A month has passed since I chose my journalist, which is enough time to talk about my experiences with following him. At the beginning of this blog, we were all asked to find a Journalist to follow in order to write our articles. Having a difficult time finding a Journalist I liked, I took suggestions. My mother, who shares my personal views, gave me a list of authors that she liked. I was researching each Journalist on the list of suggestions she gave me, and I found Eric Hananoki. At first, my initial thoughts were that he would be a perfect journalist to follow, because he “graduated from The George Washington University with a degree in political science.”1 Therefore, he talks mostly about current political events, which is something I am highly engaged in. However, I have realized that this choice has both positive and negative effects.
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Eric Hananoki, from Media Matters, recently posted a blog talking about the Hillary Benghazi Scandal. Having the viewpoint of Representative Adam Schiff, a Democrat in the Intelligence Committee, Hananoki explains why Rep. Schiff believes that the “media myths about the September 2012 attacks and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton” are false, and are being spread by the Republicans to minimize Hillary’s chance of winning the 2016 Presidential Election. Hananoki wrote that Rep. Schiff claims that the emails that Hillary sent were not confidential when she first received them. This contradicts with what mainstream media (FOX, CNN, ABC, etc.) continue to say. To clarify that Hillary did nothing wrong, Schiff also states that after “16 months and more than $4 million, the committee has gained no additional insight into the attacks in Benghazi. It has nothing new to tell the families of those killed or the American people.”
Eric Hananoki wrote his blog over an interview that Rep. Adam Schiff had with FOX, but I find it hard, for me, to believe that everything Hillary Clinton did was “perfectly legal”. On September 11, 2012, the Benghazi attacks took place in Libya at a U.S diplomatic mission, where it is said that Hillary Clinton ignored many requests for support. Then, on February 1, 2013, just a few months after the Benghazi attack, Hillary formally resigned as Secretary of State. In my opinion, I don’t think she is innocent if she resigned voluntarily. Why give up her seat in the Presidential Cabinet if she did nothing wrong? -Chris |
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Christopher Hopkins
Chris Hopkins is an American blogger that talks about politics, economy, and other current events in the United States of America. Following the blogger, Eric Hananoki from Media Matters, Chris often summarizes Hananoki’s blogs and offers his personal opinion at the end. He is different than other bloggers because he doesn’t follow mainstream media, as he believes it is biased. His goal as a blogger is to bring unbiased, true news to the public.