Largest Protests in South Korea Since 2008

http://imgur.com/gallery/zVlXJ

"People are angry with President Park Geun-Hye for a variety of reasons. -Starting in 2017, the government will only allow middle and high schools to use a single government written history textbook. People are worried that her father's history will be white washed and paint that the militarist dictatorship was fine. That it was ok to take away democratic rights. -People are angry that policies are being pushed by the president where it makes it easier to fire people and take away worker's rights. Also, policies that only benefit the rich. -Graduated college students have a high unemployment rate. About 410,000 youth in their 20s are currently unemployed. (total population of South Korea stands at about 50 million). -Farmers are angry about the falling price of rice. -People are also angry that she leaves the country every time there is a protest. She lacks action when it comes to national events such as a Sewol Ferry disaster."

Germany Government

1/4. Two main political parties are CDU (Christlich-Demokratische Union Deutschlands or Christian Democratic Union of Germany) is Germany's main conservative party and SPD (Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands or Social Democratic Party of Germany) grew out of the 19th-century labour movement and was originally a Marxist party. 
http://www.expatica.com/de/about/The-main-political-parties-in-Germany_107953.html
2. Federal parliamentary republic,federal legislative power lying with the Bundestag (German Parliament) and the Bundesrat  (a federal council representing Germany's 16 länder or federal states).
The Head of State, the Bundespräsident, elected every 5 years by the Bundestag and state delegates, has a largely ceremonial role. Yes The Bundeskanzler (Chancellor) is the Head of Government, elected by and responsible to the Bundestag usually for a four-year term, is almost always the leader of the largest party.  Federal republic.
http://www.expatica.com/de/about/The-main-political-parties-in-Germany_107953.html
3.Around 11 parties.
5. All these parties,11, are officially recognized.
6.The main two premises the parties are based off are economic and social issues.
7.The federal chancellor is the only member of the federal government to be elected. The constitution empowers him to personally choose his ministers, who head the most important political authorities. Moreover it is the Chancellor who determines the number of ministries and their responsibilities. It is he who lays down the guidelines of government policy. These outline the Chancellor’s right to stipulate binding government activities. This authority gives the federal chancellor  a whole array of instruments of leadership that easily stands up to a comparison with the power of the President in a presidential democracy.
http://www.tatsachen-ueber-deutschland.de/en/political-system/main-content-04/the-federal-chancellor-and-the-government.html

Justin Trudeau sworn in as new Canada prime minister

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-34725055

The new PM of Canada has finally left and a new one has been sworn in. Already taking drastic steps around the world front Trudeau is looking to keep Canada on a path to economic expansion while drawing down its unnecessary conflicts by removing planes and fighters from the middle east.

Romanian PM Ponta quits after street protests

http://uk.reuters.com/article/2015/11/04/uk-romania-government-ponta-idUKKCN0ST0XT20151104

After many days and nights of protesting all around Romania, the prime minister Ponta is resigning. After hearing of possible corruption within the government and mostly attributed to Ponta Romanians began their protesting and have kept a firm stance on the matter, and as you can see it has clearly paid off.

Cuba's Innovative Biotechnology Attracts Global Attention

http://www.telesurtv.net/english/news/Cubas-Innovative-Biotechnology-Attracting-Global-Attention-20151103-0018.html

As Cubas relationship with the United States has grown stronger they are more willing to share the innovative technologies that allowed them to grow more food without destroying their limited land and resources. In a worlds fair Cuba will be showcasing the many ways they utilized technology to keep a sustainable ecosystem for their people.

Sweden to become world’s first fossil-fuel free nation by 2050

http://www.climateactionprogramme.org/news/sweden_to_become_worlds_first_fossil_fuel_free_nation

Sweden has plans to become the first nation in the world to be completely emission free over a period of 35 years. They have already taken steps to make this dream a reality and in the last two years 2/3rds of their energy is fro a clean renewable resource.

Vote Taken By EU To Absolve All Of Snowdens Crimes.

http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/news-room/content/20151022IPR98818/html/Mass-surveillance-EU-citizens%27-rights-still-in-danger-says-Parliament

The EU has recognized that surveillance is still a large problem within their countries and are taking steps to combat it. In a landmark decision the EU governments have voted 342 to 274 to absolve Edward Snowden of all crime she has committed and grant him protection.

The Man Behind The Mosque

1.       Assume that the documentary, The Man Behind the Mosque, provided an accurate and research-based perspective on how the “Ground Zero Mosque” became a story. Based on what you saw there, what steps can you remember the cable-news media covering the story taking to investigate who was actually behind the Mosque in terms of mission, goals, and funding?

They went into why the estate was bought up and the different viewpoints of the owners. They dug into peoples backstories and made up different stories about their lives and carved them into an  image they saw fit.

2.       Who brought the story of the “Ground Zero Mosque” to Fox News, the station that broke the story and led coverage of the story?

The couple that was against the islamization of america.

3.       It can be argued that much of the cable news coverage of the story was just that – coverage of a “story,” and how people felt about this “story,” rather than actual reporting.  Explain how we can see this at work

They just involved people that were on polar sides of the issue and had them debate their respective parts, and from those they derived their twisted stories.

4.       The journalists of Frontline included coverage of and interviews with the staff of Park 51 (the NYU grad and a couple other part-timers).  Do these individuals appear ever to have been interviewed on cable-news?

No they did not appear to ever have been on television before.

5.       What sources did Cable news appear to rely on for knowledge and expertise about Islam?  How credible did you find these sources?  Why?
I forgot who they were but i remember thinking that their views were not totally unbiased.

6.       How relevant is the ownership of a media source for understanding its goals and how its goals may shape bias in its coverage?  

Very relevant as it wants to please its regular viewers with material they are sued to watching.

7.       Who was, at the time of the Ground Zero Mosque story, the second largest shareholder in the News Corp?

The Saudi arabian prince.

8.       If you bring up the topic of the Ground Zero mosque today, many people might say something like, “Oh yeah . . . What ever happened to that?”  Think about it:  Given the level of urgency that was attached to the story, why did cable news just stop covering the story of the Mosque at Ground Zero?
Since it was bringing too much real pressure on their networks. Also other news stories came up that made more sense for the channels to show to their viewer base.

9.       Read about what polls reveal about Americans and their views on Islam.

http://www.pewforum.org/2009/09/09/publicationpage-aspxid1398-3/

https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B-7jsJa5YaWrZ0hmRHVtUmtlbkk&usp=sharing

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/04/10/americans-islam-poll_n_7036574.html