Nike reveals that Colin Kaepernick, American football quarterback and activist, will lead their 30th anniversary “Just Do It” campaign. Colin Kaepernick has been widely known for initiating the trend of kneeling during the national anthem to protest racial injustice. It caused him to surrender his role as starting quarterback for the San Francisco 49ers and become a free agent. However, …
What’s in a Headline? Everything!
Print journalists know from the inverted pyramid that the lead paragraph requires the 5 W’s and H … What, When, Where, Who, Why and How. And a good headline tells the whole story. Like this: Trump treats politics like a knife fight. Democrats can’t pretend it’s a garden party. An effective headline says it all and this headline does just …
Both Sides, Now
In today’s age of news media, biased coverage has been increasingly prominent and influential as shown by Fox News’ Conservative favoritism and CNN’s Liberal favoritism. This results in a lack of balanced, objective news coverage and some are taking note. On his show, Tucker Carlson Tonight, Fox News host Tucker Carlson “urged viewers not to believe what they hear on other networks,” The Washington …
“All the World’s a Stage …
… and all the men and women merely players; they have their exits and their entrances … ” Shakespeare wrote in his play, As You Like It. But why would veteran actor Robert De Niro use his entrance on the world’s stage at the 2018 Tony’s for an expletive-laced rant at President Trump, who was not part of the night at …