Online Journal #13

Paul Hunter Zaid
Online Journalism
Journal #13
5/13/2015

1) Two More For-Profit College Chains Announce Closings After Corinthian

http://fortune.com/2015/05/07/corinthian-college-chain-closings/

Corinthian Colleges, once one of the nation’s largest for-profit chains, grabbed headlines last month when it announced it would close its remaining 28 campuses, displacing roughly 16,000 students. The announcement came less than two weeks after the Department of Education announced a $30 million fine against the institution for misrepresenting student job placement data.
On Wednesday, two more for-profit colleges joined the chorus of closures. Pittsburgh-based Education Management Corporation said it would gradually close
15 of its 52 Art Institute campuses, which currently serve about 5,400 students. Students enrolled at the closing schools will be able to finish out their degrees, but the schools will stop enrolling new students.
Schaumburg, Illinois based Career Education Corporation also said it was undergoing a restructuring that would include selling all but two of its university holdings. It plans to close its 14 Sanford-Brown College and Institute campuses and online programs in the next 18 months and sell three of its other colleges. Altogether, those institutes enroll about 8,600 students.
The for-profit college industry has long been a favorite target of the Obama administration as the White House attempts to harness mounting student debt. Eighty-eight percent of students at for-profit colleges held student loans in 2012, compared to 66% of public college students, and 75% of students who attended private colleges, according to the Institute for College Access and Success.

Tweet: Two more for-profit college chains announce closing http://for.tn/1E0K2pB
2) Prince Produces Moving Tribute to ‘Baltimore’

https://www.yahoo.com/music/listen-to-princes-moving-tribute-song-baltimore-118571204491.html?soc_src=mail&soc_trk=ma

Musician, Prince has produced and dedicated a song in tribute to Freddie Gray, who was fatally injured in police custody. Six police officers involved in the young man’s arrest have been charged in his death.
Prince will perform at the “Rally 4 Peace” concert at Baltimore’s Royal Farms Arena on Sunday. He will be joined by funk-rock group 3RDEYEGIRL. A portion of the proceeds will benefit Baltimore-based youth charities.

Tweet: Prince Produces Moving Tribute Song ‘Baltimore’ http://yhoo.it/1zUxAwQ
3) U.S. Security Chief Warns of ‘New Phase’ in Terror Threat

http://news.yahoo.com/us-security-chief-warns-phase-terror-threat-154452221.html

Media savvy Islamic terrorists are successfully recruiting new rogue attackers to their destructive mission says Jeh Johnson, US secretary of Homeland Security.
In an interview with ABC News Johnson said that the Islamic State group’s influence was spreading far beyond the battlegrounds of the Middle East.
“We’re very definitely in a new environment, because of IS’s effective use of social media, the Internet, which has the ability to reach into the homeland and possibly inspire others,” Johnson said.
“We’re very definitely in a new phase in the global terrorist threat, where the so-called lone wolf could strike at any moment.”
FBI Director James Comey last week said authorities were concerned about the IS group encouraging attacks on “the uniformed military and law enforcement” from only propaganda.
There are “hundreds, maybe thousands” of people in the United States who had received recruitment messages from the jihadists, Comey said.

Tweet: U.S. security chief warns of ‘new phase’ in terror threat http://yhoo.it/1IuDupv

Media Bias:

