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		<title>Next Generation: A conduce sau a nu conduce, acum aceasta este întrebarea-cheie</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Nov 2011 20:01:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[În regim non-stop, TEDxYouth @Chişinău lucrează intens la organizarea celui mai inspiraţional şi motivant eveniment  dinMoldova, cu genericul &#8220;PLAY, BUILD, LEARN AND SHARE”. Pe 20 noiembrie vă invităm să  începeţi  o aventură ce vă va marca viaţa şi cu siguranţă vă va declanşa imaginaţia la maxim! Douăzeci noiembrie &#8230; <a href="http://danamuntean.wordpress.com/2011/11/08/next-generation-a-conduce-sau-a-nu-conduce-acum-aceasta-este-intrebarea-cheie/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=danamuntean.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9633469&amp;post=585&amp;subd=danamuntean&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://danamuntean.files.wordpress.com/2011/11/tedx_youthchisinau_logo_black.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-586" title="TEDx_Youth@Chisinau_logo_black" src="http://danamuntean.files.wordpress.com/2011/11/tedx_youthchisinau_logo_black.jpg?w=500&#038;h=114" alt="" width="500" height="114" /></a>În regim non-stop, TEDxYouth @Chişinău lucrează intens la organizarea celui mai inspiraţional şi motivant eveniment  dinMoldova, cu genericul &#8220;PLAY, BUILD, LEARN AND SHARE”.</p>
<p>Pe 20 noiembrie vă invităm să  începeţi  o aventură ce vă va marca viaţa şi cu siguranţă vă va declanşa imaginaţia la maxim!</p>
<p>Douăzeci noiembrie va fi o zi de neuitat în istoria Chişinăului, credeţi-mă, este o zi pe care nu vreţi să o rataţi.</p>
<p>Doar cei mai norocoşi şi harnici vor avea ocazia de a asista la cel mai mare eveniment inspiraţional din ultimele decenii, să fie martorii unor prezentări excepţionale ale unor <a href="http://tedxchisinau.com/?page_id=800" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">persoane</a> tinere, ambiţioase, şi cu adevărat uluitoare.</p>
<p>După săptămâni de brainstorming-uri intensive, <a href="http://tedxchisinau.com/?page_id=731" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">organizatorii</a> TEDxYouth @Chişinău au ales o mînă de tineri lideri şi profesionişti pentru a-i prezenta unui public interesat şi dispus să revoluţioneze societatea în care trăim.</p>
<p>Desigur! Au fost momente când unul dintre noi a exclamat &#8220;Oh, Doamne! Cum am putut uita de acest speaker? &#8220;, dar echipa a fost suficient de flexibilă pentru a ţine pasul cu toate ideile extraordinare ce se ţineau lanţ.</p>
<p>Este timpul pentru tinerii noştri să se manifeste, să vorbească şi să conducă ţara noastră, şi să aprindă focul de prosperitate adormitădin adîncul sufletului nostru. În fiecare dintre noi se află un leu demn de a fi rege. Ideile sunt menite să fie răspîndite, iar tineretul nostru promovează filozofia &#8220;Ideas Worth Spreading&#8221;. Critica, interpretarea greşită şi opoziţia sunt factorii de care ţinem cont  atunci cînd vorbim în public, dar invitaţii noştri îşi asumă cel mai mare risc, riscul de a influenţa vieţile altor oameni, prin inspirarea şi motivarea lor cu ajutorul celui mai puternic drog din lume, cuvintele. Cuvintele sunt premisa acţiunilor şi acţiunea conduce la schimbare.</p>
<p>Oratorii noştri vin din medii diverse, astfel veţi avea posibilitatea sa urmăriţi atât discursul cetăţeanului simplu care lucrează continuu la schimbarea lumii, cât şi să vedeţi performanţa omului de ştiinţă care manipulează cu robotica, circuitele şi plăcile de bază. Aşteptăm cu nerăbdare să vedem ce surprize ne rezervă ei!</p>
<p>Diversele medii din care provin oratorii noştri duc la diversitatea ideilor lor, care dacă sunt bine puse împreună, ar putea aduce o schimbare adevărată în Republica Moldova. Tot de ce este nevoie este să se planteze seminţele şi să se toarne apa şi să se lase să  crească  în timp.</p>
<p>Generaţia Facebook este binecuvantată cu mari inovaţii  în lumea teatrului, artei culinare, divertismentului, cea de social media, marketing, ONG-uri, şi cea a IT-ului. Aceasta este doar o parte din ecuaţie.</p>
<p>Tineretul are ceva numit &#8220;dorință de foc&#8221;, ceva capabil de a schimba modul în care funcţionează lumea. Ei nu se tem să pună cele mai prosteşti întrebări, deoarece ei nu-şi ascund curiozitatea, care este înnăbuşită de mulți adulți. Einstein a fost de succes, deoarece el a avut curiozitatea unui copil şi din această cauză el a condus &#8220;experimente de gândire&#8221;, curiozitatea a fost cauza inventării unei noi teorie, Teoria Relativității, cea care a răsturnat teoria lui Newton. Einstein a câştigat Premiul Nobel pentru Fizică câţiva ani mai târziu. De ce? Pentru că el a menţinut o perspectivă tinerească a lumii. Tineretul schimbă societatea.</p>
<p>Conferința va fi transmisă în direct în internatul din Chişinău, pentru copii cu vîrsta cuprinsă între 13 – 16 ani și penitenciarul din Lipcani. Totodată, vor fi 8 Youth Reporteri care vor asigura ca cei care nu reușesc să participe la eveniment să fie la curent cu tot ce se întîmplă datorită impresiilor personale ale Youth Reporterilor legate de discursuri, atmosferă, reacții, toate acestea împărtășite prin intermediul la social media.</p>
<p>Aici, la TEDxYouth @ Chişinău, vă încurajăm să participați la &#8220;Ideas Worth Spreading&#8221; astfel încât să putem îmbunătăţi societatea noastră pas cu pas.</p>
<div>Pasul # 1: <a href="http://tedxchisinau.com/?page_id=574" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Aplică acum!</a></div>
<div>Pasul # 2: Veniți şi alăturaţi-vă la un eveniment magic pe 20 noiembrie, la ora 10:00, la Teatrul Satiricus!</div>
<p>Veniţi şi susțineți tinerii lideri din Moldova şi pe cei care la o vârstă fragedă au realizat mai mult decât unii s-ar fi gândit că e posibil.</p>
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		<title>Upgrade U!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Oct 2011 14:46:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[*** Upgrade U! *** Aplică la acest proiect şi îți vor creşte şansele de angajare după absolvire! Acest proiect… te va ajuta să-ți creezi o imagine mai bună pe piața muncii, prin oferirea trainingurilor de: • Career Orientation • Scrierea de &#8230; <a href="http://danamuntean.wordpress.com/2011/10/23/upgrade-u/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=danamuntean.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9633469&amp;post=570&amp;subd=danamuntean&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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<h2><strong>*** Upgrade U! ***</strong></h2>
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<em>Aplică la acest proiect şi îți vor creşte şansele de angajare după absolvire!</em></p>
<p>Acest proiect…</p>
<p>te va ajuta să-ți creezi o imagine mai bună pe piața muncii, prin oferirea trainingurilor de:</p>
<p>•<strong> Career Orientation</strong></p>
<p><strong>• Scrierea de CV, scrisoare de motivație</strong></p>
<p><strong>• Pregătire de interviu</strong></p>
<p>Şi se va încheia cu o <strong>simulare de interviu</strong>, în care vei pune în practică tot ce-ai învățat.</p>
<p>Proiectul este destinat studenților din ultimul an de studii şi se va desfăşura pe <span style="text-decoration:underline;">3-4 decembrie</span>.</p>
<p>Pentru a deveni unul dintre cei <strong>15 beneficiari</strong>, trimite până pe <span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>15 noiembrie ora 15:00</strong></span></p>
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<li>Descrierea job-ului la care ai vrea să aplici după absolvire</li>
<li>CV-ul tău</li>
<li>Scrisoarea de motivație pentru postul dorit</li>
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<p>La adresa electronica: <a href="mailto:munteandana@yahoo.com">munteandana@yahoo.com</a></p>
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		<title>ACADEMIA IDEILOR E PREGĂTITĂ SĂ INVESTEASCĂ ÎN TINE!</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[    PROIECTUL ACADEMIA IDEILOR II îşi propune drept scop să aducă o valoare adaugată la dezvoltarea unei noi generaţii de tineri, cu viziuni progresiste, ce ar putea contribui la îmbunătăţirea climatului socio-economic în Republica Moldova. Proiectul presupune realizarea unui &#8230; <a href="http://danamuntean.wordpress.com/2011/08/19/academia-ideilor-e-pregatita-sa-investeasca-in-tine/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=danamuntean.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9633469&amp;post=561&amp;subd=danamuntean&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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<h4><strong>PROIECTUL ACADEMIA IDEILOR II</strong></h4>
<p>îşi propune drept scop să aducă o valoare adaugată la dezvoltarea unei noi generaţii de tineri, cu viziuni progresiste, ce ar putea contribui la îmbunătăţirea climatului socio-economic în Republica Moldova.</p>
<p>Proiectul presupune realizarea unui curs de educaţie non-formală, în perioada octombrie 2011 – mai 2012, pentru tinerii economişti şi ne-economişti care vor parcurge opt module cu tematică socio-economică.</p>
