Latino Power

I just wanted to know for anyone to care doing a comment about Newsweek issue....
Latino Power and How Hispanics Will Change American Politics...
Do you see Hispanics as a large and influencing electorate?
I will like to know what do you think about it.

It is a blessing

Sunstein seems to have forgotten the basis of a democratic society: which is choice. He states in his article The Daily We that the Internet is closing our perspectives to new and different thinking, but isn't that our choice. No one in the Internet tells us to click here or there, or to open this page or the other. It has to do with what we identify and what we like to read, hear and make comments about.

Television on the other hand, has so many filters that you wouldn't imagine. The final product that you see at home, especially with news, has gone through so many hands and that hurts democracy. I remembered when I used to work as a reporter and news anchor back in Ecuador, and everyday in the news room there was the news director who decided what was important and what wasn't.

Then we went to the field to cover a story that someone else had decided. Depending on the impact of the the executive committee decided what was important and relevant for the news program at 1:00pm. Everyday, everytime the power of one decision changed the course of the public opinion and of a national agenda. That is a risk for democracy. Citizens are left with a final product that maybe is not at all of their interest.

The Internet is so diverse that we can CHOOSE what we want to look at. Again I say it is our choice and that is the principle of democracy.

welcome

Hi all! Being an international student in a politics program has been a challenge. I have realized how it is important to open our minds to understand other political positions. Each country around the world has its own reality, therefore politics are applied in different ways. I do believe the goal should be a strong democracy, which unfortunately it still hard to achieve in developing countries. The unfair distribution of wealth has created a weak democracy and citizens are not always able to participate in the political process. I invite you all to get acquainted with politics not only from the U.S, but from around the world. It will give you a more broader perspective of how politics shape a country. Feel free to participate with your comments. I will enjoy learning more about US politics and your own thoughts.