http://www.mrc.org/print/special-reports/climate-hypocrites-and-media-love-them
Journalists help promote Hollywood celebrities while condemning average Americans for causing climate change. The same media go out of their way to ignore or excuse the hypocrisy of celebrity “environmentalists” who fly their private jets around the world, rent mega-yachts and live in massive mansions.
Avatar Director James Cameron warned of a future “world that’s in shambles” because of climate change, and said he believes “in ecoterrorism” yet, he owns an impressive private collection of motorcycles, cars, dirt bikes, a yacht, a helicopter, a Humvee fire truck and a $32-million submarine. ABC and CBS even praised Cameron for his submarine purchase, with CBS’s Gayle King saying she loved his “passion and curiosity.”
MRC Business studied media coverage of 12 celebrity eco-activists, worth $1.9 billion, and found:
• Media Outlets Give a Platform to Celebrities: Actors aren’t climate scientists. But when any of the 12 celebrities makes a statement about climate change, the media are quick to promote them. Whether it was DiCaprio’s UN speech calling for more regulations on businesses, or Cameron Diaz’s PSA asking average people to curb their carbon output, print and broadcast media eagerly rushed to interview them. In the last six months of 2014 alone, ABC, CBS and NBC interviewed these specific celebrities 25 times.
• Overwhelmingly Positive Network Coverage: Not once during the 25 interviews on ABC, CBS and NBC in 2014 did the networks suggest that the celebrities’ lavish lifestyles might disqualify them from lecturing others. Instead, they have referred to them as “incredibly committed,” “responsible” and praised them for “promoting the cause” of combating climate change.
• Media Take Outrageous Claims Seriously: Cameron said “I believe in esotericism,” and Entertainment Weekly didn’t bat an eye. Arianna Huffington said that SUV owners were funding terrorism, and then claimed she meant it as satire and no one objected. Yet, none of these claims were even mentioned on the broadcast networks that hyped the eco-activism of these celebrities, and they were still touted as credible voices for change.
Recommendations for Journalists:
MRC Business has the following recommendations for journalists who are reporting on the environmental activism or philanthropy of celebrities.
• Treat Celebrities Honestly: Celebrities may be famous, but that doesn’t mean that they should automatically get a platform to promote their eco-agenda. Journalists need to recognize that just because someone is well known, doesn’t mean they are well informed. Statements made by celebrities should be evaluated with the same scrutiny as statements given by anyone else.
• Don’t Pick and Choose the News: The Society of Professional Journalists Code of Ethics states that journalists should “support the open exchange of views, even views they find repugnant.” It is incumbent upon journalists to analyze the background for groups and individuals on both ends of the political spectrum.
• Do Some Genuine Journalism and Investigate Celebrity Climate Change Alarmists: Journalists can’t afford to be star struck. Media outlets should hold celebrities accountable for their actions, and not turn a blind eye when a celebrity’s lifestyle contradicts his or her message.

Online Journal 12

Paul Hunter Zaid
Online Journalism
Journal #12
5/6/2015

1) How Hillary Clinton Might Solve The Student Debt Crisis
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/how-hillary-clinton-might-solve-the-student-debt-crisis-153633224.html

Clinton announced her presidential bid a few weeks ago and has already is putting together a plan to tackle the student debt crisis. Clinton supports President Obama’s plan to make community college free, but stresses that more action is needed.
“Even if we were successful in making the costs directly associated with going to college free, there are all these other costs people have to figure out how to pay,” she said. “There are all these other costs, whether it’s books or online materials.”
In 2014 dollars, tuition rates increased 225% over the last three decades. The typical college graduate is shouldering a $30,000 debt load. And the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau reported that complaints against student lenders were up 38%in 2014.
How would Clinton herself help make college more affordable to the public? In addition to free community college access, she vocally supported income-based repayment, decreasing overall tuition costs, making it easier to finance federal student loan debt, and developing more work-study programs

Tweet: How Hillary Clinton might solve the student debt crisis http://yhoo.it/1bqAGN1

2) Mayweather Takes Down Pacquiao

http://news.yahoo.com/mayweather-takes-100-million-check-runs-202934146–spt.html

Even if you were living under a rock for the past few weeks you would still have heard about the highly anticipated boxing fight between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao. Despite not being the best fight ever it was the richest fight ever, with Mayweather pocketing a $100 million for his win, making it the richest single payday any athlete of any sport has made.
The boxing match was delayed for 30 minutes because pay-per-view sales were overwhelming cable and satellite systems, a good sign for the paydays of both fighters. It was another great defensive performance from a fighter who knows just what he has to do to win. Mayweather remained unbeaten in 48 fights in a career that has now stretched 19 years and plans to only box one more match in September before hanging up his clothes for good.