<p>Proiectul va fi focusat pe dezvoltarea abilităţilor practice, lucru în echipă, asistenţă din partea trainerilor şi experţilor, realizarea de studii de caz şi simulări economice.</p>
<p>Membrii proiectului vor avea posibilitatea:</p>
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<li>să realizeze vizite de studiu la întreprinderi şi autorităţi publice,</li>
<li>să participe în jocuri de rol, ședințe cu diferiți experți, factori cheie din Guvern şi mediul de afaceri,</li>
<li> să prezinte propriile idei şi viziuni în cadrul unor evenimente publice şi conferinţe de presă și</li>
<li>chiar să realizeze un businessplan, în cooperare cu toate persoanele implicate în proiect.</li>
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<p>SUNTEM ÎN CĂUTARE DE 30 DE TINERI CARE:</p>
<p><strong>·         Au vîrsta cuprinsă între 18 – 26 de ani,</strong></p>
<p><strong>·         Sunt activi,</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Doresc să-și dezvolte propriile abilități antreprenoriale și economice,</li>
<li>Demonstrează interes față de Academia Ideilor și consideră că au idei ce merită a fi realizate,</li>
<li>Au o viziune privind dezvoltarea generală a ţării şi îmbunătăţirea climatului socio-economic din Republica Moldova,</li>
<li> Au bune abilităţi de: organizare, aptitudine de învățare, comunicare, lucru în echipă și capacitate de luare a deciziilor,</li>
<li>Vor avea timp și dorință să frecvențeze ședințele din cadrul modulelor, timp de 9 luni.</li>
</ul>
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<p><strong>CUM POȚI DEVENI MEMBRU?</strong></p>
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<li>Trimite-ne  pe  e-mail: <span style="text-decoration:underline;">academia.ideilor@gmail.com</span>, CV-ul şi formularul de aplicare. Perioada de aplicare este 19 august – 16 septembrie.</li>
<li>Dacă vei fi selectat, achiți o cotizație de membru de 100 lei lunar, care va acoperi: buna desfășurare a modulelor de studiu,sesiunile de training, materialele de instruire, pauzele de cafea și încă multe alte activități planificate.</li>
</ul>
<p><strong> </strong></p>
<p><strong>PENTRU DETALII: </strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Victoria BOUNEGRU, coordonator de proiect  - 0799 69 805 sau</li>
<li> Dana MUNTEAN, coordonator Promovare -  0795 66 003.</li>
</ul>
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<p><strong><em>AO Institutul IDEA s-a lansat ca un think-tank tânăr, ce îmbină experienţa specialiştilor seniori şi dorinţa de afirmare a tinerilor specialişti în domeniul economic.  Fii parte din Ehipa noastră!</em></strong></p>
<p>Mai multe detalii şi formularul de aplicare le găsiți<a href="http://academia-ideilor.org/?p=1034"> aici.</a></p>
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		<title>Networking… titirez pe care trebuie să știi cum să-l dirijezi</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ce reprezintă networking-ul? Networkingul reprezintă oamenii. Este modalitatea de a cunoaște lumea prin intermediul persoanelor potrivite pe care le întâlnești și cu care menții contact. În condițiile de azi, deseori contează mai mult pe cine cunoști, decât ce cunoști. Deseori &#8230; <a href="http://danamuntean.wordpress.com/2011/07/22/networking%e2%80%a6-titirez-pe-care-trebuie-sa-stii-cum-sa-l-dirijezi/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=danamuntean.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9633469&amp;post=534&amp;subd=danamuntean&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Ce reprezintă networking-ul?</strong></p>
<p>Networkingul reprezintă oamenii. Este modalitatea de a cunoaște lumea prin intermediul persoanelor potrivite pe care le întâlnești și cu care menții contact. În condițiile de azi, deseori contează mai mult pe cine cunoști, decât ce cunoști. Deseori joburile cele mai tari nu sunt afișate, dar mai degrabă se găsesc în mintea angajatorului, care chiar dacă nu dă de înțeles, câteodată „vânează” angajați la evenimentele la care participă.<a href="http://danamuntean.files.wordpress.com/2011/07/blogmold130711_1.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-539" title="blogmold130711_1" src="http://danamuntean.files.wordpress.com/2011/07/blogmold130711_1.jpg?w=500" alt=""   /></a></p>
<p>Lecția de bază e să nu te oprești de făcut networking și trebuie să-l începi chiar acum! Nu începe să cauți disperat persoana potrivită atunci când ai nevoie de ea, trebuie să o ai în „baza” ta de date, înainte de acel moment critic.</p>
<p>În fiecare zi încearcă să cunoști o persoană nouă și calculează câte contacte îți poti face într-o lună, dar într-un an?</p>
<p><strong>Cum să te învârte</strong><strong>ș</strong><strong>ti în lumea networking-ului?</strong></p>
<p>Nu te focusa exclusiv pe Online sau Offline. Fii original și creativ în metodele pe care le utilizezi pentru a cunoaște noi persoane, fii organizat și pregătește-ți diferite modalități să abordezi oamenii cu care interacționezi. Nu îți spam-ui noile contacte, utlizează mai mult contactul personalizat (convorbirile telefonice, face to face), deoarece e-mail-ul poate fi foarte ușor ignorat. Când scrii un e-mail, păstrează-l scurt. Vină din timp la orice eveniment, pentru a cunoaște cât mai multe persoane interesante și pentru a-ți crea un avantaj competitiv față de altele care vin mai târziu.</p>
<p><strong>Unde trebuie să te vadă lumea?</strong></p>
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<p>Participă la cât mai multe evenimente posibile, devină membru la grupurile care te interesează, observă cultura lor și decide cât timp merită sa aloci fiecăruia și cât de receptivi sunt membrii să se ajute reciproc. Reuniunile de clasă, evenimentele alumni, activitățile de voluntariat, conferințele, training-urile, și de ce nu chiar și petrecerile sunt locurile potrivite să te degajezi și să-ti stabilești noi contacte. Nu te teme să faci un bine și să te ocupi cu voluntariatul. E o ocazie minunată să ajuți oamenii și în același timp, să te faci vizibil.<span id="more-534"></span></p>
<p>Chiar dacă contactul pe care ți-l stabilești nu e din domeniul tau, niciodată nu știi cât de bogat și potrivit networking-ul lui poate să fie pentru tine și ce ajutor enorm ar putea să-ți dea, oferindu-ți datele de contact ale cunoscuților lui. Chiar și atunci când te duci la magazin, niciodată nu știi cine stă în rând cu tine.</p>
<p><strong>Cine are succes în networking?</strong></p>
<p>Lumii îi place să fie inconjurată de persoane perfecționiste, deschise, fără prejudicii, sincere, prietenoase, pe care se poate de bazat, care emană încredere de sine.</p>
<p>Persoanele care nu se tem să pună întrebari deschise, care se împart cu resursele lor, care înțeleg cine sunt și ce vor să obțină,</p>
<p>care pot să-și articuleze gândurile și țelurile, sunt atractive și înțelese, de aceea lumea știe cum să le ajute și să le susțină.</p>
<p>Persoanele care sunt egoiste, care vor doar să câștige pe seama altuia, neoferind nimic în schimb, nepoliticoase, îngâmfate, categorice, rigide sunt ocolite și percepute ca un obstacol. Cine ar vrea să se afle in compania lor? Nu cred că arzi de nerabdare să faci cunoștință cu așa persoane.</p>
<p><strong>Cine te interesează?</strong></p>
<p>Clar că nu oricine, dar deseori oportunitățile vin de acolo de unde te aștepți mai puțin.</p>
<p>Nu-ți consuma timpul doar cunoscând superficial cât mai multe persoane, colecționând cât mai multe cărți de vizită și nedirecționând destule eforturi în menținerea și fortificarea conexiunii stabilite. Mai bine să ai mai puține persoane care într-adevăr cunosc ceea ce faci și te au în vizorul lor, decât multe altele care în cel mai bun caz, îți țin minte numele.</p>
<p>Chiar dacă ești doar pe băncile universității, începe de acum să-ți stabilești relații, întrucât actualii tăi colegi pot să-ți devină manageri, parteneri, colegi de lucru sau<a href="http://danamuntean.files.wordpress.com/2011/07/blogmold130711_41.jpg"><img class="alignright size-full wp-image-545" title="blogmold130711_4" src="http://danamuntean.files.wordpress.com/2011/07/blogmold130711_41.jpg?w=500" alt=""   /></a> chiar angajați în viitorul apropiat.</p>
<p>Nu trebuie să subapreciezi persoanele care te înconjoară, nu-ți limita networking-ul la rude, prieteni de familie, vecini, profesori, stiliști, jurnaliști, medici, membri ai organizațiilor de profesioniști, alumni ai programelor la care și tu ai participat.</p>
<p>Nu uita că networking-ul este o situație de “win-win” (ambele părți au de câștigat), si nu aștepta ca fiecare să îți fie dator să te ajute. Nu te teme să contactezi persoanele notorii care te interesează, deoarece “încercarea vină n-are”, dar în același timp fii pregătit, deoarece nu cr</p>
<p>ed că îți dorești ca imaginea să-ți fie știrbită de un gest natâng sau o tacere penibilă.</p>
<p>Nu te gândi doar la tine, ci și la persoanele din network-ul tău, trebuie să înțelegi ce e important pentru ele și dacă știi că ai putea să le ajuți sau să faci ceva relevant pentru ele, nu ezita să întrebi dacă le interesează. Nu-ți bombarda cunoscuții cu oferte comerciale sau cereri de favoruri din prima intâlnire. Nu monopoliza discuția, dar interesează-te de interlocutorul tău, fă-l sa se simtă apreciat.</p>
