Author: Ruqayyah (Page 1 of 2)

Since I work in the East Village, i thought it’d be interesting to take a look at The East Village “tour”. One of the few things I’ve learned throughout the video was about the tenement museum on 97 Orchard street which was founded in 1988. In the mid 1800’s, the lower east side was once known as “little Germany” and is currently one of the largest Chinatowns. Next, I’ve learned about Thompkins Square Park which was opened in 1834 and was named after Daniel D. Thompkins vice president of United State under James Monroe. Lastly, we have the McSorley’s Old Ale House which is oldest Irish saloon in NYC and was opened in 1854. What’s interesting was that they only began to admit women to enter the pub in 1970.
The way I might expand my OpEd is first, gather additional information about my topic, educated myself about the pros and cons. By then, I could reach out to individuals who has similar interests and start a website or even form a non-profit.

(My OpEd is connection between poverty and childhood education.)

I found the article “Objectivity is Dead, and I’m Okay With It”  by Wallace pretty interesting . I appreciated the fact that he told the truth about journalism. It’s not possible for a journalist to be truly objective, because objectivity in a human being is a complete myth.  “Objectivity” often backfires since not all sides are equal and it’s impossible to not be nonjudgmental. I agree with one of Wallace statements – “I propose that we need to become more shameless, more raw, more honest with ourselves and our audiences about who we are, and what we are in this for”.

One thing I found interesting about the video was that James was able to point out everything that was fake about the news paper. For example, he mentioned that the there was no top fold with the latest breaking news story. He also mentioned that some of the statements in the news paper was fake news such as Benjamin and Rachel Cooper who testified that soldiers fired 100 bullets into their home while two middle aged men were brutally murdered by the soldiers. Turns out that none of that was true. It amazes me how far people would take fake news to a certain extent even during the Revolutionary Era.