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objective is to get all sides of a story‚ and to leave oneself out of it. It’s about being neutral. The media is characterized as being unreliable and is losing credibility because most of the news is not accurate. A new survey from the Pew Research Center shows that only 29% of Americans feel the media "generally gets the facts straight." It means people feel that they are not getting a good understanding of real events happening in the world through the media. The new survey also found that 60%
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about tattoos‚ the history of tattoos‚ and the purpose and meaning of tattoos. As of 2012 there was estimated to be over 44 million Americans that have at least one tattoo and over 21‚000 tattoo parlors operating in the U.S. according to Pew Research Center. Tattoos have been around for many centuries‚ but have changed over time in many different ways. With that being said‚ we are first going to look at what a tattoo is. What is a tattoo? By definition‚ a tattoo is a puncture wound‚ made deep into
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lack of general world knowledge. To help and improve this international ranking‚ it is proposed that college students be required to pass a world knowledge exit exam before they are allowed to graduate. In a recent survey conducted by The Center for Survey Research and Analysis (CSRA) at the University of Connecticut‚ 65 percent of college seniors were unable to pass a U.S. history survey that was based on the high school level. Such schools included in the survey were Yale‚ Smith‚ Northwestern‚ and
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thoughts on hijab from the perspective of a Muslim male living in America and preempt any perceptions of dogma by providing relevant evidences. Hijab is such a grand concept that one cannot write about it except with awe. According a 2007 Pew Research Center report on Muslim Americans‚ only 38% of Muslim women wear hijab all the time whereas 48% do not wear any head covering at all. As a side note and interesting factoid‚ 48% of Muslim American women pray the obligatory prayers five times a day compared
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The internet has given people a way to insult and degrade each other publically while still retaining a sense of safety. 73% of adults admit to witnessing another being harassed online‚ while 40% admit to being personally harassed‚ says Pew Research Center (www.pewinternet.org). They found 60% of users witnessed someone being called an offensive name‚ 53% had seen efforts to purposely embarrass someone‚ 25% had seen someone physically threatened‚ while 24% said they witnessed someone being harassed
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When women start doing what men have traditionally done‚ yours is a civilization of the setting sun. This is brought to mind when pondering a recent Pew Research Center study showing that women are now the primary or sole breadwinners in 40 percent of American households. You may have heard the story -- it created quite a stir on Fox News‚ with Greta Van Susteren and Megyn Kelly (who became quite hysterical) taking exception to male colleagues’ warnings about the development’s sociological implications
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addresses how literature is recognized in society. The text identifies people to be overwhelmed with information‚ which has resulted in their reading habits to become fragmented. In the article‚ Charles M. Blow provides statistics that the Pew Research Center reported. For example‚ they reported that “a quarter of American adults had not read a single book in the past year” (para‚17). The details of the report were interesting and expected of from Charles M.Blow because people are
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Trying to defend something with a bad reputation is hard to support. Not the defending‚ but the support. That is what “In the Defense of Single Motherhood” by Katie Roiphe from The New York Times‚ published in 2011‚ tries to do. Roiphe’s point was to get people to get rid of the bad reputation of single mothers. Katie Roiphe makes a good claim‚ however her lack of focus‚ tone‚ failure to use of ethos‚ and her questionable statics makes her claim ineffective. Focus is key in any sense keeps everything
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position in which I can help others at a higher level and create opportunities from my degree‚ experience‚ and success. My program major is Business with a concentration in Management‚ Programming and Development. I have interned at NASA Glenn Research Center for Aerospace Design and Fabrication‚ Inc. There I worked as a Network Administrator‚ and I also worked with engineers and scientists on wind tunnel experiments for various wind dynamics and partook in the use of robotic arms similar to factories
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