Blog Post # 2

The three publications I looked at were The New York Times, The Washington Post, and The Breeze. These three newspapers had many selections of opinions and editorials about the latest issues happening in the world. Most of the editorials in these newspapers focused around politics and controversial issues around the world. The natural disaster that struck Haiti has been a hot topic in all of these publications. The opinions in the editorials all focus around how America is continuing its tradition of helping other nations that are in need. There are also criticisms on the speed of America’s aid. Editorials that involve controversy and debate are the kinds of issues that interest me. The different viewpoints to these issues make it more interesting. Editorials that involve politics seem very uninteresting and boring to me. The issues involving around the economy and the job loss situation do not really interest me because those issues are very repetitive in all of these publications.

One issue I really want to learn more about is global warming and its effect around the world. This subject matter is very controversial because many people have different opinions on its existence. Global warming is slowly ruining the world we are living in and many people are still avoiding this reality. There are many scientific facts that back up and prove that global warming is happening right now and we need to act accordingly before it is too late. Many people don’t worry or even care about this because they do not fully realize the consequences if we don’t act now. They are all caught up in their busy lives to realize what is going on around them. Controversial issues like this really grabs my attention because they are opinionated and at the same time they are very important.