The Morning Call (Blog 2)

Hello again, today I’m going to post my thoughts about an article I read in The Morning Call, from September 10, 2014 on page “news 2.” The article discussed how Mayor Michael Nutter and City Councilman James Kenney reached an agreement to decriminalize small amounts marijuana in Philadelphia. The article stated that people who possessed amounts under 30 grams, which is slightly over an ounce, would only have to pay a fine of up to $100 or nine hours of community service. To me, this article seems like it was written by someone who can keep a level head about pot in today’s society. It was written fairly, and did not seem to hold any prejudice in its words about people who are caught possessing it. To me, most media seems to hold some kind of favoritism to it about almost any topic. And Marijuana certainly has been a wide spread controversy since municipalities have begun to reduce its negative stigmatism amongst law enforcement. It would be quite easy for an author to take a trip down prejudice lane about this touchy topic, however, it remained fair all the way through. To me, this article shows what journalism is all about. It gave the reader a topic, explained the situation in sufficient detail, and wrapped it up with more information on the topic on a national level. I greatly appreciate media that doesn’t have a twist implemented on it to express the feelings of the writer on the topic. This author seems to understand what marijuana means to the average citizen today, and avoided offending readers about the topic. He stuck to what he was supposed to do without stepping on any toes, which will continue his likelihood of readers following his work. Neutrality is a beautiful thing in the news; it allows people to see a story how they want.