. The last number of the film “The Gold Diggers” just scratches the surfaces of the horrors of the Depression on the American character. The sadness demonstrated in the faces of the World War 1 veterans in movie’s last number is representation of the misery that gripped the country was not addressed by the Hoover administration. When FDR came onto the national scene advocating a new form of government it forever changed the American community. Susman’s body of work shows a substantial change in American culture. FDR redefined what is meant to be a free American.
FDR’s four freedoms that everyone American is entitled too created a collective action American community that built a new sense of nationalism. Nationalism was not a characteristic of American culture until the New Deal…
New Deal legislature created a culture that changed the role of the American government. Government previously was seen as a necessary evil to run the country. Government was not supposed to take care of people’s well being. President Hoover and the republicans saw that any widening of government would inhibit the freedom of the American people and create a welfare state. However, the Great Depression ruined the global economy effectively taking away ordinary Americans to take care of themselves and their children.
New Deal legislation changed the scope of the ….
FDR: A Presidency for American Community
FDR is the president that built the American community. A sense of national pride was restored when he ascended to the presidency. The Great Depression created a sense of lost to the American public and a loss of faith in laissez-faire capitalism championed by Herbert Hoover. Robert Susman’s ‘The Culture of the Thirties,” speaks of the creation of collective interests resulting in the American community. Susman’s piece is the text of FDR’s presidency and what it came to mean to the national character during the dark days of the Depression. Susman explains the redefining of the role of American government, ushering a new welfare state. In this paper, the community that is created because of FDR’s political viewpoint will be analyzed by visual representations of the era.
The Great Depression was a time of great economic peril for the common American citizen. The libertarian republican views of the 1920s and President Hoover left little recourse for the American people stem the horrors of the Depression. President Hoover sought for states and charity from the wealthy American elite would help people to take care of their families. President Hoover did not reassess his political views to account for the monumental distress of the Great Depression. The last number of the film “The Gold Diggers” just scratches the surfaces of the horrors of the Depression on the American character. The sadness demonstrated in the faces of the World War 1 veterans in movie’s last number is representation of the misery that gripped the country was not addressed by the Hoover administration. When FDR came onto the national scene advocating a new form of government it forever changed the American community. Susman’s body of work shows a substantial change in American culture. FDR redefined what is meant to be a free American.
FDR’s four freedoms that everyone American is entitled too created a collective action American community that built a new sense of nationalism. Nationalism was not a characteristic of American culture until the New Deal…
New Deal legislature created a culture that changed the role of the American government. Government previously was seen as a necessary evil to run the country. Government was not supposed to take care of people’s well being. President Hoover and the republicans saw that any widening of government would inhibit the freedom of the American people and create a welfare state. However, the Great Depression ruined the global economy effectively taking away ordinary Americans to take care of themselves and their children.
New Deal legislation changed the scope of the ….
The Great Depression was a time of great economic peril for the common American citizen. The libertarian republican views of the 1920s and President Hoover left little recourse for the American people stem the horrors of the Depression. President Hoover sought for states and charity from the wealthy American elite would help people to take care of their families. President Hoover did not reassess his political views to account for the monumental distress of the Great Depression. The last number of the film “The Gold Diggers” just scratches the surfaces of the horrors of the Depression on the American character. The sadness demonstrated in the faces of the World War 1 veterans in movie’s last number is representation of the misery that gripped the country was not addressed by the Hoover administration. When FDR came onto the national scene advocating a new form of government it forever changed the American community. Susman’s body of work shows a substantial change in American culture. FDR redefined what is meant to be a free American.
FDR’s four freedoms that everyone American is entitled too created a collective action American community that built a new sense of nationalism. Nationalism was not a characteristic of American culture until the New Deal…
New Deal legislature created a culture that changed the role of the American government. Government previously was seen as a necessary evil to run the country. Government was not supposed to take care of people’s well being. President Hoover and the republicans saw that any widening of government would inhibit the freedom of the American people and create a welfare state. However, the Great Depression ruined the global economy effectively taking away ordinary Americans to take care of themselves and their children.
