Freedom of Press anybody?

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2014/09/30/reporter-claims-was-told-not-to-talk-to-crowd-at-michelle-obama-event/
In this article, a reporter named Meg Kissinger of The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel tells the media that she was told by aides to first lady Michelle Obama to not speak with members of the crowd. Meg, who has been reporting for 35 years, says that in all her years she has never experienced such a thing. She said that it was her right to talk to whomever she wanted and she did just that ignoring the "rule."

In my opinion this is something that cannot be tolerated. For the wife of a president who has been labeled 'unconstitutional' this is just another reason for me to be skeptical of what is going on in the white house. The first lady was there to drum up support for a candidate and obviously there was some kind of opinion from the crowd that the white house did not want us to know about. It infringes on the right of all people to freedom of the press.

This affects the people of the country because we do not know now if we have heard the whole story of some reports. How do we know that this hasn't happened before and the reporter may have actually listened? We really cannot say.

More guns, or less guns. Who's to say?

http://www.cnn.com/2013/06/08/us/gun-laws-states/index.html?iid=article_sidebar
The article"States tighten, loosen gun laws since newtown" speaks of the recent states which have changed their gun laws since the Newton shooting. Surprisingly, the article states that not only have gun laws in certain states been restricted, but there have also been many states who have also loosened their restrictions. There have been at least five states who have tightened their gun laws while over a dozen have actually loosened them.

There are two things that have happened that has been discussed in this article. Some states have tightened their gun laws, and some states have loosened them. The affect of tightened gun laws would restrict the amount and type of people who are able to own and carry a gun. On the other hand, the loosening of gun laws will allow people to further protect themselves from those who could harm them.

I personally can understand the arguments for both loosening and restricting gun laws. I would say that restrictions would be smarter than loosening. Those who are qualified to carry and use guns should still be able to have them even with tighter restrictions, and it may stop a crazy person from getting ahold of a gun.

response to article

My response to the article was at first just like the rest of the class. I thought that it was a poor representation of how my classmates actually felt about the politics in our state. After some time and the editor of the paper speaing with the class though, I feel like there was a slight overreaction to the article itself. I still disagree with her choice in quotes, but I now understand that it was our choice to be interviewed and while we are in the presence of a reporter we need to be more attentive of what we are saying. You cannot expect an interviewer to pick and choose the quotes that you think reflect you in a good light. Sadly, they have an agenda before an article is written and have the power as the writer to manipulate what is being said to fit their view. It is the author's right to give her opinion of what she believes we think just as it is our right to tell the paper that the article is wrong.