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Utkarsh Kaushik posted Nov 23, 2021 12:12 PM
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I have analyzed a DW.com article dated 05.11.2021. The news headline article says, “India: New Delhi's air quality worsens after Diwali”. The article talks about how Diwali celebrations are the cause of bad air quality and increasing air pollution in India.
Diwali is a Hindu festival set according to the Hindu lunar calendar and usually happens in late October or early November. Diwali is celebrated by bursting fireworks in the evening and sometimes goes through the night. For the last few years, air pollution has been on a rise. Also, the air quality has worsened through the years.
Right from the start of the article, you can observe that Diwali is being blamed for the air pollution and air quality. The article states, “The National Air Quality Index (AQI) surged to 451 on a scale of 500 in Delhi, the maximum that was recorded this year.”. But the article does not factor in the stubble burning by farmers during the same time. Farmers in north India burn their stubble after harvesting, usually in October and November. This also causes the air quality to drop significantly. But the article doesn’t mention any of that.
DW has chosen to ignore the fact that a 2018 study said that the effect of Diwali celebrations on air pollution is small and the Air Quality Index(AQI) falls back to the previous levels on the next day of Diwali in New Delhi. The article also says that people defied the government’s ban on crackers. But what they fail to understand is that Diwali is a festival that is celebrated once in a calendar year and it is one of the biggest if not the biggest festival for Hindus around the world.
This article is a great example of selection and omission.
DW is clearly supporting the anti-Hindu propaganda by reporting just the pollution caused by the Diwali firecrackers and not the pollution caused by the farmers. Instead, the government should find an alternative to stubble burnings by the farmers in North India and let Hindus celebrate their festivals as it has always been celebrated, by lighting lamps and bursting firecrackers.
Link to the article - https://www.dw.com/en/india-new-delhis-air-quality-worsens-after-diwali/a-59728319
Nikka Napuli- Media Literacy
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Nikka Napuli posted Nov 25, 2021 12:10 AM
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Duterte Is Turning Philippines Into A More Corrupt And Less Democratic State
Their survey is only for the people who can access internet or social media and does not really speak for everyone in the Philippines because as I can see and hear from people, a lot more people are satisfied and happy about how was he able to govern Philippines.
Philippines' media is also bias due to the biggest network that supports the other candidate which didn't win the presidency and their franchise can't be renewed due to the black propaganda they aired and for not paying the right tax for the last president supports their channel.
Thus, this news greatly affect the face of every filipino around the world due to the people who read this kind of article and has never been in the Philippines. These journalist have never even been there and never been able to talk to the locals in the rural area on how peaceful their lives are. With these kind of media bias, people are supporting where they can benefit that's why some media choose what can give them a big break for people are more interested in listening and reading to negative news.
Media Literacy Discussion - CPP earning ceiling increase - Alexis McKeown
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Alexis McKeown posted Nov 23, 2021 10:55 AM
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I decided to analyze an article from Global News that was posted to their site on November 19, 2021. The article, “The CPP earnings cap is increasing at the fastest rate in 30 years. Why and what it means,” written by Erica Alini reports on an increase in the Canada Pension Plan (CPP) earnings ceiling.
Right off you feel there is a struggle between businesses/employees who are working and contributing to the economy and those who are retired (assumed to not be contributing any longer). The article highlights the money that the business have to contribute to the CPP and almost ignores the fact that employees will be seeing a return on their increase in the future when they retire.
The tone of the article makes the increase sound very large, when in fact it is set to increase from 5.45% to 5.7% for business and not self-employed workers. This is only a .25% increase. In the example they give the article states, “The maximum employer and employee annual contribution will be just shy of $3,500, up by around $334 from a maximum of $3,166 each in 2021.” I love how they give the 2021 maximum as an exact number and the 2021 amount as shy of $3500.
The article also mentions the amount a self-employed individual would have to contribute to the CPP if they wish to collect. The amount is larger than companies and employees however, the issue is more complicated. I’d want to know what per cent of self-employed workers contribute now. Also, sole proprietorships and partnerships are taxed differently than corporations.
The wording of the sub headings in the article implies the increase in contribution is not proportionally balance with the increase in CPP income.
Global News is supporting corporations by their bias reporting of the increase to the Canada Pension Plan (CPP) earnings ceiling. The increase will affect big business more than individuals. It will help those receiving CPP with monthly bills. Really CPP is not enough for someone to live off of as it is.
link to the article
https://globalnews.ca/news/8374309/cpp-earnings-cap-rises-2022/
Media Literacy Discussion- Australia dispatching police, troops to Solomon Islands as unrest grows
Achuthan Chandirakumar posted Nov 25, 2021 5:49 PM
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In the Article ,"Australia dispatching police, troops to Solomon Islands as unrest grows.", written by CBC news which speaks of violent acts caused by citizens from all over the islands.
This articles goes on to speak about how Australia thought to help the Solomon Islands by sending them some of their police force to stabilize the situation." Prime Minister Scott Morrison said the deployment includes a detachment of 23 federal police officers and up to 50 more to provide security at critical infrastructure sites, as well as 43 defense force personnel, a patrol boat and at least five diplomats"(CBC, 2021). The root cause of the riot was to make the PM of Solomon islands resign from his posting because of the several domestic issues. This right here would be my first example of media bias. The article described in detail of how many police officers they dispatched for this issue, however they simply brushed off why the rioters did what they did. The news article summed up any reason they had by saying "domestic issues". This article had no further elaboration on this issue, but had enough space to implicitly tell readers that another country , that being Australia, was needed to be involved to deal with these rioters. '"They were intent on destroying our nation and … the trust that was slowly building among our people,"' the government said in a statement"(CBC, 2021). This example shows how the government views the protesters and the fact that the only statements made from this article were by the governments of both the Solomon Islands and Australia, and carried no voice for the protesters.
Overall, I believe this article displayed to me that the effects of media can be contagious, and that the perspectives that people may have on society can change easily by media messages like this. I am not sure if the rioters did what they did for a good cause or not, but I am very certain that this article showed bias towards one side of the story rather than the entire conflict
