Terry Aldershof
Member (since July 2009)
I was invited to join, as it is a new joint venture with Huffington Post. I am a social activist by nature, a concerned citizen by birth. As a journalist, I am interested in the story behind and hiding within the published story. I am a licensed private investigator, and inquisitive by profession.
About Terry
Occupation:
Freelance Writer
Publications:
Huffington Post, Current TV
Interests:
Governmental abuse, veterans affairs, department of justice
Expertise:
criminal law, forensic science.
Affiliations:
Veterans of Foreign Wars, American Legion, Literary Guild, Screenwriters Guild
Background
Journalism:
5-9 years
Education:
College graduate
News:
90 minutes a day or more
Internet:
90 minutes a day or more
Favorites
Topics:
Foreign affairs, Law, Poverty, Congressional Oversight, Corruption in Congress
Last Visit:
Dec 28, 2011 - 2:58 PM PST
Last Edit:
Jul 29, 2009 - 12:56 PM PDT
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Terry reviewed this story - Dec 28, 2011
Terry posted and reviewed this story - Aug 3, 2009
Quality journalism is based on the five W's. Quality reporting tells the story in the most succinct manner possible, while refraining from editorializing and opinionated responses. I am amazed this woman is even called a reporter. Very little of this story is even comprehensible. It requires reading every paragraph at least twice, to follow her train of thought.
Every Journalism and Broadcasting school in the nation will refer to Herbert Morrison and his emotion filled coverage of the Hindenburg disaster in 1937. I remember being told, "Never Do This", as they played Morrison's over emotional broadcast. As this journalist goes on her nonsensical rant, she overlooks the obvious; Dunham's performance is not directed at her personally, He is a comedian, and as such, everyone and everything is fair game for his attacks. A journalist is to ... More »
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Terry posted and reviewed this story - Aug 3, 2009
Terry posted and reviewed this story - Jul 27, 2009
There are two sides to the Pakistan/Taliban conflict, the side the media hypes, and the reality of the situation.
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Terry posted and reviewed this story - Jul 27, 2009
Terry reviewed this story - Jul 27, 2009
There were many unspoken deals made with the Taliban during the last presidency. There is little reason to believe that the Pakistani Governments Officials have made a 180 degree turn around on these policies. Pakistan's live and let live policy will only change if they stand to loose more than they will gain by having it in place.
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I find this hard to even comprehend let alone comment on. We as Americans seem to forget that Mexicans were actually here for hundreds of years before the white man. Oh, yeah...Arizona was part of Mexico before it was Arizona. There was someone else in history that had the same philosophy....now I remember, it was Adolph Hitler. He started his campaign exactly the same way. I guess they don't have anything to worry about until the cattle cars pull up to the train station and they ... More »