News Report: The Muslim Britons who are persecuted for being atheists

Apostasy is the decision to renounce a faith or convert to another religion. The figures for people who say they have no religion has doubled since 2001. A lot of urban Muslims, half of them who were born in the UK believe that leaving Islam is a sin and can even be punishable by death Ayisha (not her real name) from Lancashire was just 14 when she began to question Islam after reading the Koran. She started rebelling over wearing the hijab, but eventually decided she wasn't a Muslim and the situation at home rapidly got worse her father holding her knife to her neck and saying that 'we might as well do it if you're going to bring this much shame to the family' she would get abused physically and eventually called child services where her father was convicted of child cruelty and now stays in the guardianship of her boyfriends father. 
In my opinion I think that in religions like Islam tradition and honor is very sacred and should be kept in tact, however I do not believe that it is right for a person to be punished or threatened simply for having different views. 

Fruitvale Station: Genre, Representation & Narrative

Fruitvale Station is a True Story based movie released in 2013 regarding the life of 22 year old Oscar Grant  Oscar Grant, a black Californian who wakes up on New Year's Eve 2008 and resolves to become a better person, but as he celebrates the New Year him and the community are faced with a terrible shock. The narrative structure of the movie is Non Linear and is told all the way through Oscars eyes up until his death, in which there is an omniscient narrative as we are able to see how everyone is effected by the loss of his life. In the beginning of the movie there is an audio flashback pertaining a conversation between him and his girlfriend which allows the audience to get a picture of this all american and quite happy family, this then juxtaposes with the following clip of the real footage from when Oscar Grant was murdered by an officer. To me the narrative was effective because it gave the audience a background to the life of Oscar and allowed us as the audience to connect emotionally with the character also which made the ending much more effective and presumably brought up the ratings of this movie also. 

There was a large amount of coverage when it came to representation within this movie, the most obvious being the representation of black young males, the stereotype of them living a life relating to gang life (money, drugs and violence) did in fact get Oscar Grant killed although his life did not necessarily relate to it as much the police still assumed it did because of this stereotype (which has not been tarnished or changed since the death of Oscar Grant). Not only did it present this stereotype but it also showed the representation of working class Americans who typically have jobs relating to working in retail and earning minimum wage or making 'ends meat' and baring in mind their kids and striving to make a better life for them. The police were represented as being brutal and racist when it came to the end of the movie when they pulled Oscar and his friends off of the train simply because they thought it was him causing the trouble because of the colour of their skin, the police were forceful and did not respect any of their rights and had no legal right to obtain them, especially to handcuff them, so when one of the officers shot Oscar, whilst he was already on the ground and just refusing to roll over it was a serious offense, one that should not of been taking as lightly as it did in court. 
The genre of this movie was a Biography/ Drama, as it was based on a true story it went through the life of Oscar being told through Oscar himself (played by Michael B Jordan) up until his last moments, it was a Drama also because there was a lot of tense scenes and conflict that happened within the movie such as his encounter with his manager when pleading for his job and his fight with an enemy whilst at prison. 

I enjoyed this movie because I think it gave a real life perspective on what happened and what still is currently happening in America, it also shows the struggle black men in particular face when regarding police brutality in America and that it is not something they can just get away with, the movie acts as a voice in the dark for a lot of black males in America feeling as though they could be arrested at any point for simply being a black man in America and although the movie did not end as happily as you'd assume it still helps in getting the message across to millions of people around the world which I found greatly comforting. 

10 Minutes on FOX NEWS and The Last Leg

The minutes I watched on Fox News showed the debate between three reporters, one man (Billy O'Riley)  and the other two female on the discussion of if there should be a woman president within the US. After watching the short clip I noticed a lot of open sexism towards the two females, the male reporter repeating the phrase 'there has got to be some kind of problem regarding a woman running office'. I think the fact that this is openly being discussed, aired on live TV and actually considered news is quite baffling. A lot of views like this being openly said on TV, especially to a lot of viewers would in turn effect the way others, especially a younger generation whose opinions are yet to form view the subject and other subjects also. 

The Last Leg is a much more comical side of News Reporting compared to FOX News, due to the harsh jokes made regarding issues such as politicians and the way that the government have made decisions for the UK. I think the show is quite interesting due to the inclusion of people with disabilities and them being the ones doing the reporting and interviewing for example Alex Brooker interviewing Nick Clegg, during this interview we could see the harsh reality of politics and how 'out of the loop' most politicians are when it comes to the real world and how they make decisions.