New Deal legislation changed the scope of the ….
FDR: A Presidency for American Community
FDR is the president that built the American community. A sense of national pride was restored when he ascended to the presidency. The Great Depression created a sense of lost to the American public and a loss of faith in laissez-faire capitalism championed by Herbert Hoover. Robert Susman’s ‘The Culture of the Thirties,” speaks of the creation of collective interests resulting in the American community. Susman’s piece is the text of FDR’s presidency and what it came to mean to the national character during the dark days of the Depression. Susman explains the redefining of the role of American government, ushering a new welfare state. In this paper, the community that is created because of FDR’s political viewpoint will be analyzed by visual representations of the era.
The Great Depression was a time of great economic peril for the common American citizen. The libertarian republican views of the 1920s and President Hoover left little recourse for the American people stem the horrors of the Depression. President Hoover sought for states and charity from the wealthy American elite would help people to take care of their families. President Hoover did not reassess his political views to account for the monumental distress of the Great Depression. The last number of the film “The Gold Diggers” just scratches the surfaces of the horrors of the Depression on the American character. The sadness demonstrated in the faces of the World War 1 veterans in movie’s last number is representation of the misery that gripped the country was not addressed by the Hoover administration. When FDR came onto the national scene advocating a new form of government it forever changed the American community. Susman’s body of work shows a substantial change in American culture. FDR redefined what is meant to be a free American.
FDR’s four freedoms that everyone American is entitled too created a collective action American community that built a new sense of nationalism. Nationalism was not a characteristic of American culture until the New Deal…
New Deal legislature created a culture that changed the role of the American government. Government previously was seen as a necessary evil to run the country. Government was not supposed to take care of people’s well being. President Hoover and the republicans saw that any widening of government would inhibit the freedom of the American people and create a welfare state. However, the Great Depression ruined the global economy effectively taking away ordinary Americans to take care of themselves and their children.
New Deal legislation changed the scope of the ….
The Great Depression was a time of great economic peril for the common American citizen. The libertarian republican views of the 1920s and President Hoover left little recourse for the American people stem the horrors of the Depression. President Hoover sought for states and charity from the wealthy American elite would help people to take care of their families. President Hoover did not reassess his political views to account for the monumental distress of the Great Depression. The last number of the film “The Gold Diggers” just scratches the surfaces of the horrors of the Depression on the American character. The sadness demonstrated in the faces of the World War 1 veterans in movie’s last number is representation of the misery that gripped the country was not addressed by the Hoover administration. When FDR came onto the national scene advocating a new form of government it forever changed the American community. Susman’s body of work shows a substantial change in American culture. FDR redefined what is meant to be a free American.
FDR’s four freedoms that everyone American is entitled too created a collective action American community that built a new sense of nationalism. Nationalism was not a characteristic of American culture until the New Deal…
New Deal legislature created a culture that changed the role of the American government. Government previously was seen as a necessary evil to run the country. Government was not supposed to take care of people’s well being. President Hoover and the republicans saw that any widening of government would inhibit the freedom of the American people and create a welfare state. However, the Great Depression ruined the global economy effectively taking away ordinary Americans to take care of themselves and their children.
New Deal legislation changed the scope of the ….
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
The New American Woman (Paper #2 Draft)
Representation is the societal view of a group. Womanhood in American culture has changed significantly in the last century, but the societal representation of the early part of the century is still prevalent in the American character. The creation of new American ideal woman came into being. However, immigrant and black women did not fit into this new American ideal woman. In the earlier part of the century, there was a negative societal representation of minority womanhood. This paper will show how immigrant and black women changed their demeaning representations.
