Blog 2

When thinking about which article I actually wanted to choose in regards to the “Muslim ban” I knew I wanted it to be something from a source that a lot of people visited frequently. A few months ago CNN politics, a very well known website, released an article with the title “US President Donald Trump signs new travel ban, exempts Iraq”. While obviously we know that CNN leans more against Trump and his cabinet, this situation was a tad different. This headline shocked and enraged people throughout the country because America has always built a platform based around immigration. We find pride in our country on being a “melting pot” of various cultures, and a headline like this goes against that entire moral code. The one word, however, that caused for most of the uproar is the word ban. The worst part about the whole thing? Never once in the actual executive order that was released, was the word ban mentioned. I think this is the best example of fake news for me to dissect because this came from a reputable source like CNN. I also think it really fits well with this assignment because it shows how much of an impact the Internet has on our society. The day after this articles and articles like it dropped, people were going crazy! Twitter was in frenzy with outraged tweets from people all over the world, people were talking about it all over campus. Even in our class we talked about it. This is a perfect example of emotion dealing with social media and political news. It shows how crucial word choice is when trying to make people feel a certain way. It’s bizarre to think that if this article came out with a title like “Trump signs executive order to protect country” the entire feel of the situation would be different. Which is pretty much what the executive order was trying to do. Word choice in a situation, and a time, like this really instill a different reaction to the audience reading it. Especially on a site where (it feels like) people are just looking for a reason to be a little irritated. It is no secret that politics makes people a little on edge as it is, and with a title like this article it only makes sense that it sent a shockwave through the system.

The first line of the CNN article states “US President Donald Trump signed a new executive order Monday that bans immigration from six Muslim-majority countries…”.  While yes, Donald Trump was the one singing it, the six major countries were picked by former president Obama. For my final project I’d like to look at this article side by side with the actual order and see the discrepancies on what was said. It would be impossible to dissect this one piece of literature without looking at the actual executive order itself. I think it’s going to be extremely interesting to really sit down and look at these two pieces.

http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/06/politics/trump-travel-ban-iraq/