Thursday, September 25, 2014
People are Packages?
As I was scrolling through my twitter feed, killing time, I could help but notice a headline that read "Republican Congressional Candidate: Government Should Track Immigrants Like FedEx Tracks Packages." Seeing this, I couldn't help but click on it to see what this outlandish claim was about. As I read the article, it became clear that the title took the text out of context. Barbara Comstock, a Virginia Republican congressional candidate, in a debate with Democratic challenger John Foust, said “I think immigration should be done by legislation, not executive action. I think first and foremost, we need to stop playing politics with this and secure the borders... Fedex can track packages coming in here all the time; we can track people who are coming into the country. And we can do that right.” Although this comparison doesn't really seem to make sense, the headline is definitely a biased attention grabber that shows how the media can attempt to sway voters opinions in an election to replace a retiring Congressman.
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This is so true and something that really needs to be brought to everybody's attention. The number of times that the media takes something out of context in order for it to fit their message that they are trying to purvey is ridiculous. This just proves that things aren't always as they appear to be at first glance, and that a little digging can prove to be useful.
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