Scotland and the UK (Jan. 25th)

    In today's class, Mr.Paterson gave a presentation on examining the legitimacy of news, especially focusing on issues encompassing Scotland. To start with, Mr.Paterson presented fundamental information/knowledge to introduce the problem at hand. I was completely uninformed that Scotland had such a substantial sea area, significantly supporting the UK's economy. Additionally, gas, fishes, oil, wave power, wind power, coal, forestry, and other essential resources were predominantly from Scotland, yet half of the class could not even identify the location of the country. These controversies occurring in Scotland attracted attention from the public due to the referendum on Scotland's independence. Around this time, BBC's media manipulation came to full power and conveyed information that only benefited the government. Only 30 years later, was the inconvenient truths exposed. Undoubtedly, the government concealing the results of their report is objectionable but the policies in place are just as questionable. As written on these slides, if Scotland's government policies were more competent, their economy would have soared. I see no point in implementing a law to expose information after 30 years. Especially if they are saying hideous lies that are 180 reserved from the truth to the public. In my defense, this law is openly saying that the media contains lies and the government is hiding things from their citizens. 

    Reflecting on today's class from a slightly different aspect, it was interesting because it had been a while since I had last seen Mr.Paterson's presentation. I had not presented myself either, so seeing him utilize his slides, engage with the audience, create visible slides, use professional body expression, and do an ideal presentation congested with everything we were taught was a great refresher. I do not know how much practice went into this presentation, but memorizing the surplus number of facts he articulated today would probably take me profuse hours every day to perfect. A triggering point in the presentation was the maps used in the mainstream media. According to his presentation, Scotland was squished down on the map to affirm that it is too small a country to be independent, reinforcing the government's ideologies. One downside of this controversial topic is that both Mercator and Peter's methods are not a "lie". Unlike other times when the information broadcasted is entirely false, this time it is still true, just manipulated to condition people to think certain ways, which makes it more complicated to point out. The Mercator projection method is widely used for navigation charts, because of the convenient straight lines on the map, yet creates a noticeable difference in size. Notwithstanding, after discussing and speaking about my ideas I started to realize that the Mercator projection method is the main method printed on paper and used in countries like Japan and the U.S, which may not be a coincidence. In short, today's class was yet another one full of realizations and stimulating news that augmented our distrust toward media and the extent of their manipulation. 

does the purdah happen in japan? (purdah: in the last three days leading up to an election, no one is allowed to bring in a new idea. ) no,

three government officials signed a vow the day before elections, yet lied through their teeth the following day. 

Notes:

if you own the news, advertise it, and have access to sources, you can control it. 

the BBC is owned by the British government, so they always put out what the government wants to put out. 

peters projection shows how America and Europe are actually pretty small. 

historically, legally, Scotland's sea was taken. border keeps moving.