Tweet: Mayweather wins over Pacquiao and takes his $100 million check http://yhoo.it/1zGpoA1

3) US States Take Aim At NSA Over Unnecessary Surveillance
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-32487971

This caught my eye… Jonathan Stickland, a Texas state representative has proposed a state law cutting off public utilities to Texas Cryptologic Center, an NSA facility located near San Antonio until the agency ceases what he says is unconstitutional warrantless electronic data collection. Finding the power and water to run massive NSA data centers without state help would be a challenge.
The Texas bill is just one of the most recent examples of a growing movement among states – both liberal and conservative – to end government support for NSA facilities. Last year California became the first to pass what’s been called a Fourth Amendment Protection Act. Its law prohibited the state from providing support to a federal agency “to collect electronically stored information or metadata of any person if the state has actual knowledge that the request constitutes an illegal or unconstitutional collection”.
This year 15 other states have introduced some kind of anti-NSA legislation, including politically diverse locations like liberal Washington and Maryland and conservative Oklahoma and Mississippi. The likelihood of these bills passing are slim, but the movement against NSA will regroup and a create new drafts if defeated.

Tweet: US states take aim at NSA over warrantless surveillance http://bbc.in/1FsLs1L

Media Bias
Despite a combined eight hours of air time on Wednesday, all three network morning shows ignored the revelation that 6400 “lost” e-mails from ex-IRS official Lois Lerner have been found.
ABC’s Good Morning America, NBC’s Today and CBS This Morning all avoided this development. Instead, the networks made time for frivolous, unimportant topics. Rather than focus on an attempt to cover-up government targeting of conservative groups.
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2015/04/30/thousands-of-supposedly-lost-emails-from-irs-scandal-figure-lois-lerner-recovered/

Journal 11

Paul Hunter Zaid
Online Journalism
Journal #11
4/28/2015

1) Bruce Jenner’s Interview
I hesitantly tuned into the Bruce Jenner interview with Diane Sawyer on ABC’s 20/20 Friday night regarding his transition to a woman. Within the first minute I was immediately touched and drawn into his story. Not only did he open up about his personal transgender identity struggle, but he was also the most prominent person to ever come out. Also, I enjoyed watching and listening to how Diane Sawyer interviewed Jenner, it gave me some ideas on how to potentially interview others in the future.

https://celebrity.yahoo.com/blogs/celeb-news/13-things-we-learned-from-bruce-jenner-s-diane-sawyer-interview–plus-one-thing-we-already-kinda-knew-040914672.html

Tweet: Bruce Jenner: “I am a woman” http://yhoo.it/1E20eud

2) HGTV, Food Network Steer Clear of Edgy Content
After hearing “follow the money” in class last week it made me once again aware that behind every form of media and news story there is a link to the almighty dollar. I recently read in the New York Post Business section how Scripps Networks, which owns Food Network and Travel Channel has steered clear of nudity and edgy content in favor of clean content when other networks continue to come out with edgier content. Scripps chief revenue officer Steve Gigliotti told an audience of advertisers and media buyers that the company even screens advertising for potentially objectionable content. Apparently viewers and advertisers like the clean material. Last year was HGTV’s highest rated year.

http://nypost.com/2015/04/22/hgtv-food-network-steer-clear-of-edgy-content/

Tweet: HGTV, Food Network steer clear of edgy content http://bit.ly/1b3UmpK

3) Corinthian College Closes
Last week the for-profit college Corinthian College was highlighted in an email sent out to the class alleging the Corinthian Colleges subsidiary engaged in misconduct and misled students. Under an agreement with the U.S. Education Department, Corinthian stopped all instruction at the for-profit company’s remaining 28 campuses, ending classes for about 16,000 students. The company ceased all operations and will work with other schools to try to place the students, according to a statement Sunday.

