¶ … interview with President-elect Donald Trump shows how televised media creates negotiated codes within a hegemonic framework. In an attempt to convey objectivity, the interviewer, along with the editor as well as television producer, create a narrative that conveys hegemonic meaning or a "metacode," (Hall 3). The result is what Hall calls "systematically distorted communication," (Hall 3). The interviewer fails to acknowledge, recognize, or bring to the viewer's attention the discrepancies and logical fallacies in the substantive content of Trump's discourse. By refraining from reframing Trump's message, the interviewer perpetuates misinformation. For example, Trump discusses his desired appointment to the Supreme Court of a conservative judge who will be decisively "pro-life" and affirms that overturning Roe v. Wade is an embedded goal of his presidency. He later claims that the LGBTQ community has nothing to fear because "It's law. It was settled...it's done...these cases have gone to the Supreme Court." Roe v. Wade was settled over three decades ago. If the same-sex marriage ruling is "settled," and "done," then why isn't Roe v. Wade also presented as "settled"?...
Trump's continued assertion that he wants to "make America great again" implies that America is not great now, and that he wants to revert to some previous time in American history. Because of Trump's failure to disavow support by the KKK and other neo-Nazi and hate groups, it is difficult not to read into the layers beneath the slogan "Make America Great Again." America is barely out of the Jim Crow era. Trump even goes so far as to admit, "sometimes you need a certain rhetoric to get people motivated," in direct response to a question related to his xenophobic, isolationist policies. The "rhetoric" Trump refers to is hate-filled and racist.
Supreme Court Case Supreme Court Decision in Re Waterman, 910 2D (N.H. 2006) The Case The case addressed in this section of the report is that of Supreme Court case In Re Waterman, 910 A.2d 1175 (N.H. 2006). In this case, Tracy Waterman, working as a trooper for the New Hampshire State Policy was informed on August 29, 3003 that Vicky Lemere, the wife of one of Waterman's fellow troopers, informed Lieutenant Nedeau,
Miranda Ruling: Its Past, Present and Future In almost all cases, the Miranda ruling of 1966 applies to police interviews with criminal suspects, although other Supreme Court decisions extend some of the rights to legal counsel and prevention of self-incrimination to public and private employers. According to the Supreme Court, the Miranda Warnings must be given prior to questioning to all persons who have been arrested and are in police
Immigration Political Issue The United States have long battle immigration issues over the years with immigrants who take whatever measures necessary to make it to the United States. They take boats, hike across the border at night, are smuggled across the border in vehicles and are stow away on vessels and trains. This paper will present a discussion on the current laws regarding immigration with a particular focus on the role
Cannibal Cop" -- When does evil thought become a crime? Gilbert Valle III was a 28-year-old former New York City police officer who was arrested after his wife reveled to authorities that he was obsessed with the idea of kidnapping women, torturing them, raping them then eating their flesh. His wife had come upon his computer record of his visits to chat rooms (including "Dark Fetish Net") that deal in unspeakably
Thus, the availability of handguns not only results in a surprisingly large amount of deaths each year, but also those deaths disproportionately affect juveniles and the mentally ill. If hand guns were unavailable to the population, juvenile murders would be less likely to occur, as would accidental discharges resulting in death and suicide. Because of these statistics and the lives that were lost or severely altered due to gun violence
S.C.O.T.U.S. The Supreme Court of the United States There are currently nine Justices on the Supreme Court of the United States, one Chief Justice and Eight Associate Justices; although in the past the number has varied and recent attempts to change this number have been rejected. (Rehnquist 2001) Since Supreme Court Justices serve for life, or until they retire, many of the current members of the Court have served for many
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