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  On July 20, 2017, Bret Stephens from the New York Times posted an article titled "Is the News Media an Existential Threat?". In this article, Stephens, neoconservative American political commentator 
 (pictured to the left) is criticizing radio host Dennis Prager (pictured to the right) for tweeting and saying that "The news media in the West pose a far greater danger to Western civilization than Russia does." Prager is a well known conservative, and by "the West", he of course means the liberals.            
  Stephens argues that although he believes that Prager is a wise conservative, that this tweet is not at all practical. I believe that his intended audience is not only to Mr. Prager, but other public icons who need to learn how to see things without so much bias. "To suggest that Vladimir Putin is a distant nuisance but Maggie Haberman or David Sanger is an existential threat to our civilization isn't seeing things plain, to put it mildly." And he is absolutely right. No matter whose "side" you are on, conservative or liberal, to say that our different opinions are a bigger threat than Russia is ridiculous. A wise individual should be able to see the threat that Putin is. Instead, Prager's more concerned with American people that he doesn't agree with. By doing this, not only is Prager seeming very childish, but he is further dividing our nation. Sure, we have different opinions. Does that mean we should go around saying that those opinions made by fellow citizens are more concerning than the power of a very crucial, intimidating country? Of course not. 

Until next time.
-Mandi