Andy Ngo, a journalist, was attacked by a group of individuals wearing masks in downtown Portland, Oregon.
As we all know, there are chances that social media can ruin an individuals life and career.
Agreeing with Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler, I believe that all individuals should stand together against all forms of violence. Forget about the differences between each other, the beliefs, and backgrounds, people need to come together for the cause of saving humanity.
Here's the catch...
Andy Ngo, the journalist, is not the type of person you would think due to the lack of background information on his latest incident.
In my opinion, as a journalist you are expected to watch what you say to certain people because you will not know how they will react. That goes for society as a whole because you never know what can offend someone and what won't, specifically because you are not that person.
As a Communication major, I tend to take news stories more serious than I should because this is not how "COM" people should be. We as "COM" people are not supposed to entertain what I call bullshit and push people's buttons. We are specifically there to take notes, observe, come up with a story, etc., not to push people to get angry with the questions we ask. Our job is to keep society up-to-date when there has been an important announcement or even just a celebrity birthday.
Our job is to know how to communicate with different types of people, who come from different backgrounds, ethnicities, etc. We simply trying to build awareness on how to communicate to different audiences. There was a better way to handle the entire riot in Portland, where Andy Ngo was attacked by a group of people.
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