<p><strong>Follow up!</strong></p>
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<p>Toate eforturile și timpul consumat pentru a-ți crea noi contacte pot fi ruinate prin ignorarea follow-up-ului. Acesta reprezintă menținerea și fructificarea relației stabilite. După ce ai întâlnit pe cineva, ar fi bine să-ți notezi unde și cu ce prilej ai cunoscut-o și să scrii o notă de mulțumire, în care să menționezi despre ce ați discutat și să oferi noi idei. Nu ezita să întrebi dacă persoana în cauză este dornică să mai discute cu tine, să vă impărtășiți gândurile, ideile, și de ce nu, să deveniți parteneri.</p>
<p>Datorită networking-ului am acum internship plătit în Washington DC și am reușit să nu ramân pe drumuri în aceasta capitală cu prețuri ridicole la cazare.</p>
<p>PS: Networking ≠ Nepotism</p>
<p>Articol pentru <a href="http://allmoldova.com/ro/project/blog/all-in-moldova/2702.html" target="_blank">allmoldova.com</a></p>
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		<title>Stimate membru al Clubului &#8220;Îmi pasă, de aceea nu votez!&#8221;</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Probabil că în comparaţie cu votul meu, valoarea votului tău e de mii de ori mai mare, deoarece cine sunt eu, o studentă care se află pe alt continent şi ce pot şti eu despre dragostea de ţară sau de &#8230; <a href="http://danamuntean.wordpress.com/2011/07/05/stimate-membru-al-clubului-imi-pasa-de-aceea-nu-votez/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=danamuntean.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9633469&amp;post=527&amp;subd=danamuntean&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Probabil că în comparaţie cu votul meu, valoarea votului tău e de mii de ori mai mare, deoarece cine sunt eu, o studentă care se află pe alt continent şi ce pot şti eu despre dragostea de ţară sau de tot ceea ce este natal şi preţios?<a href="http://allmoldova.com/uimg/blog/blog_politic_070611.jpg" target="_blank"><img class="alignright" src="http://allmoldova.com/uimg/blog/blog_politic_070611m.jpg" alt="" /></a></p>
<p>Doar tu simţi realitatea politică pe pielea ta şi doar tu cunoşti intenţiile liderilor politici, chiar mai bine decât ei înşişi. Chiar dacă în SUA mă simt ca pe o alta planetă, urmăresc ceea ce se întâmplă în Chişinău, citind ştirile şi articolele liderilor de opinie, şi mi-am creat impresia că ne place enorm să facem &#8220;haz de necaz&#8221; şi ne-a intrat deja în sânge să ieşim la alegeri de multiple ori, să strigăm sus şi tare că vrem schimbarea şi că nimeni nu e destoinic să o facă. Atâtea eforturi sunt direcţionate spre a arăta cât de răi si mişei sunt toţi candidaţii şi că o dată ce nu vom vota, le vom arăta cine decide cu adevărat în ţara asta.</p>
<p>Dar te rog să mă luminezi, care este scopul final al tău şi al celora care refuză să voteze.  Dacă crezi că votul tău e atât de scump, de ce îl risipeşti? Crezi că peste noapte va apărea un nou crai de la răsărit şi-ţi va reprezenta cel mai bine interesele sau va întruchipa toate acele calităţi supranaturale pe care tu aştepţi să le vezi?</p>
<p>Cine a spus că democraţia este perfectă şi că e posibil să gaseşti persoana ideală sau demnă să te reprezinte?<span id="more-527"></span></p>
<p>Da, şi eu sunt satulă de prea multă vorbăraie şi acţiuni de nota cinci. Da, deseori şi politicienii sunt corigenţi şi deşi promit să-şi facă tema de acasă, o dată ce fac rost de catalog, îşi pun singuri note de 10. Da, de ce să votăm pentru cineva care nu ne reprezintă?</p>
<p>Dar aşa e democraţia, îţi oferă diversitatea alegerii, iar tu fii bun şi compară, şi alege ulterior. Şi care e totuşi Soluţia ta? Să nu votăm, să ne avânturăm în noi alegeri, să urmărim noi campanii electorale, să risipim bani,  iar problemele să le lăsăm să putrezească, ce ne pasă nouă de trecerea timpului, de ce să ne obosim sa evaluăm şi să controlam cei care exercită funcţii de stat, mai bine să nu le dăm niciuna dintre ele, nu-i aşa?</p>
<p>În general, poate nici guvernare nu ne trebuie, poate ar trebui sa numim în funcţie bloggerii, ei doar ştiu mai bine ca oricare altul cum problemele trebuie rezolvate.</p>
<p>Chiar sunt indignată că anume tu, cel care ai decis să nu votezi, eşti tânar ca şi mine şi ştiu că-ţi pasă, doar că trecând prin această bătălie de idei, ai preferat să te laşi influenţat de un mainstream, şi să uiţi de ceea ce este prioritar acum în oraş, ordinea şi bunăstarea.</p>
<p>Dar, cum am mai zis, cine sunt eu în comparaţie cu tine, atotştiutor şi foarte dezamăgit în politica moldovenească?</p>
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		<title>Little Moldova in NYC</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Apr 2011 22:01:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[De obicei, când americanii te întreabă “Where are you from?” ei se aşteaptă la un răspuns care include un stat din SUA. O ţară din Europa de Est pare să fie în afara universului lor. În cazul meu, după ce &#8230; <a href="http://danamuntean.wordpress.com/2011/04/28/little-moldova-in-nyc/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=danamuntean.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9633469&amp;post=505&amp;subd=danamuntean&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://danamuntean.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/img_8248.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-506" title="Moldova in NY" src="http://danamuntean.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/img_8248.jpg?w=300&#038;h=225" alt="" width="300" height="225" /></a>De obicei, când americanii te întreabă “Where are you from?” ei se aşteaptă la un răspuns care include un stat din SUA. O ţară din Europa de Est pare să fie în afara universului lor. În cazul meu, după ce le spun că sunt originară din Moldova, majoritatea răspund în aşa mod parcă ar şti de o viaţă Moldova “oooo…. Moldova!” doar că eu nu mă las amăgită de exclamaţia lor şi-i întreb dacă ştiu unde-i. Se simt frustraţi şi de multe ori obţin răspunsul evident “Nu.” Nu am de ce să-i învinuiesc, nici eu nu ştiu toate cele 50 de state din SUA şi sunt conştientă de faptul că deocamdată Moldova se află în afara zonei lor de interes. Dar am rămas de atâtea ori plăcut surprinsă să aud şi “Yes, of course I know!” Majoritatea care ştiu de Moldova sunt buni cunoscători de geografie, puţini sunt cei care ţin minte de aşa numita “Twitter Revolution” şi mulţi o cunosc ca o ţară comunistă şi din păcate, sunt şi dintr-aceia care au aflat pentru prima dată despre Moldova din articolul “Drinking habits” din <a href="http://www.economist.com/blogs/dailychart/2011/02/daily_chart_global_alcohol_consumption?page=5" target="_blank">Economist</a>.</p>
<p>Răspunsurile care mi-au gâdilat sufletul au fost că ştiu despre existenţa Moldovei deoarece “My best friend is from Moldova.”<span id="more-505"></span></p>
<p>La Bard College, credeam că sunt unica moldoveancă, pentru ca să aflu de la alţi studenţi că mai este o studentă full-time din Moldova. A durat cam mult până m-am întâlnit cu ea, era mereu ocupată pentru a se vedea cu mine. Probabil unii moldoveni care ajung în străinătate preferă să se ţină mai departe de concetăţenii lor. Eram tristă că nici măcar în limba maternă nu puteam vorbi cu ea, cunoştea doar rusa şi în Moldova niciodată n-a simţit nevoia să înveţe româna.</p>
<p>Când am fost la o conferinţă Model United Nations la Georgetown University în Washington DC, am fost invitată la o petrecere de prietena mea din Ucraina, care a obţinut aceeaşi bursă ca şi mine, doar că a fost plasată să înveţe în George Mason University.</p>
<p>La acea petrecere limba conversaţională era rusa, întrucât erau reprezentanţi din fosta URSS.</p>
<p>Am întâlnit mulţi moldoveni prietenoşi şi care se descurcă de minune în capitala SUA, promovând cultura moldovenească, acum fac pregătirile pentru desfăşurarea concertului Zdob şi Zdub. Îmi doresc din tot sufletul să le reuşească&#8230; M-am apropiat de un tânăr după ce am aflat de la noii mei prieteni că e din Moldova. Sinceră să fiu, am rămas nedumerită când am văzut reacţia lui când am vrut să confirm că e din Moldova. “E scris la mine în frunte că sunt din Moldova?” şi părea ruşinat şi scârbit că am pronunţat acel nume de ţară care pentru el pare să fie tabu.</p>
<p>În New York City am rămas frapată de comunitatea moldovenească. E de ajuns să găseşti grupul pe <a href="https://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=303481057836" target="_blank">facebook </a>ca să fii informat despre tot ce e organizat de comunitate. Moldovenii de aici sunt activi şi se întalnesc cel puţin o dată pe lună la diferite evenimente, cele mai populare fiind Happy Hours. La un Happy Hour am contribuit şi eu la îniţiativa organizaţiei Moldova AID din Carolina de Nord, care realizează proiectul &#8220;Sneaks4Teens&#8221; pentru copiii orfelinatului Căzăneşti, raionul Teleneşti. M-am ales cu o gentuţă home made, alţii cu imagini din Moldova şi în final s-au colecţionat $ 280 pentru copilaşi.</p>