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/corinthian-colleges-ends-classes-last-163030632.html

Tweet: Corinthian Colleges Ends All Classes at Last Campuses and Closes http://yhoo.it/1dgW88Q
Media Bias
Inaccurate headline?

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/17/world/middleeast/palestinian-driver-suspected-of-deliberately-hitting-jerusalem-bus-stop.html

The headline above ran in the New York Times on Friday, April 16. However, in the actual news report, Khaled Koutineh, a 37 year old Palestinian, is not suspected of targeting an empty Jerusalem bus stop. He is accused of deliberately driving his car into two people, who happened to be waiting at a bus stop. There have been no accusations that the driver had some sort of vendetta against the bus stop itself. The suspicion is of terrorism, and now that one of the victims has succumbed to his wounds, of murder. Koutineh has now admitted that his goal was to kill Israeli Jews.
While the article written underneath the bizarre headline makes clear what happened, one has to wonder if whoever wrote the misleading headline even took the time to read the story.

Journal 10

Paul Hunter Zaid
Online Journalism
Journal #10
4/22/2015

1) Education officials fine for-profit college for false claims
I read this article shortly before the class email regarding the Buzzfeed story. I discovered this article on my homepage-Yahoo.com.
The Education Department said it will fine Heald College $30 million, alleging the Corinthian Colleges subsidiary engaged in misconduct and misled students. Corinthian, a massive for-profit educational institution, collapsed last summer amid a cash shortage and fraud allegations. The department alleged that Heald, based in San Francisco, had shown a pattern of falsifying post-graduation employment data
Under the terms of the Education Department’s loan program, the government could pursue claims against Corinthian for any student debt it forgives due to Corinthian’s misconduct. In the case of Corinthian, however, that may not do much good. Most of the company’s assets have been sold, and Corinthian’s once billion-dollar stock is virtually worthless.

http://news.yahoo.com/education-officials-fine-profit-college-false-claims-230730108–politics.html

Tweet: Education officials fine for-profit college for false claims http://yhoo.it/1cAkOZF

2) Sony Hack: WikiLeaks Publishes More Than 30,000 Documents
I love a good hacking, especially when it details how companies and governments truly operate. On Thursday, April 16, 2015, WikiLeaks published more than 30,000 documents and 170,000 emails from Sony Pictures, obtained from a hack that has been sourced to North Korea in anticipation of the studio’s release of The Interview.
The Julian Assange website noted in a press release that “whilst some stories came out at the time, the original archives, which were not searchable, were removed before the public and journalists were able to do more than scratch the surface.”
In a move that could trigger another round of embarrassing prying into Sony affairs, WikiLeaks has now published those documents in a searchable format.
https://www.yahoo.com/movies/sony-hack-wikileaks-publishes-more-than-30-000-116577039377.html
Tweet: Sony Hack: WikiLeaks Publishes More Than 30,000 Documents http://yhoo.it/1CR1sWc
3) The Worst Jobs For 2015
I always enjoy reading this yearly article as I’ve had some of these jobs, as well as I over heard this mentioned in one of my classes this week.
The lists used to appear in two different publications owned by The Wall Street Journal. The ranking of America’s best and worst jobs started back in 1988, when two doctoral students at the University of Wisconsin, working under the direction of career book author Les Krantz, assembled the first list, ambitiously evaluating the 200 most populous jobs in the U.S. Three jobs stuck out to me from the article: Newspaper reporter, broadcaster, and photojournalist.
The editor has come up with a formula that takes into account a range of considerations, from what they call emotional factors like the degree of competitiveness and the amount of public contact (both viewed as negatives), to physical demands including crawling, stooping and bending and work conditions like toxic fumes and noise. In addition to income and growth potential in the field, they look at what they call stress factors, like the amount of travel the job requires, deadlines, and physical risks like whether the workers’ or their colleagues’ lives are put at risk on the job.
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/worst-jobs-2015-080000003.html

