1960 Presidential DebateUp until 1960, the presidential debates had been strictly broadcasted on the radio. Radio was a more than sufficient medium to play these debates on. The objective of these debates was to hear the candidates talk about current issues and plans should they become commander in chief. The answers they gave were the important thing and anything that could be portrayed with their voice was what they could give their audience. However, putting these events on television changed them forever.
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LEARNING FROM THE WILD WESTMovies have been one of the worlds greatest sources of entertainment as long as they have been around. However, are movies strictly for entertainment only? In Sergio Corbucci’s 1966 film, Django,it is more than just an hour and a half of enjoyment for viewers. This movie sends strong social messages about race and women’s role in society, while not making it interfere with the plot of the movie. In turn, this movie is propaganda in that it promotes lifestyles of racism and demeaning women through the actions of the characters in the movie, but also includes a symbol of hope and peace. These behaviors strongly influence the plot of this story and the movie as a whole and takes the movie from being simple entertainment to propaganda for certain ideologies and social behaviors.
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Who are the Fortunate Ones? |
Rolling Stone article -- 500 best songs of all time
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In September of 1969, in the midst of the infamous Vietnam War, Credence Clearwater Revival released their hit song “Fortunate Son.” Singer and songwriter John Fogerty wrote the song in an attempt to highlight the injustices of the war, most specifically the draft. During the war, some young men did not have to go to Vietnam to fight due to their wealth and subsequent place in a university or their relationship to a high ranking government official. Fogerty argues this special deferment for particular young men is unethical, and throughout the song he supports that idea using Aristotle’s rhetorical appeals. Each verse, as well as the chorus, contains a different angle of the argument and summarizes why this pardoning is wrong.