Following the table introduction and goal setting session, the moderator-led discussion began. The delegates all had insightful comments and questions that added to the discussion. Daniel, an officer in the British Navy, expressed his concern for how free media effects operational security. Donald raised the poignant question of whether American tech companies going into foreign nations appear as our government trying to infiltrate under “a mask”. Donald then aired a clip from 20/20 on the Daily Show with Jon Stewart which highlighted the difference between entrainment and news . The clip lead into the discussion of the objectivity of news which arrived at the conclusion that news is a business and that the “fourth estate” must cater to the needs of their customer, the general public. Our morning roundtable discussion closed with the question that the table will examine for the remainder of the conference: “How do we know what we’re getting is true?”
Since 1961, the Naval Academy Foreign Affairs Conference (NAFAC) has provided an annual forum for outstanding undergraduates to meet and discuss major contemporary issues. The Conference has become a way of bringing together the nation's future Navy and Marine Corps officers with their peers from other colleges and universities, both civilian and military, from across the country and around the world.
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
Roundtable Wrap-Up: RT 14-Tuesday
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