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Problematic Piece:

Jack White Plans A Break From Touring After Five Shows

http://pagesix.com/2015/04/15/jack-white-plans-break-from-touring-after-five-shows/

I religiously read New York Post and I know that people rip on it. I’m originally from Minnesota so I’m very aware of the upper Midwest states and cities, but obviously the reporter who listed the cities where Jack White will be giving concerts for $3 a ticket has their knowledge of the Dakota’s incorrect. The reporter listed this piece:
In 2007, the White Stripes canceled their fall tour, citing acute anxiety suffered by Meg White. Performances scrubbed included dates in Boise, Idaho; Rapid City, North Dakota; Fargo, South Dakota; and Jackson Hole, Wyoming.
Rapid City and Fargo are listed in the opposite Dakota state of which they actually exist: Fargo is in North Dakota, and Rapid City is in South Dakota.
Minor oversight, but nonetheless just goes to show you how easily it is to overlook something, and a great way to get misinform readers and irritate those who reside in those two cities.

Media Bias
The New York Times was a little too excited in an April 10 editorial, which blasted the annual NRA meeting in Nashville for banning working guns. They wrote:
No Firing Pins, Please, as the N.R.A. Gathers
Seventy-thousand people are expected to attend the National Rifle Association’s convention opening on Friday in Tennessee, and not one of them will be allowed to come armed with guns that can actually shoot. After all the NRA propaganda about how ‘good guys with guns’ are needed to be on guard across American life, from elementary schools to workplaces, the weekend’s gathering of disarmed conventioneers seems the ultimate in hypocrisy.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/10/opinion/no-firing-pins-please-as-the-nra-gathers.html?_r=0
While that may sound like hypocrisy to the gun control crowd and the Times‘ editorial board, that is dead wrong.
Attendees were required to follow all federal, state and local laws applicable to the host city. In Nashville, firearms are allowed in the main convention venue, the Music City Center, with a proper license.
The Times did run the following correction, but failed to apologize for incorrectly calling the NRA hypocrites. Although an editorial is the editor(s)’ opinion, it is important that the facts/details included are correct. Editorials are meant to influence public opinion. Accuracy is essential if journalism is to inform the public debate.

Journal 9

Paul Hunter Zaid
Online Journalism
Journal #9
4/15/2015

1) World Trade Observatory Opening in May
The observatory at the World Trade Center will open May 29th. I selected this article for its positive angle. The observatory located on floors 100, 101, and 102 will offer new sights for visitors from a height of 1,250 feet above the streets of Manhattan. The observatory will compete with two other popular viewing sites: the Empire State Building, and Rockefeller Center. Tickets will be $32 for adults and will be open 7 days a week for the summer. This announcement continues to mark the revitalization of the WTC area after the September 11, 2001 attacks.
http://news.yahoo.com/yorks-world-trade-center-observatory-open-may-213652102.html

Tweet: New York’s World Trade Center observatory to open in May http://yhoo.it/1Iu3Byf

2) Jury Finds Tsarnaev Guilty of Boston Marathon Bombings
Nearly two years after the Boston Marathon bombings, a federal jury found Dzhokhar Tsarnaev guilty on all 30 counts for his role in the deadly attacks, which killed three and injured nearly 300. Tsarnaev showed no reaction as the verdict was read after a day and half of deliberations from the jury ending an emotional 17 day trial.
The same 12 jurors who decided on Tsarnaev’s guilt will now decide whether he lives or dies for his role in the attacks. That’s expected to be a trickier dilemma for the jury. Though all jurors agreed they could consider capital punishment for Tsarnaev, many people in Massachusetts oppose the death penalty for moral and religious reasons. It was declared unconstitutional on the state level in 1982, and though many in Boston are still recovering from the trauma of the attacks, which paralyzed the city for days, residents have mixed feelings about what should happen to Tsarnaev.
http://news.yahoo.com/boston-marathon-bombing-trial-tsarnaev-verdict-161952135.html

