21 FICTION OR NEWS? Fiction or News? A Quest for Multidisciplinary Research on the Entertainment Industry and Its Effect on Journalism RUNE OTTOSEN Michael Moore used the stage at the Academy Awards this year for a political manifestation against President Bush. When receiving the award for his film “Bowling for Columbine” his opening remark was: “We are living in a fictitious society”. Moore’s point was that it is increasingly difficult to identify the borderline between fiction and reality
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would be less murdering. Most murders in the USA are done by shootings and statistics indicate that the number of people killed in mass shootings was lower during the ban‚ 1994-2004). Banning military-style assault weapons are the least the government should ban‚ because these weapons are not made for hunting or self-defense‚ but for mass shootings. 2. It doesn’t make you and your family safer: Protection for your home is a seemingly logical point. Use a gun to keep your house safe? The only problem
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James Morton Why Marijuana Should Be Decriminalized Marijuana has been used recreationally as well as medicinally for thousands of years. The earliest evidence of inhalation of marijuana‚ a small pile of charred cannabis/seeds‚ was found in Romania and believed to be dated prior to the 3rd millennia BCE. Marijuana use is considered to be beneficial to some‚ however has been controversially classified as a schedule 1 controlled substance‚ making it as illegal as heroin‚ politicians claim it to
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Hillmont Talada 1 Danielle Cook English 1010 February 22‚ 2010 Why marijuana should be legal Some people ask why marijuana should be legalized. But‚ perhaps‚ we should ask why marijuana is illegal? Contrary to public opinion and current law there are more reasons for marijuana to be legalized than for it to remain illegal. Marijuana cost taxpayers billions of dollars‚ it is less harmful than other pharmaceutical
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On the cover of If I Should Die Before I Wake I put Hilary in her hospital bed reliving some of the events in Chana’s life. There are images of children being questioned by Nazi’s‚ families being taken to the ghetto or concentration camps and people behind fences. Beneath the title there is also a heart rate which represents Hilary’s cardiac monitor while she’s in the hospital. My favorite character in the book is Anya. Anya is one of Chana’s younger sisters. I like Anya because despite
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JROTC first interested me when I saw that my brother‚ Raul Garcia‚ was in it. Ever since he joined JROTC I saw how responsible and mature he became. JROTC teaches you how to become a leader‚ how to guide and set yourself up for success‚ and it teaches you about military history and such. . There are also special teams‚ which compete against other schools. The reason I joined Army JROTC is because I wanted to be apart of a team that others respected. It is an honor to be able to wear the JROTC uniform
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Why I started working Job is something that everybody should have in life in order to provide with their needs and goods. In a few paragraphs‚ I am going to tell you why I started working. A person will usually start working if he or she feels in need. However‚ I started working for three reasons. The first and most important reason I started working is to save money. Money is everything‚ without money you can’t do anything in
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Male Underachievement in Schools During the biblical days men were taught to be the household heads. Are times changing or is it females are just smarter than males? Over the past decade‚ a number of factors have played a vital role in the failure of men. These include but are not limited to; lack of adequate male role models‚ socio-economic status (that inevitably leads to crime) and lack of genuine parental support. The lack of adequate male role models is significantly affecting the nation’s
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2010 Why I Am Attending College Why did you decide to go to college at this moment in your life? Each and every one of us possesses distinctive reasons for attending college. Many of us have reasons are completely legitimate and then there are many of us that are going for irrelevant reasons that many of us don’t comprehend or pertain to getting an education. The reasons that I am going to college are to make more money so I can have financial independence‚ be qualified for a field so I can
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Name: Tonia Ross Speech Title: Why I am for abortion. Specific Purpose: Because we should as women have the right to decide‚ I am for the right to abortion. Introduction I. Attention and Interest. Hello ladies and gentlemen but mostly to the ladies. I am here today on behalf of abortions. I want you to understand why I am for abortions. II. Credibility. You should trust me on abortions because I am a living witness of it. I had an abortion in 1994 and I’m still alive with no complications
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