Happy readings, Mr. Schick

                Today in class we watched and discussed the opening of Newsroom. This film was filmed about four years ago. The clip from the movie we watched was of the reporter at a debate. There is a lot of time spent where the other reporters are arguing while the main character sits and listens. After a period of time, the main reporter is asked a question, and the reporter gives a neutral and comedic answer. The debate moves on, with more arguing from the Republican and Democratic sides of the argument. After another period of time, the main reporter is asked another question. The moderator asks the says to the main reporter that he hasn’t upset anyone so far because he’s remained neutral. Then, the moderator asks the main question: What do you think makes our country the best country. In the back of the room, a lady holds up signs that (I’m just guessing this) give brief notes on what he’s getting paid to say. The main reporter then goes on a speech/rant about how he thinks that there isn’t a reason to call our country the best country. He names a lot of statistics that show America isn’t the greatest country (Most of which we researched on the CIA website) and goes through all the things that America did that was truly great, and how we’ve declined. Afterwards, we discussed the video. I for one agree totally with what he was saying, paid or not. I think that America has declined greatly because people have become complacent. People aren’t informed enough or don’t care enough to be to make any real decisions. Another thing that I have to add is that Americans are constantly restricting themselves because we are afraid to hurt someone’s feelings. One example is Isis. Isis has grown big enough now to technically call themselves a small nation. If we weren’t so afraid of offending the Muslims by absolutely decimating terrorism, then we wouldn’t have this problem. Another is the whole ‘political correctness’ thing. For example, if someone insulted me by calling me stupid, I think I would try my very best to prove them wrong. Nowadays, if you call anyone a mean or in any way insulting in the slightest bit, it can be considered totally rude and hurtful. If you truly care enough to be insulted by someone’s comments, then you should be prepared to do something about it and prove them wrong. Overall, people have become complacent with how they are, and I think that this can ruin the country (and already is doing so, however the amount of people who care still outweigh the people that don’t).