Tweet:
Jury finds Dzhokhar Tsarnaev guilty of Boston Marathon bombings http://yhoo.it/1y5gCul

3) ‘Freak Weather Event’ Sets Antarctic Records
A heat wave warmed Antarctica’s northernmost peninsula to just above 63 degrees Fahrenheit in March — a record high for the normally cold continent. Scientists say the balmy conditions were caused by a “freak weather event,” and cannot be directly attributed to climate change.
The temperature spike can be attributed to the peninsula’s geography and westerly winds, which do seem to be growing stronger with increasing climate change. But Laurie Padman, a senior scientist from Earth & Space Research, a nonprofit research institute, and a co-author of the study published in Science, warns against drawing a direct correlation between Antarctica’s overall ice loss and the recent temperature spike.
“For most of Antarctica, we think that the loss of ice shelves is because of changes in the amount of warm water that gets under them, and so they’re melting from below,” Padman said.
http://news.yahoo.com/freak-weather-event-sets-antarctic-heat-records-133208465.html?soc_src=mediacontentstory&

Tweet:
‘Freak Weather Event’ Sets Antarctic Heat Records http://yhoo.it/1yX2MFC

Media Bias

NY Times Reporters Call Out Jeb Bush’s Claim He Doesn’t Read NY Times

Mediaite’s Tina Nguyen reports on a dispute between former Florida governor Jeb Bush and the New York Times:
Fox’s Brian Kilmeade asked the presumptive 2016 GOP presidential candidate if he’d read an article in the New York Times, which reported that leaders from America’s Christian right were unhappy with Bush and sought to back another candidate.
“I don’t read The New York Times to be honest with you, so I guess you’re going to force me to do so,” Bush said.
A pair of Times reporters, Michael Barbaro and Derek Willis, checked Bush’s email archives and found evidence that in December 2006, his last month as Florida governor, Bush read at least two Times articles. In one case he wrote to Times reporter and began: “Sam, I enjoyed reading your article concerning the achievement gap.”
Nguyen asks, “Is it ‘gotcha journalism’ if the journalists themselves already have the ‘gotcha’?” and then concludes: “So many questions.”
What type of bias is Mr. Taranto implying the Times reporters exhibit?
Mr. Taranto implies that the Times reporters exhibit bias by story selection; that the reporters only investigated Jeb Bush’s emails because he is a Republican and that they will not investigate the controversy over Democratic (assumed to be) presidential candidate Hillary Clinton’s email claims.

Journal 8

Paul Hunter Zaid
Online Journalism
Journal #8
4/1/2015

1) Amanda Knox Conviction Overturned (Miami Herald)

Italy’s highest court overturned Amanda Knox’s and her ex-boyfriend’s murder conviction on Friday, bringing an end to the high profile 2007 murder trial that found her guilty of murdering her roommate. The exoneration of the murder charges is rare and there is no order for a new trial.

Knox and her ex-boyfriend, Raffaele Sollecito were initially convicted in 2009, then acquitted and freed in 2011, and then convicted again in 2014 in Florence after another court overturned the acquittals and ordered a new appeals trial. Another man, Rudy Guede from Ivory Coast, was arrested, tried and convicted of the murder in a separate trial and is serving a 16-year sentence.

http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/article16520396.html

Tweet:

Amanda Knox murder conviction overturned http://hrld.us/1OKg4PU

2) New Data Shows Student Loan Borrowers Suffering More Than Previously Believed (Huffington Post)