<p>Primul meu contact cu diaspora din NY a fost în cadrul mesei rotunde “Reforme de piaţa şi europenizarea Republicii Moldova,” desfăşurată sub auspiciul Camerei de Comerţ Moldo-Americane, la 23 februarie 2011. Sper că prezentarea Ambasadorului Igor Munteanu a fost destul de convingătoare pentru potenţialii investitori. În aceeaşi seară a avut loc întâlnirea ambasadorului cu diaspora din NYC. Ambasadorul a fost interesat să audă opinia diasporei despre cum ar trebui să fie un consul onorific în NYC şi cum ar trebui să sărbătorim în New York 20 de ani de independenţă a Republicii Moldova. Sper ca idea mea de a organiza un flash mob ce constă în dansarea horei moldoveneşti în diverse oraşe, în acelaşi timp, să fie implementată.</p>
<p>Am participat şi la sărbătorirea celei de-a 93-a aniversări de la Unirea Basarabiei cu România, unde am avut onoarea să-i întâlnesc pe Cavaleri ai Ordinului Naţional &#8220;Steaua României&#8221; şi &#8220;Ordinul Republicii Moldova,” foştii detinuţi politici ai regimului separatist Transnistria, domnii Andrei Ivantoc, Alexandru Lesco si Tudor Petrov-Popa, insoţiţi de cunoscutul partizan al luptei pentru respectarea drepturilor omului, dl. Dr. Doctor-profesor Ştefan Uritu. A avut loc prezentarea documentarului despre grupul Ilascu, conceput de Radu Gaina, s-a recitat poezia lui Grigore Vieru &#8220;Ridica-te!&#8221;, s-au aprins discuţii privind unirea Moldovei cu România. Eroii neamului nostru erau smeriţi şi au fost reprezentaţi de Ştefan Uritu. Iniţiativa mea de a dansa hora a fost binevenită.</p>
<p>Fiind departe de patrie… redescopăr valorile şi cultura noastră naţională.</p>
<p>Chiar şi muzica e percepută altfel acum…</p>
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		<title>Stereotypes&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Apr 2011 20:48:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Despite its limitations, the news media in the United States strives to be considered the freest in the world</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Introduction The USA is a leading and very influential country that has a big responsibility to be a model for other countries in almost every domain. Not for nothing is said “ US sneezes, World catches cold.” News media should &#8230; <a href="http://danamuntean.wordpress.com/2011/04/14/despite-its-limitations-the-news-media-in-the-united-states-strives-to-be-considered-the-freest-in-the-world/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=danamuntean.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9633469&amp;post=487&amp;subd=danamuntean&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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<p>The USA is a leading and very influential country that has a big responsibility to be a model for other countries in almost every domain. Not for nothing is said “ US sneezes, World catches cold.” News media should not be an exception. The USA operates with different types of communications media. Many of them are owned and controlled by large for-profit corporations. The focus of this paper will be the free media system in the USA with its achievements, but also with its main problems that affect drastically the content of consumed news. I will focus on the relationship between the press, politicians, and the public and try to cover some of the main issues that US media faces today: different types of bias, limited sources, corporate ownership of media, domination of soft news, editorial and journalists’ decisions and the role of internet in spreading democracy. Also, I will compare the US media with other countries, in order to get the general idea of the placement of the USA in world environment. I still believe that even if the US media faces a lot of challenges, it can overcome them and prove to the whole world that free press is a key element in a democratic state. I think that American consumers are not powerless and they continue to play a role in directing media for their self-fulfillment.<span id="more-487"></span></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration:underline;">A free press for a free people</span></p>
<p>In order to find out if the US has one of the freest news media in the world, the main roles of the freedom of press must be understood. Freedom of speech is the key element of media that promotes democracy. This media is described by a market place of ideas in which occurs an unrestricted debate that “would lead to the discovery of truth.” <a href="#_ftn1">[1]</a> Especially important is to create a good basis for protecting speech for finding and spreading the political truth, not that one which is intended to mobilize masses of people to elect a certain party or representative. A democratic system is dynamic, thus it needs the protection of freedom of expression, because limiting it, “leads to an inflexible and stultified society.” <a href="#_ftn2">[2]</a> “Freedom of speech was to allow citizens to govern themselves in a free society” <a href="#_ftn3">[3]</a> and its main purpose is to give people chance to express their political views, to combat them, and make the best electoral decision. The role of free press in a free society is to serve as a watchdog on government. A free society can’t remain free without a vigorous, independent, vigilant free press that holds government accountable for its abuses. In a free-market democracy, the people ultimately decide as to how their press should act, with the help of a unique civic forum provided by free media. What caused the press to become an instrument for democratic decision-making was the variety of voices. People can only seek objectivity and impartiality in the pursuit of truth and journalists can try to use multiple sources and opposing ideas to be closer to objectivity, and ultimately to truth. Even the notions of objectivity and truth are vague and seem to be myths, or something unreachable, far away from the reality in which news agencies operate.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Challenges faced by American news media</span></p>
<p>Even if media is supposed to be the fourth power in the state, political forces try to control and use it in their interests. The role of watchdog organizations is tremendous, because they bring new perspectives about different issues, especially when politicians do not manage to control news, for instance the Hurricane Katrina case. Unfortunately, there are also cases when these organizations prefer to forget about their mission and let politicians, through brain washing, suggestion and misinformation techniques, to create artificial links between different events, for example Iraq war and terrorist attack on September 11. News about this problem was packed and distributed through persuasive communicational strategies and marketing tools. The spread of those persuasive messages is explained by the main source of political news, government officials, and only 1 % of all news stories were based on reporter’s own analysis. <a href="#_ftn4">[4]</a> American “free” press failed to act as an independent actor in covering the Iraqi war topic. It could not create a contra force to the Bush message machine. The administration was obsessively secretive and when bad news did leak out, they used effective methods of distraction. <a href="#_ftn5">[5]</a> “History shows that when a president sets his mind to war, it is almost impossible to stop him.” <a href="#_ftn6">[6]</a></p>
<p>In the USA, news agencies have freedom to make a lot of important decisions. But sometimes their freedom has negative effects on the informing accurately people about what is really going on. These organizations are free to decide what and how to cover certain issues by “gatekeeping”, they can randomly open and close gates to citizen activists by “indexing”, they let politicians “going public” and they set their agenda in order to influence the priorities of the public opinion’s interests what and how to interpret news. <a href="#_ftn7">[7]</a> Also, they operate with four information biases: personalization, dramatization, fragmentation and authority that cause to the appearance of news that have Hollywood format, because they focus on people over power and process, on crisis over continuity. They bring only few parts of the big puzzle of general picture. They seek for sensationalism, this is why in the spotlight are the most extreme cases, but not the most representative. <a href="#_ftn8">[8]</a> We continue to consume soft news, which entertain, but not inform us. Even if there are some examples when better local television stations have bigger chances to succeed commercially, there is a lack of incentive to be the best ones, because they are as profitable as the lowest scoring stations, but their input implies more resources and efforts. The main problem is the political news quality, because surprisingly, 12 % vs. 9 % earnest stations did more politics than other stations, even if their source credibility is poor and 30 % had no source at all. <a href="#_ftn9">[9]</a> Also, we need to know the political status of the political speakers or journalists, to know how to interpret the information. <a href="#_ftn10">[10]</a> Even if the hard news consumers are much heavier consumers of news, soft news continue to dominate the news market. <a href="#_ftn11">[11]</a> Matthew Carleton says that we live in an era with “the journalism of outrageousness” and Neil Postman states that we risk “amusing ourselves to death” <a href="#_ftn12">[12]</a>. The DICTION test showed a dramatic change in vocabulary, the use of COLLECTIVES that characterize hard news has declined substantially, in comparison with SELF-RELIANCE category of soft news’ words. <a href="#_ftn13">[13]</a> In the USA there is a negative perception of politics. In their chase for sensationalism, journalists focus on what politicians do not do or interfere in their private lives. Maybe they are governed by the fact that the European Court of Human Rights has been very clear on the matter of public officials and defamation: they are required to tolerate more, not less, criticism, in part because of the public interest in open debate about public figures and institutions. <a href="#_ftn14">[14]</a> But the tendency that Americans seem tired of negative political news can’t be neglected and this could lead to filtering of news, because demand stimulates supply.</p>