The demeaning representation of immigrant and black womanhood is…
The new American ideal woman is an independent educated person who has some economic separation from her family, especially from her male family members. Economic independence is the first step to changing societal representations. The second step is to becoming independent is education…
Assimilation is the absorption of the surrounding dominant culture. African American and immigrant women took part in this practice. Assimilation is the easiest way to fit into society because it does not go against the dominant culture. The dominant culture will always be difficult to change because it has mass acceptance and dictates societal attitudes on a vast scale. Assimilation is the foremost form to societal acceptance. African American have taken two different avenues in act of assimilation. One form of black female assimilation was to become the dominant culture, meaning to become white. The practice is called passing which resulted in the contemporary idea that light skin is better. The practice has its roots in slavery and the better status of house slaves who were usually the product of slave and master unions. The other black
In a period when all American women were negotiating behavior and self-presentation between older ideals of domesticity and newer ideals of independent womanhood, how did some black women and some immigrant women and their allies counter the dominant culture’s demeaning significations and make claims for different representations?
female assimilation form was to create a unique African American culture that mirror and improved upon the Anglo Saxon culture, the essay “The New Negro” which is the pragmatic approach. It logical to think that if the dominant culture institution excludes one creates their own institutions that mirror the dominant institutions for acceptance later on. Sara in the novel Bread Givers assimilated into American society. She became an American with her acceptance of the dominant culture.
The idea of becoming American has built American. Immigrants have come to America to take part in our economic might and democracy. Unlike any other country, America is a country built by immigrants and slaves. Kaplan explains who is an American through her analysis of American empire building and the concurrent justification of that policy. American identity is inherently a nationalistic viewpoint. Empire building was politically justified by tying it to the American ideal of frontiersmen bring civilization to uncivilized peoples (i.e.: Native Americans and Filipinos).
Immigrant…
The demeaning representation of immigrant and black womanhood is…
The new American ideal woman is an independent educated person who has some economic separation from her family, especially from her male family members. Economic independence is the first step to changing societal representations. The second step is to becoming independent is education…
Assimilation is the absorption of the surrounding dominant culture. African American and immigrant women took part in this practice. Assimilation is the easiest way to fit into society because it does not go against the dominant culture. The dominant culture will always be difficult to change because it has mass acceptance and dictates societal attitudes on a vast scale. Assimilation is the foremost form to societal acceptance. African American have taken two different avenues in act of assimilation. One form of black female assimilation was to become the dominant culture, meaning to become white. The practice is called passing which resulted in the contemporary idea that light skin is better. The practice has its roots in slavery and the better status of house slaves who were usually the product of slave and master unions. The other black
In a period when all American women were negotiating behavior and self-presentation between older ideals of domesticity and newer ideals of independent womanhood, how did some black women and some immigrant women and their allies counter the dominant culture’s demeaning significations and make claims for different representations?
female assimilation form was to create a unique African American culture that mirror and improved upon the Anglo Saxon culture, the essay “The New Negro” which is the pragmatic approach. It logical to think that if the dominant culture institution excludes one creates their own institutions that mirror the dominant institutions for acceptance later on. Sara in the novel Bread Givers assimilated into American society. She became an American with her acceptance of the dominant culture.
The idea of becoming American has built American. Immigrants have come to America to take part in our economic might and democracy. Unlike any other country, America is a country built by immigrants and slaves. Kaplan explains who is an American through her analysis of American empire building and the concurrent justification of that policy. American identity is inherently a nationalistic viewpoint. Empire building was politically justified by tying it to the American ideal of frontiersmen bring civilization to uncivilized peoples (i.e.: Native Americans and Filipinos).
Immigrant…
Thursday, January 22, 2009
Genralization Statement
General Statement
“The inaugural news coverage from CBS news was stilted, it lacked substance and depth.”
Evidence Statement (Paragraph)
The main evidence to support the generalizing statement of CBS news is that of the posture and the atmosphere of the CBS news anchors, this can be found on the website in which one can see the video of the coverage. The subject matter of CBS lack substance because it did not show the boarder view of the occasion. The boarder view of the occasion can only be described as the many people who came before President Obama and Dr. King and all of the other people who were extremely intricate to the civil rights movement. The CBS coverage is clear in the fact that it did not analysis the subject of the civil rights movement except as it refers to Dr. King, but he was not a movement of one. The idea that the coverage reported to the public is a false idea that plays and creates the myth of Dr. King and President Obama.
“The inaugural news coverage from CBS news was stilted, it lacked substance and depth.”
