Thursday, January 30, 2020

Local Opportunities


1 .Dooley: Gators can’t match Baylor’s physical play in loss

The University of Florida gators could not find a way to handle the Baylor bears and their offensive attack. Baylor outmatched Florida due to the plethora of offensive rebounds and overall physicality. Florida had a problem scoring points and playing aggressive enough to keep up with Baylor throughout the game.

2. Johnson & Johnson ordered to pay $344M in marketing case

Johnson and Johnson participated in deceptive business practices which resulted in them paying 344 million dollars in damage. They falsely advertised one of their products to women and did not display the true side effects of the product. Johnson and Johnson are clearly in the wrong and need to prioritize the health and safety of its consumers over the potential profit of a harmful product.

3. Gainesville City Commission emails lose immediacy

The Gainesville City Commission has completely slowed down on its emails. All of its members have suffered from a seven-day delay as a result of Santos and Johnson opting out of their email portals. The problem is clearly for the people of Gainesville and makes the city commission look bad.

4. Dating apps face US inquiry over underage use, sex offenders

Many dating application in the US are being criticized and punishment for its easily accessible features. The abundance of underage users and sex offenders on these application pose a real danger and problem to users. In this article, it’s clear the applications do not do enough to verify age and its users, in general.

5.  Four UF faculty members are jobless after investigation into US research and China

Four faculty members at the University of Florida were involved in a scandal regarding China and other foreign programs influencing research. Three of the faculty members resigned and the other was fired. It is clear that the faculty members were in the wrong to be influenced by foreign programs while conducting research for the University of Florida.

3 comments:

  1. Hey Blake! I like the articles that you chose to discuss in your post. I think the article regarding dating apps is really interesting. I do agree that it very easy to join a dating app or website, and safety is not always the biggest concern for the company. This opens my eyes a lot to the dating app world because I had never really considered people using them for bad, but it makes sense due to the ease of meeting people. These dating apps should be somehow verifying the people that are signing up and promoting safety for all users. Overall, great blog post!

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  2. Block,

    These articles chosen definitely hit home! I am so glad to see someone choose Gainesville as their local news market. A critique I may have is on naming the posts. It may be beneficial to name them as they coincide with the assignments (i.e. 3A, 4A, etc). Regardless, the articles that you have selected are intriguing and very interesting reads!

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  3. Hi Blake, I think your last article about the UF faculty members was really interesting and shocking. Also, I was upset that the Gators were unable to beat Baylor as it was an exciting matchup that proved to be too much to handle for the team. Hopefully the team can get back on the right track. One critique I have would be to explain what the 3rd article is about a little clearer.

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