<p>One of the main problems is the editorial and journalist’s decisions that are not always impartial. News agencies try too much to fit the consumers’ tastes, this is why news continue to be highly dramatized. Journalists should not stop showing and focusing on the main actors, but should start to concentrate on the premises of that event too. <a href="#_ftn15">[15]</a> Also, government officials can transform a journalist in ally by bribing him, thus the bias in their “news in favor of government policies undermines the integrity of our democracy.” <a href="#_ftn16">[16]</a> This is only one case from many, which was shown to the audience. Another problem is the lack of individual investigation by news organizations. This is damaging the proper coverage of events and misleads news consumers (Fake News dealing with the subtle injection of VNRs into the News industry and the Fake TV News section deals with VNR disclosure and FCC regulations). Pre-canned information and reporting is sold to news providers who repackage it as their own for presentation to the public. The effect creates very little differentiation in news reports and results in examination of events is only differentiated between news distributors by spin.<a href="#_ftn17">[17]</a></p>
<p>Many experts had the hope that Internet could become an important promoter of democracy and freedom of expression. Unfortunately, a lot of expectations were not met. Even if it speeds up the communication across borders, extremist groups that organize violent protests against minority groups, such as gays, also use it. Maybe the online universe could be a solution to make interactions between politicians and publics easier and less costly and could eventually transform passive consumers into active producers of public information, but the question that arises is who will monitor their objectivity. 46 % of Americans have used the Internet to get their political news and share their thoughts during the campaign, especially the Obama supporters (74%). <a href="#_ftn18">[18]</a> Politicians are aware of this main instrument’s power to reach new targets, for instance a part of Obama’s success was due to the deep organization structure of the online campaign and because people were really energized through different websites.</p>
<p>Another main issue if the American media is its corporative ownership. The concentration trend continues to reduce the diversity of information provided, as well as it reduces the accountability of information providers to the public. There are the same news delivered, but in different packages, so, they neglect the quality and variety of ideas that define the quality of democracy. Can commercial corporations serve better the public interest than public broadcasting could do? There have been a lot of mergers and buyouts of media and entertainment companies since the 1980s. Mainstream media has since become more concentrated in terms of ownership and the influences of advertisers and owning companies both have an enormous in how mainstream media shapes itself and society. <em>Mother Jones</em> magazine reports that by the end of 2006, there are only 8 giant media companies dominating the US media, from which most people get their news and information: Disney (market value: $72.8 billion), AOL-Time Warner (market value: $90.7 billion), Viacom ($53.9 billion), General Electric (owner of NBC, $390.6 billion), News Corporation ($56.7 billion), Yahoo! ($40.1 billion), Microsoft ($306.8 billion) and Google ($154.6 billion). <a href="#_ftn19">[19]</a></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration:underline;">The US media in comparison with others</span></p>
<p>Comparing to other countries, the US news media system seems to be an example for others. In line with legal rules, during the election campaigns, there are some specifics entitlements in each country, for instance, in Germany political parties represented in Bundestag are entitled to free broadcasting, in Britain they are legally prohibited from purchasing advertising time on the both, private and public channels, in contrast with the USA, where parties are free to purchase air time. USA model brings the idea that everything can be solved with money and one more time proves that its priority is increasing revenue, but not the fair cover of all parties that participate in the electoral competition.<a href="#_ftn20">[20]</a> It’s not surprising that campaign and candidates were accorded least importance in Germany (15%), and the most importance in USA. I do not think it is correct to neglect international news that could affect the local population too, in order to cover mostly the election campaign.</p>
<p>Various democracies have different systems in dealing with defamation, treason, sedition issues. The US approach seems the most liberal one. For example, in Austria, treason and sedition constitute crimes if violence is applied or threatened, in Canada there is a lack of a clear definition of “seditious intention”, in France libel against any State institution is a criminal offence, in Germany defamation is prohibited, in Netherlands the “deliberate insult” of the King or other members of the Royal Family is penalized, in Norway there are sanctions to protect different aspects of the reputation of state institutions, in Spain, false accusation of a criminal offence, defamation and serious threats addressed to public officials are serious crimes. An interesting fact is that in Sweden there is no criminal law protecting government institutions from insults and libelous statements, in UK, there are no equivalent laws making it a crime to insult the Head of State or the flag and in the USA imposing liability upon an individual for insulting the government is anathematic to the law. <a href="#_ftn21">[21]</a> Also, regarding the prior restraints, the situation is quite different in these countries. For instance, in Australia, the publication of government information will be restrained only if it is established that non-publication is in the public interest, in Austria, if there is a suspicion that a publication violates a criminal law, it can be confiscated, in Canada, are used the interlocutory injunctions, in France, the police are authorized to seize any materials that they believe could threaten public morals, in Germany, the public prosecutor may take ”immediate measure”, including seizure, in Netherlands “the time, place and manner may be restricted in the public’s interest”, in Norway there is a prohibition against prior censorship of printed matters, in Spain censorship is forbidden, but also it is offered the possibility to consult the government administration before publication, in Sweden, no publication shall be subject to scrutiny before printing, in UK, publication of confidences owed to the government will only be restrained permanent at trial if the government proves that the public interest will be harmed, and in the USA prior restraint is especially antithetical to First Amendment values.<a href="#_ftn22">[22]</a> The USA is amongst those countries that do not constraint news agencies from publishing any information of public interest and proves that freedom of speech is an absolute right in this country, because it is no subject to the laws of sedition, defamation, and treason.</p>
<p>According to Press Freedom Index 2010, USA has the 20th position among 175 countries. American consumers are not hungry for news like Burmese people who keep track of he world on tiny short wave receivers, hiding them from authorities. <a href="#_ftn23">[23]</a> American journalists are not “transformed into a mouthpiece” like in Russia.<a href="#_ftn24">[24]</a> The USA has not an astonishing level of violence against journalists who cover sensitive topics like in Mexico. Of course the USA can’t be compared with China that spends an enormous amount on Internet surveillance equipments and does not hire armies of informants and cyber-police.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Conclusion</span></p>
