Current Events Quiz 1.2

   1)  Yesterday's presidential debate was formatted to help longshot candidates in a few different ways. By asking opening questions about Trump, it allowed the other candidates to show their amount of commitment to the role rather than Trump who "... isn't serious".  A new obstacle arises with the Trump based questions because that seems to be the only name voters can remember. Even with the other candidates bashing Trump, it is just making him sound more radical. Not necessarily a bad thing, a radical person draws much more attention than you might realize.

   2)  The director of the CIA was at UT yesterday for the release of documents the late J.F.K and Lyndon B. Johnson were given as daily briefs in the 1960's. Brennan said the drive to unveil the records stemmed from the White House and marked a shift toward a new level of openness in government. The public can access these records later in the year through the government libraries. They are willing to share as much information as long as it doesn't effect national security. The President's Daily Brief (PDB) gave the president an insight to what was going on in his country and in the world. It also shows foreign policies and reminds the president of his responsibilities.

   3)  Refugees are facing new problems when trying to move into the open arms of neighboring countries. The biggest problem now is walking across a border that is littered with land mines. Refugees are even considering using this route only because of the recent use of tear gas and water cannons the Hungarians used on them when they were trying to cross the razor wire barrier.

   4)  The 14 year old Ahmed Mohamed was arrested and detained for bringing a homemade clock to his engineering clock. The school said that the reaction would of been the same to anyone else who brought the clock t school, no matter their religion. Half a million people tweeted #IStand-WithAhmed and even President Obama himself invited Ahmed to the White house. Since Ahmed is Muslim, some people are worried that because of the "anti muslim" law that was passed last year has affected the school and the way they view people who look muslim. (Whatever that means)

   5)  I first learned about this story just now, but I don't think I am a very good example of an average teenager. I don't have a twitter, and Twitter seems to be the social media site that was most affected by this incident. I think that social media gives just as much of a biased as the print version of the newspaper. with websites like Buzzfeed, which is a viral information sort of thing, gives a lot of interesting information. It usually gives a pro gay, feminist, pro trans, pro anti white male cisgender biased. Which is great! But it gives the biased as much as the newspaper is pro cisgender. I don't think that is really a problem because of the amount of people who can look elsewhere for opinions you don't gree with or agree with more.