New data released by the Education Department shows that one-third of student loan borrowers are late on their payments. The figures are the first comprehensive look at the delinquency of student loan borrowers. Using new metrics for measuring the data shows that 33% of borrowers are five days late on one of their Federal student loan payments. The report details how the Federal government has four large student loan contractors, one of which has a delinquency rate of 38%. Less than 10% of student loans are run by small contractors who had lower delinquency rates of between 10 and 19%.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/03/27/federal-student-loans-delinquency_n_6957036.html

Tweet:

New Federal Data Show Student Loan Borrowers Suffering More Than Previously Believed http://huff.to/1CwcxPL

3) Two Missing After Apparent NYC Gas Leak (Yahoo.com)

A possible gas leak caused an explosion and reduced two buildings to rubble Thursday. Inspectors from the utility company Consolidated Edison had visited the work site Thursday about an hour before the explosion and determined work to upgrade gas service didn’t pass inspection, locking the line to ensure it wouldn’t be used and then leaving. It’s possible that someone improperly tapped a gas line amid ongoing plumbing and gas work in one of the destroyed buildings.

http://news.yahoo.com/search-continues-least-2-apparent-nyc-gas-blast-061357432.html

Tweet:

Search continues for at least 2 after apparent NYC gas blast http://yhoo.it/1HUMyVM

Journal 7

Paul Hunter Zaid
Online Journalism
Journal #7
3/24/2015

1) Solutions to the Student Loan Crisis

Outstanding student loan debt has passed the $1 trillion mark, and the class of 2014 is the most indebt class ever. For the past 20 years public colleges have seen their public funds drop, resulting in raising tuition for their students. The tuition at a public four-year college has increased 112% between 1990 and 2010. The article states that the Student Aid Bill of Rights that was signed by President Obama this month doesn’t fix the problem of students getting into debt in the first place, so what is the solution?

One obvious solution is for the federal government to reinvest in the country’s public college system, resulting in a decrease of tuition that would in turn reduce the amount of loan debt that students pick up, hopefully resulting in lower loan debt amounts for students.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/policygenius/heres-what-we-can-do-abou_b_6889018.html

Tweet:

Possible Solution to the Student Loan Debt Crisis http://huff.to/1x9VS4c

2) Student Debt is not just for the Twenty-Something Crowd Anymore

Student debt is often assumed for people in their 20’s, or even 30’s, but with many older American’s going back to school for various reasons we are finding adults 65 and older with eight times more student debt than before. In 2013, Americans 65 and older had student loan debt of $18.2 billion versus the $2.8 billion in 2005.

The importance of this article is for the reader to assess their postgraduate payment plan by researching the potential increase in salary upon completing a degree that paid for with student loans. Regardless of one’s reason to pursue a degree, the most important thing to think about is their post-graduation steps.

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/20/education/managing-student-loan-debt-as-an-older-adult.html?_r=0

Tweet:

Student Loan Debt as an Older Adult http://nyti.ms/1C79LAj
3) 5 Little Known Ways to Get Your Student Loans Forgiven

Those student loans that you have, you may just qualify to have them forgiven. Mostly likely one would know if you qualify for such loan forgiveness by working within the healthcare or teaching profession, volunteer programs, or being disable from work and qualifying for your loans to be forgiven. Regardless of your situation it’s wise to be informed of any potential forgiveness clause that can save you, the student loan consumer to save thousands of dollars in repayment.

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/5-little-known-ways-student-103048443.html

Tweet:

5 little-known ways to get your student loans forgiven http://yhoo.it/18Oazi2

Problematic Piece:

http://usat.ly/1Gk1NTG
According to a new Quinnipiac University poll of registered American voters, Fox News Channel has the most trusted news coverage in both broadcast and cable.
Fox News was rated as the most trusted by 29 percent of the respondents, followed by CNN with 22 percent, CBS News and NBC News at 10 percent, ABC News at 8 percent and MSNBC at 7 percent.
Breaking down the rankings by political party, 58 percent of Republicans say they trust Fox News the most, with 13 percent trusting CNN the most, 7 percent for NBC and CBS, 5 percent for ABC and 2 percent for MSNBC.
Democrats were more evenly split, with 32 percent saying they trust CNN the most, followed by NBC at 15 percent, CBS and MSNBC at 14 percent, ABC at 8 percent and Fox News with 3 percent.
The issue with this poll is the answers are based on opinion, and answers vary resulting in just a poll, not a news report.

