Blog Prompt 8

For this week, you may choose any current affairs topic that you feel strongly about and write a 200-word reflection on it. The topic you have chosen may be any article or issue that you have been reading about in Newsweek, Time, The Straits Times or any other platform. Do not limit yourself to the ideas covered in class. Your entry should reflect insights and thoughts to the theme/topic- no superficial glossing over of ideas please.

The article i chose is ------- Dominic Strauss Khan's sex scandal.

First of all, evidence has been shown that DSK's semen was indeed found on Diallo, the 'victim', which would lead to the conclusion that some form of sex had taken place. However, it is now the play of each sides. DSK has got his powerful lawyers to protect him and even made a counter sue like Mutual-consent sex or DSK refusal to give Diallo money has been made. DSK has been infamous of sex scandals, including a accused rape on him by a young french journalist who interviewed him. She said that DSK came to her like . All these are some evidences that Diallo was another addition to DSK's sex scandals.

Diallo, on the other hand, tries to raise awareness in the public saying that we cannot allow criminals to get away just because they have money and power. However, her story seems to put off some believers as her story is ever-changing, making the public and the police unable to unravel the unfathomable mystery.

In conclusion, this case has not seen the light yet but we learnt many things. We learnt that justice can be manipulated by people in power as DSK's lawyers able to protect him from the law

Blog prompt 6

The news media should be blamed for the unhealthy paparazzi culture and going to the extremes for sensational news. How far do you agree?

No i do not agree that news media should be blamed for this unhealthy culture in fact, no one party should be entirely blamed for this. The government also plays a part to ensure that the paparazzi do not got to the extremes of finding news by enforcing law and order. By enforcing one's sate law and order, the government places limits unto the unhealthy paparazzi culture and penalties for those paparazzi who stoop so low just to get juicy news. For example giving fines or even jail for paparazzi who committed and violated the laws. Another party we should blame is the customers buying and reading the juicy news, with us reading and purchasing, the news media would be pressured into getting more and juicier news. Therefore, not only news media should be blamed.

However, i do agree to a certain extend that news media are responsible for the unhealthy paparazzi culture and going to the extremes for sensational news. This is because everyone has an incentive-driven mindset and would do anything to earn more profits and benefits, even supporting the unhealthy paparazzi culture and going to the extremes for sensational news.