<p>In a free-market democracy mass media should enforce democratic decision-making of people and prove that objectivity is not just a myth. News media has to increase its efforts in its struggle for the pursuit of truth, despite its limitations imposed by for-profit market in which it activates. Even if American news media faces challenges, in comparison with other countries, they do not represent a real threat to freedom of expression, because in American system the voice of majority is still heard and the First Amendment protects it. I believe that American news’ consumers should have the ultimate power to remind news media organizations that they have to play the role of checks and balances over government and should never forget about their mission. I hope that soft news consumers will not prevail in promotion of their preferences and news media consumers will become enough prepared to differentiate fake and fabricated news from those closer to objectivity or they will start to read between lines. American news system is amongst the freest in the world, but this does not mean that it should be so mostly in theory. It should be committed to the free and open dissemination of information needful for the cohesive working of democracy and should not fail one more time to cover accurately important and controversy issues, such as Iraq war. I realize that news media will be subject to endless ways of transformation, but I still think that this could be a positive transformation in the name of democracy.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration:underline;">References</span></p>
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<p><a href="#_ftnref">[1]</a> T. Barton Carter, Marc A. Franken, Jay B. Wright, Chapter 2, “Introduction to Freedom of Expression” in “The First Amendment and the Fourth Estate”, 38</p>
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<p><a href="#_ftnref">[2]</a> Ibid., 43</p>
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<p><a href="#_ftnref">[3]</a> Ibid., 44</p>
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<p><a href="#_ftnref">[4]</a> W. Lance Bennett, Chapter 4 “How politicians make the news”, in “News. The Politics of Illusion”, 118</p>
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<p><a href="#_ftnref">[5]</a> Jonathan Becker, “The Perfect Storm: Bush and the American Press,” in European Journalism Review, vol. 23, no 2, 2008, 214</p>
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<p><a href="#_ftnref">[6]</a> Ibid., 222</p>
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<p><a href="#_ftnref">[7]</a> W. Lance Bennett, Chapter 1 “The news about democracy”, in “News. The Politics of Illusion”, 5</p>
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<p><a href="#_ftnref">[8]</a> W. Lance Bennett, Chapter 2 “News Content”, in “News. The Politics of Illusion”, 41-43</p>
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<p><a href="#_ftnref">[9]</a>Amy Mitchell, “The Big Picture”</p>
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<p><a href="#_ftnref">[10]</a> Bernard Goldberg and Marvin Kalb, “Skewing the News,” PBS Newshour</p>
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<p><a href="#_ftnref">[11]</a> Thomas Patterson, “Doing Well and Doing Good: How Soft News and Critical Journalism are Shrinking the News Audience and Weakening Democracy and What News Outlets Can Do About It,” Joan Shorenstein Barone Center, 7</p>
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<p><a href="#_ftnref">[12]</a> Ibid.,3</p>
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<p><a href="#_ftnref">[13]</a> Ibid.,4</p>
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<p><a href="#_ftnref">[14]</a> Article XIX, “International and Comparative Defamation Standards,” 7</p>
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<p><a href="#_ftnref">[15]</a> W. Lance Bennett, Chapter 1 “All the news that fits democracy”, in “News. The Politics of Illusion,” 277</p>
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<p><a href="#_ftnref">[16]</a> Howard Kurtz, “Administration Paid Commentator”</p>
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<p><a href="#_ftnref">[17]</a> Center for Media and Democracy, “Fake TV News: Widespread and Undisclosed,” 6</p>
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<p><a href="#_ftnref">[18]</a> Aaron Smith, ”The Internet and the 2008 Election”, in Internet and the American Life Project, III</p>
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<p><a href="#_ftnref">[19]</a> <a href="http://www.globalissues.org/article/159/media-conglomerates-mergers-concentration-of-ownership">http://www.globalissues.org/article/159/media-conglomerates-mergers-concentration-of-ownership</a></p>
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<p><a href="#_ftnref">[20]</a> Holli A. Semetko, “Political Balance on Television: Campaigns in the United States, Britain and Germany,” in Press/Politics, January 1996, 56</p>
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<p><a href="#_ftnref">[21]</a> Article XIX, Press Law and Practice, &#8220;Insults to government institutions and officials&#8221; , 92-95</p>
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<p><a href="#_ftnref">[22]</a> Article XIX, Press Law and Practice, &#8220;Prior restraints&#8221;, 132-137</p>
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<p><a href="#_ftnref">[23]</a> A. Lin Neumann, &#8220;Burma under Pressure&#8221;</p>
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<p><a href="#_ftnref">[24]</a> Adam Federman, ”Moscow’s New Rules”</p>
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		<description><![CDATA[Introduction The four information biases: personalization, dramatization, fragmentation and authority lead to the consumption of the news that has the Hollywood format. The news focus on people over power and process, on crisis over continuity. They bring only few parts &#8230; <a href="http://danamuntean.wordpress.com/2011/04/14/the-authority-disorder-bias-in-three-countries-moldova-romania-and-the-usa/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=danamuntean.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9633469&amp;post=483&amp;subd=danamuntean&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong><em><a href="http://danamuntean.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/media_monkeys.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-484" title="media_monkeys" src="http://danamuntean.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/media_monkeys.jpg?w=300&#038;h=212" alt="" width="300" height="212" /></a>Introduction</em></strong></p>
<p>The four information biases: personalization, dramatization, fragmentation and authority lead to the consumption of the news that has the Hollywood format. The news focus on people over power and process, on crisis over continuity. They bring only few parts of the big puzzle of the general pictures. They fickle and shrink audiences. They often have the action-news format and seek for sensationalism, this is why in the spotlight are the most extreme cases, but not the most representative. The theoretical concept is ignored and news continues to entertain us, but not to inform. We can’t clearly see the limit between the reality and fantasy. The authority-disorder bias can be seen as a synthesis of all biases mentioned above. It leads to the creation of the news that highlight “authoritative voices of public officials to create both fear and reassurance.” <strong>2</strong></p>
<p>This type of bias emphasizes that journalists prefer to report about “pseudo-events” with “return to normal” or “to be continued” endings. <strong>1</strong></p>
<p>They focus on scandals, conflicts, and politicians’ failures, shocking scenes. It paints the leaders and politicians within a situation as “incompetent or questions their ability to restore order in a crisis or scandal.” <strong>3</strong></p>
<p>Also, this bias characterizes the situation “where information is sparse or of questionable veracity, and official (government) forces are being challenged by nongovernmental forces, <strong> </strong></p>
<p>media tend to default to the perspective of the officials, regardless of regime type or ideology.” <strong>4<span id="more-483"></span></strong></p>
<p><strong><em>Methodology</em></strong><em> </em></p>
<p>I would like to see the differences of this bias in the political news from three countries: two Eastern-European countries, Moldova and Romania, and the USA.</p>
<p>I picked up Pro TV, <strong>5</strong> the first online television in Moldova, Realitatea TV,<strong>6 </strong>the number one news website from Romania and CNN, <strong>7</strong> an important US cable and online news channel.</p>
<p>I think it will be very interesting to observe this type of bias during the elections campaigns period in Moldova (the new parliamentary elections will be held on November 28, 2010) and the USA (the elections to the United States Senate are scheduled to be held on November 2, 2010.) and almost a year after the presidential elections in Romania (December 6, 2009).</p>