Evidence Statement (Paragraph)
The main evidence to support the generalizing statement of CBS news is that of the posture and the atmosphere of the CBS news anchors, this can be found on the website in which one can see the video of the coverage. The subject matter of CBS lack substance because it did not show the boarder view of the occasion. The boarder view of the occasion can only be described as the many people who came before President Obama and Dr. King and all of the other people who were extremely intricate to the civil rights movement. The CBS coverage is clear in the fact that it did not analysis the subject of the civil rights movement except as it refers to Dr. King, but he was not a movement of one. The idea that the coverage reported to the public is a false idea that plays and creates the myth of Dr. King and President Obama.
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Description of CBS News Coverage of the Inauguration of President Barack Obama
Description of CBS News Coverage of the Inauguration of President Barack Obama
CBS news coverage of the inauguration was predictable in a sense that it was generic the analysis of the events and their meaning. CBS in my opinion is known for their in-depth, original analysis of historical events. The coverage left a lot to be desire for this monumental event in US history. However, the coverage was complete and factual on all accounts.
The coverage was glossy because it did not go the extra mile in my opinion. CBS played into the myth of Barack Obama and not the man. I feel that they should have spoken about what came before the age of Obama such as Frederick Douglass, John Lewis and Fannie Lou Hamer just to name a view. Personally, I like MSNBC’s coverage because the anchors seemed to grasp the full ramifications of the day literally and mythically. The one aspect of the coverage that I thought was positive was speaking of Meager Ever’s widow and what the ramification of this civil rights leaders death meant to the Civil Rights Movement and the time and the future at the time. The coverage of this subject matter was excellent, but I do not think it was sufficient for the event. CBS anchors seemed stilted and there was not anything extraordinary about their coverage.
As a student of American Studies, I like to reflect on what came before an event and what that means for past and especially the present. I think that CBS should have allotted more time to the Bush Administration’s activities and what that means for the upcoming Obama administration. Issues such as torture, the bank bailout and war crimes should have at least been brought up with more prominence in the coming days before the inauguration. I know that these issues are not the glamorous issues and many people would like to forget the alleged crimes of the Bush administration, but the renewal of President Obama’s inauguration will not be complete until we cleanse our country’s character from the shadow of alleged crimes of our previous elected officials. It is not a matter of conservatism verse liberalism or democrats verse republican, but of right and wrong.
CBS News is a respected news organization and they provided a comprehensive perspective on the inauguration and all the coming events during inauguration weekend. I like that they covered Michelle Obama’s sense of style and the similarities to Jackie Kennedy. I think that comparison is an excellent one because Michelle the first African American First Lady with an independent career apart from her husband. I like this part of the CBS coverage, but it was glossy. However, sometimes glossy is better and in this case it definitely was more interesting to the viewer and in my opinion this was nice to view. I liked the part about Michelle and her style and career; it made her more personable to me. Hilary Clinton and Michelle are extremely similar I think in personality and ambition when it comes to their children and careers.
I was extremely surprised by the lack of cover or emphasis the Clintons has during the actual day. I mean the myth of Obama and the myth that CBS covered bypassed President Clinton and his importance to the country and relations between the races. They spoke of how the Kennedys had passed the torch to Obama, but the Clintons shaped the country that made possible for President Obama to become the forty-fourth president of the United States. The Clintons’ importance to the country and the Democratic Party was largely overlooked by CBS news in my opinion, which was extremely interesting to me.
My roommate was on CNN and their coverage was much more authentic in the moment, she provided countless I-reports to capture the moment and CBS more stilted in their approach to their coverage of the inaugurations. The authentic approach is more personable in my opinion. MSNBC and CNN can be considered a stream of consciousness approach to news coverage, while CBS can be considered a more scripted approach. CBS coverage did not capture the true moment and the different facets of history for the moment in my opinion.
