The 24/7 Media Cycle, Good and Bad

 Gun violence in the United States of America has been a constant issue for Americans for decades. Since 1966, there has been at least one mass shooting incident in this country and no less than four after 1990. These tragic events have taken the lives of more than 1,500 people with the majority of these events taking place at schools and workplaces. Every time one of these tragedies occur the news is quick to cover the candlelight vigils, police response times, and details on the suspect. Ranging from ethnicity, religion, job, sexual orientation, or level of education. Of course, all these factors are second to the long-held debate of gun control in America and whether or not the 2nd amendment should continue to enable citizens the ability to purchase all types of firearms, if any at all. Just this past weekend, two more mass shootings occurred. One at Lincoln university, Philadelphia, resulting in one death and six injured. At a house party in North Carolina, two are reported dea...

We are nine months into President Donald J. Trump's second term and yet his most important campaign promise has not been meant. In fact, it has purposely avoided and prevented from releasing by Trump and ninety-nine percent of republicans on the hill. The most infamous child sex trafficker of the modern era who had business associates all over the world. From politicians, bankers, celebrities, the list goes on and on. Yet, our President and the wider government is afraid to release the Epstein list to the point now where the government has been shut down for the first time since 2019, also under Trump. As with any government shut down, the media will be pointing all cameras and microphones at the hill and our politicians for answers. The longer this shutdown drags on the already high civil unrest in this nation will grow even more. Mass shootings and ICE raids have been constantly swarming around the news cycle in recent times, and a shutdown will only amplify these stories. Media ...

Joe Rogan has over 2,500 episodes of hiss podcast, The Joe Rogan Experience, totaling 7,000 hours of content. Another well-known podcaster, Tim Pool, has well over a thousand episodes of his podcast, Timcast, which is more politically focused compared to The Joe Rogan Experience. Both of these podcasts bring in millions of listeners per episode and Joe Rogan in particular attracts all types of people on his show regularly including actors, politicians, scientists, musicians, or comedians. In the age of digital media being so influential and readily available to us, these podcasters are often sources us constant news. Whether driving to work in the morning, making dinner, or wanting something to listen to, podcasters can and will act as news reporters for their listeners. These podcasters are smart enough to even make clips of their hours long episodes to farm engagement on social media platforms to spread awareness of their podcasts. As major news networks like MSNBC and CNN fall in vi...