<p>I would like to address the following questions: “Are any major differences between this bias in the Eastern and Western cultures?” and to observe how frequent is this bias in these three countries. My hypothesis is that in Eastern countries this type of bias occurs more often than in the USA. I would like to observe the titles of news, that have a tremendous role in attracting people to read certain news instead of others, the words used to describe the politicians and their activity, that have a big importance in shaping the public’s opinion about their representatives and can create stereotypes about them, the visuals that can enforce the message of the news or even, to distract our attention from the text, because they can impose some prejudices. My main goal is to see what image of the politicians is created with the help of the authority-disorder bias and to try to shape it in this short paper.</p>
<p><strong><em>Analysis</em></strong></p>
<p><em><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Moldova</span></em></p>
<p>In Moldova, while “the constitution guarantees press freedom, the penal code and press laws prohibit defamation and insulting the state. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) said the media were &#8220;targeted&#8221; by demonstrators and &#8220;treated as an enemy&#8221; by security forces amid post-election protests in April 2009.” <strong>8</strong></p>
<p>“Russian ORT, RTR, NTV, RentTV, and Romanian PRO TV enjoy the most popularity among the Moldavian audience.” <strong>9</strong><strong> </strong>Pro TV Chisinau is a private broadcast channel and it’s a Moldovan outlet of Romania&#8217;s PRO TV.<strong> </strong></p>
<p>“According to some reports, some of the new politicians have begun acquiring their own &#8220;independent&#8221; media outlets, either directly or by proxy. Sometimes these deals are even touted as examples of &#8220;foreign investment&#8221; in Moldova!” <strong>10. </strong></p>
<p>I still hope that PRO TV does not belong to a certain party, even if their tendency to support the opposition of the Communist Party is obvious. During my two weeks’ research, I got the impression that Communist leader “Pretends that he doesn’t know” anything about the decisions that he takes, for instance that he is going to sue Romania, as the official press release shows. <strong>11</strong></p>
<p>I discovered that the city mayor doesn’t use the appropriate language in its campaign &#8220;I removed the city from the <strong>shit</strong>, I deserve another mandate!”<strong>12</strong></p>
<p>Even the image of my prime minister was compromised “The premier arrived by service car and parked it illegally.” <strong>13 </strong>Our premier is extremely popular in the news and is often attacked by other parties‘ leaders, “PDM attacking Filat: We have a premier <strong>too obsessed</strong> about his public image.” <strong>14 </strong>Not only PDM uses this technique of attacking others in order to receive attention from the media, also the<strong> </strong>Communist leader does this “Voronin: Lupu is looking for his toy around the country, namely for the president&#8217;s armchair .” <strong>15</strong> The title of the report is an ironic one “Moldova Unita starts its election campaign with the promise that would establish order in the country”, because it discloses information that in the election list “is the businessman, Vitalie Cadan,<strong> accused</strong> by the Corruption Center for a<strong> fraud</strong>. He is accused of <strong>taking money from hundreds of people</strong> by promising them it will build a block of flats, which, according to law enforcement, never happened. Once registered by the CEC, he is immune and <strong>can not be prosecuted.”16</strong> This news has an obvious message, I do not know if I could call it a propaganda one, but it strives the public’s attention that if they vote for this party, they vote for the stealers. Even if “The election campaign only started, but there are already registered first illegal actions,” <strong>17 </strong>because Promo Lex said that some government officials came by <strong>service car</strong> to the meetings with voters<strong> in the hours when they were supposed to be at work. </strong>Thus, electorate loses the confidence in the appropriate use of the resources by their politicians, which use money from their taxes to get to persuade them to vote for them. And, finally, I understood, that politicians are traitors too “Marian Lupu: If the Communists want me president, I am willing to discuss with them.”<strong>18</strong></p>
<p>As you can see from these few articles, the political fight is very intense in Moldova, and politicians do everything in order to be covered in the news, even if their image is damaged in this way, for them, every PR is a good PR.</p>
<p>Thus, politicians in Moldova appear to be lawbreakers, traitors and blaming people.</p>
<p><em><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Romania</span></em></p>
<p>In this country, “Over six million people are online, and broadband is growing at a rapid pace.”<strong>19 </strong>“The Internet is increasingly an important method of communication in Romanian businesses, universities, libraries, and public facilities.<strong> </strong>Television stations online include: Antena 1, Realitatea TV, Romanian Public Television, Tele 7abc, TV5 Euroope/TV Sigma, and TV Antena 1.” <strong>20 “</strong>Realitatea TV is a public service that informs the viewers correct under the rules of journalism: accuracy and impartiality, honesty and direct approach, balance, all with the right to privacy and confidentiality, decency and good taste.” <strong>21</strong></p>
<p>Although, its objectivity is doubtful, because other journalists affirm “the employees from Realitatea TV work for Sorin Ovidiu Vântu an influential businessman from Romania.”<strong> 22</strong></p>
<p>Being engaged with this online TV, in my mind was created an image of Romanian politicians who are “like Anonymous Alcoholics,” <strong>23 </strong>who like to repeat <strong>scandals </strong>in the Parliament, reject new laws, <strong>quarrel violently </strong>among them, they <strong>leave the plenum</strong> for the seventh time. <strong>24</strong></p>
<p>The visuals represent “photos with politicians&#8217; legs ready to leave”<strong> 25 </strong>and mean and threatening faces of the politicians.<strong> 26 </strong>News shows irresponsible political actors because “in the crisis conditions, the Government is hiring more”<strong> 27</strong> and dangerous ones “Vice mayor in Balotesti was arrested for 29 days, after he seriously injured an old man.” <strong>28</strong> Like<strong> </strong>Moldavian politicians, they like to accuse each other “Tariceanu: Boc destroys the sense of responsibility, it is natural that the Finances go to the streets” <strong>29 “</strong>Dragnea: I think Geoana is not sane.” <strong>30</strong></p>
<p><em><span style="text-decoration:underline;">The USA</span> </em></p>
<p>The first all-news TV network, CNN, debuted in 1980 and continues, everyday, to bring top news from everywhere.</p>
<p>In my opinion, the frequency of the bias covered by this essay, is less frequent than in the Eastern media.</p>
<p>However, it includes a lot of critics regarding politicians’ activity. For instance, there are reports in which opposition is accused of making mistakes “The Republican strategy has been and continues to this day to create gridlock and failure, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Maryland, told a news conference. &#8221; <strong>31 </strong>Even the president is not deprived from the critics from community’s hostility regarding the government’s decision “President Obama is <strong>pushing</strong> for an <strong>absolute paradigm </strong>shift in the role that community colleges will play in producing America&#8217;s highly skilled workers of the future &#8212; and <strong>not everyone is happy about it.</strong>” <strong>32 “</strong>With his party&#8217;s control of Congress teetering on the brink of disaster, an unpopular president decides in the final days to roll out <strong>his best asset: his wife</strong>, whose own approval ratings soar 20 percentage points higher than his.”<strong> </strong>Machiavelli is right justifying that<strong> </strong>any means used by a politician to achieve his goals are good, for instance exposing your family for your cause. <strong>33 </strong>Also, the political actors engage in the “animated <strong>debate”, offering “</strong>no solutions to the problems.” <strong>34 </strong>Some of them think the media has the fault for their inaccurate image<strong> “</strong>O&#8217;Donnell<strong> blamed </strong>her campaign&#8217;s recent troubles on <strong>unfair coverage</strong> in the &#8220;liberal media.&#8221; <strong>35</strong></p>
<p><em><strong>Conclusion</strong></em></p>
<p>As I previously stated, the authority-disorder bias is more frequent in the Eastern media. This could be explained by the differences in the cultures and by the fact that Moldavian and Romanian politicians cannot or maybe do not want to control their behavior and do not have a good sense of ethics and diplomacy.</p>
