Respond to the three stems below after careful research of each context; Cuba and the Kennedy/Nixon presidential campaign, the Bain controversy, and Coach Paterno’s role in the disastrous findings of child sex abuse in Penn State’s football program.
Save and send your responses as a PDF document to comm3150@gmail.com no later than Thursday, July 19, 2012, 11:00a. No responses will be accepted after that deadline.
1. During the 1960 Kennedy/Nixon presidential campaign, one of Kennedy’s platforms was endorsing US intervention in Cuba by supporting anti-Castro exiles. Kennedy asserted that these exiles received no support from his administration. Running against Kennedy, Vice-president Nixon knew that these exiles were being trained and prepared for an invasion of Cuba, but Nixon couldn’t reveal this without undermining America’s security.
Instead, Nixon attacked Kennedy’s proposal to support these Cuban exiles as irresponsible and reckless, the antithesis of what Nixon actually believed.
Was this lie justified? If you disagree, justify your position. If you agree, justify your grounds.
2. Lots of clash happening in today’s presidential campaign having to do with Mitt Romney’s tenure at Bain Capital. Obama’s campaign asserts that Romney was complicit in outsourcing jobs to foreign markets where Romney claims he wasn’t associated with the firm at that time.
Google the issue and cite the first six headlines and stories that deal with this story. Which, in your opinion, distort or misrepresent the issue and which have more credibility for you? Does your own political bias have an effect on how you evaluate the veracity of these articles?
3. How could the image of Joe Paterno below be mislabeled? How might it be manipulated?
(If you’ve been living under a rock lately, research Paterno before you frame your responses.)
Save and send your responses as a PDF document to comm3150@gmail.com no later than Thursday, July 19, 2012, 11:00a. No responses will be accepted after that deadline.
1. During the 1960 Kennedy/Nixon presidential campaign, one of Kennedy’s platforms was endorsing US intervention in Cuba by supporting anti-Castro exiles. Kennedy asserted that these exiles received no support from his administration. Running against Kennedy, Vice-president Nixon knew that these exiles were being trained and prepared for an invasion of Cuba, but Nixon couldn’t reveal this without undermining America’s security.
Instead, Nixon attacked Kennedy’s proposal to support these Cuban exiles as irresponsible and reckless, the antithesis of what Nixon actually believed.
Was this lie justified? If you disagree, justify your position. If you agree, justify your grounds.
2. Lots of clash happening in today’s presidential campaign having to do with Mitt Romney’s tenure at Bain Capital. Obama’s campaign asserts that Romney was complicit in outsourcing jobs to foreign markets where Romney claims he wasn’t associated with the firm at that time.
Google the issue and cite the first six headlines and stories that deal with this story. Which, in your opinion, distort or misrepresent the issue and which have more credibility for you? Does your own political bias have an effect on how you evaluate the veracity of these articles?
3. How could the image of Joe Paterno below be mislabeled? How might it be manipulated?
(If you’ve been living under a rock lately, research Paterno before you frame your responses.)
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