http://www.quinnipiac.edu/news-and-events/quinnipiac-university-poll/national/release-detail?ReleaseID=2173

Journal #6

Paul Hunter Zaid
Online Journalism
Journal #6
3/18/2015

1) Julian Assange, founder of WikiLeaks received a welcome surprise this past week by Swedish prosecutors who have agreed to question him within the Ecuadorian embassy where he has been hiding for the past three years over accused sex crimes. Assange denies the allegations against him, and believes extradition to Sweden is merely a first step in efforts to remove him to the U.S. for publishing secret documents including 250,000 State Department transcripts with the assistance of former U.S. Army soldier Chelsea Manning.

http://news.yahoo.com/swedish-prosecutors-offer-quiz-assange-london-083344022.html

Tweet:

Sweden offers to question Assange in London http://yhoo.it/1DeVMdx

2) Missouri has charged a 20-year old man with the shootings of two St. Louis area police officers after continued growing racial issues. Jeffrey Williams is charged with two counts of first-degree assault. The officers were shot early Thursday as demonstrators gathered after Ferguson’s police chief resigned in the wake of a scathing federal Justice Department report detailing that the Ferguson Police Department had been routinely violating the constitutional rights of black residents.

http://news.yahoo.com/police-announce-arrest-ferguson-police-shootings-175442302.html

Tweet:

Prosecutor: 20-year-old charged in shootings of 2 officers http://yhoo.it/1baOnA4
3) Department of Justice releases report on Ferguson Police Department detailing how the Ferguson Police Department discriminated against blacks exposing several police officers and court employees referring to blacks with racists remarks in emails and interviews. Also, FPD were more focused on generating revenue from fines issued rather than promoting public safety.

Tweet:
Justice Department’s Report on the Ferguson Police Department http://nyti.ms/1CkwCuh

Journal #5

Paul Hunter Zaid
Online Journalism
Journal #5
3/11/2015

1) The Day After Daylight Savings Time-A Dangerous Day

Typically I read most of my news on Yahoo.com, so it was no surprise to find another interesting news article about the Monday after we spring forward for daylight saving time results in more fatal car crashes, heart attacks and injuries in the workplace than at any other time of year. I loathe Daylight Savings Time, and today I’ve been in a funky mood all day. There are several studies showing an increase in traffic accidents, heart attacks, and workplace injuries.

https://www.yahoo.com/health/watch-yourself-today-is-one-of-the-most-dangerous-113172013917.html

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Watch Out! Today Is One Of The Most Dangerous Days Of The Year

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2) Hillary Clinton Email Scandal

Hillary Clinton is beloved by many, but even I’m wondering about the recent story of Clinton using a private email account to conduct communications while Secretary of State. Critics are accusing Clinton of using a non-government issued email to keep her emails from entering the public. A House Select Committee has subpoenaed her emails to see if any communication during the time of the fatal 2012 terrorist attack on a U.S. diplomatic compound in Benghazi.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2015/03/05/hillary-clinton-responds-to-e-mail-controversy/

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Hillary Clinton Responds To E-mail Controversy
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3) Barbie Turns 56
Randomly it’s Barbie’s 56th birthday on March 9, 2015. What boy or girl doesn’t remember pulling off her head, legs, or arms? The past few years Barbie has suffered from poor sales, but a girls birthday always brightens up the day.

https://www.yahoo.com/beauty/barbie-turns-56-her-best-c1425682111123.html
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Barbie Turns 56
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