I was surprised by the amount of time dedicated to the Obama’s moving into Washington because it’s not all that important to the job at hand for President Obama. I like the next person is in love with the Obama, Michelle is just gorgeous, but it does not matter to what President Obama will do in the White House. Their daughters are beautiful, but it is not pertinent to know where they go school and what they wear. Issues such as social security and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan matter. The coverage up to the inauguration was polished for interests not substance. The theme of polish over substance is a common theme throughout CBS coverage in my opinion. The CBS news coverage was informative and I did enjoy watching it, but I do not feel that the issues that were pertinent to the occasion were covered to my satisfaction.
CBS news coverage of the inauguration was predictable in a sense that it was generic the analysis of the events and their meaning. CBS in my opinion is known for their in-depth, original analysis of historical events. The coverage left a lot to be desire for this monumental event in US history. However, the coverage was complete and factual on all accounts.
The coverage was glossy because it did not go the extra mile in my opinion. CBS played into the myth of Barack Obama and not the man. I feel that they should have spoken about what came before the age of Obama such as Frederick Douglass, John Lewis and Fannie Lou Hamer just to name a view. Personally, I like MSNBC’s coverage because the anchors seemed to grasp the full ramifications of the day literally and mythically. The one aspect of the coverage that I thought was positive was speaking of Meager Ever’s widow and what the ramification of this civil rights leaders death meant to the Civil Rights Movement and the time and the future at the time. The coverage of this subject matter was excellent, but I do not think it was sufficient for the event. CBS anchors seemed stilted and there was not anything extraordinary about their coverage.
As a student of American Studies, I like to reflect on what came before an event and what that means for past and especially the present. I think that CBS should have allotted more time to the Bush Administration’s activities and what that means for the upcoming Obama administration. Issues such as torture, the bank bailout and war crimes should have at least been brought up with more prominence in the coming days before the inauguration. I know that these issues are not the glamorous issues and many people would like to forget the alleged crimes of the Bush administration, but the renewal of President Obama’s inauguration will not be complete until we cleanse our country’s character from the shadow of alleged crimes of our previous elected officials. It is not a matter of conservatism verse liberalism or democrats verse republican, but of right and wrong.
CBS News is a respected news organization and they provided a comprehensive perspective on the inauguration and all the coming events during inauguration weekend. I like that they covered Michelle Obama’s sense of style and the similarities to Jackie Kennedy. I think that comparison is an excellent one because Michelle the first African American First Lady with an independent career apart from her husband. I like this part of the CBS coverage, but it was glossy. However, sometimes glossy is better and in this case it definitely was more interesting to the viewer and in my opinion this was nice to view. I liked the part about Michelle and her style and career; it made her more personable to me. Hilary Clinton and Michelle are extremely similar I think in personality and ambition when it comes to their children and careers.
I was extremely surprised by the lack of cover or emphasis the Clintons has during the actual day. I mean the myth of Obama and the myth that CBS covered bypassed President Clinton and his importance to the country and relations between the races. They spoke of how the Kennedys had passed the torch to Obama, but the Clintons shaped the country that made possible for President Obama to become the forty-fourth president of the United States. The Clintons’ importance to the country and the Democratic Party was largely overlooked by CBS news in my opinion, which was extremely interesting to me.
My roommate was on CNN and their coverage was much more authentic in the moment, she provided countless I-reports to capture the moment and CBS more stilted in their approach to their coverage of the inaugurations. The authentic approach is more personable in my opinion. MSNBC and CNN can be considered a stream of consciousness approach to news coverage, while CBS can be considered a more scripted approach. CBS coverage did not capture the true moment and the different facets of history for the moment in my opinion.
I was surprised by the amount of time dedicated to the Obama’s moving into Washington because it’s not all that important to the job at hand for President Obama. I like the next person is in love with the Obama, Michelle is just gorgeous, but it does not matter to what President Obama will do in the White House. Their daughters are beautiful, but it is not pertinent to know where they go school and what they wear. Issues such as social security and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan matter. The coverage up to the inauguration was polished for interests not substance. The theme of polish over substance is a common theme throughout CBS coverage in my opinion. The CBS news coverage was informative and I did enjoy watching it, but I do not feel that the issues that were pertinent to the occasion were covered to my satisfaction.
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