Wednesday 10 March 2010

Journal Two: National Public Radio March the 10th



Duration: 4:46

The following are news from the National Public Radio. Most of these news are related to the United States of America.

1. In his speech in the White house, President Barak Obama addressed the issue of Haiti believing that the quake was one of the most devastating earth quakes, where eight million people were killed and one hundred million have no access of food, water and houses up till now.

2. U.S. Chief Justice John Roberts criticized the scene at President Barack Obama's first State of the Union address as "very troubling" and that the annual speech to Congress has "degenerated into a political pep rally." Yesterday.
Responding to a University of Alabama law student's question about the Senate's method of confirming justices, Roberts said senators improperly try to make political points by asking questions they know nominees can't answer because of judicial ethics rules.
Obama chided the court for its campaign finance decision during the January address, with six of the court's nine justices seated before him in their black robes.

3. Berezovsky sued after the broadcaster, known by its acronym RTR, aired a show in which it was suggested he was behind the poisoning death of renegade Russian agent Alexander Litvinenko, who died in 2006. In the ruling at London's High Court, Justice David Eady awarded Berezovsky 150,000 pounds (about $225,000) in damages, believing that there is no evidence before that Mr. Berezovsky had any part in the murder of Mr. Litvinenko.

4. The President Barak Obama gave a speech in his state of union last January. He addressed some issues including job creation, unemployment decrease and better quality of health care.

5. On March the 3rd, the School superintendent announced that all teachers in Central Falls High School will be fired at the end of the school year. The action was taken as a result of bad student performance.

Despite the fruitfull information brought from the Radio, the sound was very low that i hardly distinguished words. The Audio was clear, but the broadcasters needed to rase their voices alot for words to be heard correctly.

Other than that, the Natural sounds of the court gave me a live attendence as if i was there in the Court.

Moreover, the delivery of the news was good, since the announcer talked in a standard rate through out the five minute news.

For mor information, check www.NPR.org

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