<p>I was disappointed that in all the media sources there was present only one voice, that of the politicians. These news agencies almost do not include other important political actors in rhetoric process and contribute to the construction of an exclusively politicians’ discourse, maybe because they are conducted by the criteria of getting news on the air in accordance of the ratings matter.</p>
<p>I am sure that the NGO’s initiatives or civil society’s proposals that could have a political impact are not covered.</p>
<p>I would recommend them to not focus on the crisis and conflict situations, but to try to create an integral picture of what led to these disputes.</p>
<p>I would like to see news that not seek for sensationalism, thus undermining other important aspects of a political decision or event.</p>
<p>The language is overwhelmed by words as: “battle”, “fire”, “hypocrite”, “attacking”, “blame”, “accuse”, “prosecute”, “scandal”, “quarrel”. An explanation of this could be the election campaign and the desire of the politicians to increase their ratings by accusing others. This became a classical technique.</p>
<p>I would recommend the diminishing of this negativism, especially because the language creates serious consequences for the news consumer. Most journalists do their jobs with little or no thought given to language theory, how language works and how humans use language. Most journalists, consciously or not, accept a theory (metaphor) of language as a transparent conduit along which word-ideas are easily sent to a reader or viewer who then experiences reality as portrayed by the words.</p>
<p>I hope that the journalists, masters of the words, will be more conscious about their mission and responsibility of shaping the public opinion and will strive to avoid as maximum as possible this type of bias.</p>
<p><strong>References</strong></p>
<p><strong>1, 2</strong> <a href="http://acweb.northseattle.edu/mmerry/Mass%20Media.ppt" target="_blank">facweb.northseattle.edu/mmerry/Mass%20Media.ppt</a></p>
<p><strong>3</strong> <a href="http://vikkitoria.wordpress.com">http://vikkitoria.wordpress.com</a></p>
<p><strong>4 </strong><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/cynthia-boaz/framing-the-green-revolut_b_216567.html">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/cynthia-boaz/framing-the-green-revolut_b_216567.html</a></p>
<p><strong>5 </strong><a href="http://www.protv.md/stiri/politic">http://www.protv.md/stiri/politic</a></p>
<p><strong>6 </strong><a href="http://www.realitatea.net/politica.html">http://www.realitatea.net/politica.html</a></p>
<p><strong>7 </strong><a href="http://www.cnn.com/POLITICS/">http://www.cnn.com/POLITICS/</a></p>
<p><strong>8 </strong><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/country_profiles/3038982.stm">http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/country_profiles/3038982.stm</a></p>
<p><strong>9</strong> <a href="http://www.pressreference.com/Ma-No/Moldova.html">http://www.pressreference.com/Ma-No/Moldova.html</a></p>
<p><strong>10</strong> <a href="http://politicom.moldova.org/news/will-moldova-be-the-next-ukraine-211149-eng.html">http://politicom.moldova.org/news/will-moldova-be-the-next-ukraine-211149-eng.html</a></p>
<p><strong>11 </strong><a href="http://www.protv.md/stiri/politic/vladimir-voronin-o-face-pe-neznaiul.html">http://www.protv.md/stiri/politic/vladimir-voronin-o-face-pe-neznaiul.html</a></p>
<p><strong>12 </strong><a href="http://www.protv.md/stiri/politic/dorin-chirtoaca-am-scos-orasul-din-rahat-mai-candidez-pentr-un.html">http://www.protv.md/stiri/politic/dorin-chirtoaca-am-scos-orasul-din-rahat-mai-candidez-pentr-un.html</a></p>
<p><strong>13</strong> <a href="http://www.protv.md/stiri/politic/show-in-fata-comisiei-electorale-centrale.html">http://www.protv.md/stiri/politic/show-in-fata-comisiei-electorale-centrale.html</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.protv.md/stiri/politic/pdm-il-ataca-pe-filat-avem-un-premier-prea-insetat-de-imaginea.html"><span style="color:#000000;"><strong>14</strong></span> http://www.protv.md/stiri/politic/pdm-il-ataca-pe-filat-avem-un-premier-prea-insetat-de-imaginea.html</a></p>
<p><strong>15 </strong><a href="http://www.protv.md/stiri/politic/voronin-lupu-isi-cauta-jucaria-prin-tara-si-anume-fotoliul-de.html">http://www.protv.md/stiri/politic/voronin-lupu-isi-cauta-jucaria-prin-tara-si-anume-fotoliul-de.html</a></p>
<p><strong>16 </strong><a href="http://www.protv.md/stiri/politic/moldova-unita-vine-in-campania-electorala-cu-promisiunea-ca-va.html">http://www.protv.md/stiri/politic/moldova-unita-vine-in-campania-electorala-cu-promisiunea-ca-va.html</a></p>
<p><strong>17 </strong><a href="http://www.protv.md/stiri/politic/nu-a-incept-bine-campania-electorala-ca-au-fost-inregistrate.html">http://www.protv.md/stiri/politic/nu-a-incept-bine-campania-electorala-ca-au-fost-inregistrate.html</a></p>
<p><strong>18</strong><a href="http://www.protv.md/stiri/politic/marian-lupu-daca-comunistii-ma-vor-presedinte-sunt-dispus-sa-discut.html">http://www.protv.md/stiri/politic/marian-lupu-daca-comunistii-ma-vor-presedinte-sunt-dispus-sa-discut.html</a></p>
<p><strong>19 </strong><a href="http://www.ejc.net/media_landscape/article/romania/">http://www.ejc.net/media_landscape/article/romania/</a></p>
<p><strong>20</strong> <a href="http://www.pressreference.com/No-Sa/Romania.html">http://www.pressreference.com/No-Sa/Romania.html</a></p>
<p><strong>21</strong> <a href="http://www.itvrsn.us/?id=canaletv&amp;lang=en">http://www.itvrsn.us/?id=canaletv&amp;lang=en</a></p>
<p><strong>22</strong><strong> </strong><a href="http://www.realitatea.net/dragotescu-catre-pora-nu-fiti-ipocrita-am-fost-impreuna-la-pdl-in-noaptea-alegerilor_761614.html">http://www.realitatea.net/dragotescu-catre-pora-nu-fiti-ipocrita-am-fost-impreuna-la-pdl-in-noaptea-alegerilor_761614.html</a></p>
<p><strong>23 </strong><a href="http://www.realitatea.net/raluca-turcan-opozitia-seamana-cu-alcoolicii-anonimi_753858.html">http://www.realitatea.net/raluca-turcan-opozitia-seamana-cu-alcoolicii-anonimi_753858.html</a></p>
<p><strong>24 </strong><a href="http://www.realitatea.net/scandal-in-parlament-opozitia-a-parasit-plenul-camerei-deputatilor_758233.html">http://www.realitatea.net/scandal-in-parlament-opozitia-a-parasit-plenul-camerei-deputatilor_758233.html</a></p>
<p><strong>25 </strong><a href="http://www.realitatea.net/scandal-in-parlament-pnl-a-parasit-plenul_757922.html">http://www.realitatea.net/scandal-in-parlament-pnl-a-parasit-plenul_757922.html</a></p>
<p><strong>26 </strong><a href="http://www.realitatea.net/blaga-il-ataca-pe-valeriu-stoica-sunt-convins-ca-pnl-nu-va-dori-sa-stea-de-vorba-cu-dansul_758501.html">http://www.realitatea.net/blaga-il-ataca-pe-valeriu-stoica-sunt-convins-ca-pnl-nu-va-dori-sa-stea-de-vorba-cu-dansul_758501.html</a></p>
<p><strong>27 </strong><a href="http://www.realitatea.net/in-plina-criza-guvernul-face-angajari-desi-legea-nu-permite_758425.html">http://www.realitatea.net/in-plina-criza-guvernul-face-angajari-desi-legea-nu-permite_758425.html</a></p>
<p><strong>28 </strong><a href="http://www.realitatea.net/viceprimarul-din-balotesti-arestat-pentru-29-de-zile-dupa-ce-a-accidentat-grav-un-batran_760312.html">http://www.realitatea.net/viceprimarul-din-balotesti-arestat-pentru-29-de-zile-dupa-ce-a-accidentat-grav-un-batran_760312.html</a></p>
<p><strong>29 </strong><a href="http://www.realitatea.net/tariceanu-boc-distruge-sentimentul-de-responsabilitate-e-firesc-ca-finantele-sa-iasa-in-strada_759223.html">http://www.realitatea.net/tariceanu-boc-distruge-sentimentul-de-responsabilitate-e-firesc-ca-finantele-sa-iasa-in-strada_759223.html</a></p>
<p><strong>30 </strong><a href="http://www.realitatea.net/dragnea-cred-ca-mircea-geoana-nu-e-normal-la-cap_760456.html">http://www.realitatea.net/dragnea-cred-ca-mircea-geoana-nu-e-normal-la-cap_760456.html</a></p>
<p><strong>31 </strong><a href="http://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/09/30/obama.democrats.election/index.html">http://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/09/30/obama.democrats.election/index.html</a></p>
<p><strong>32</strong> <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/10/05/obama.college.plan.criticism/index.html">http://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/10/05/obama.college.plan.criticism/index.html</a></p>
<p><strong>33 </strong><a href="http://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/10/13/sweep.michelle.obama/index.html">http://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/10/13/sweep.michelle.obama/index.html</a></p>
<p><strong>34</strong> <a href="http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2010/10/11/heated-debate-between-wisconsin-senate-candidates/">http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2010/10/11/heated-debate-between-wisconsin-senate-candidates/</a></p>
<p><strong>35 </strong><a href="http://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/10/07/odonnell.criticism/index.html?iref=obinsite">http://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/10/07/odonnell.criticism/index.html?iref=obinsite</a></p>
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