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Question: Discuss About The Contemporary Aspect Ethics Social Discourse? Answer: Introducation The video clip, available on Fox News, namely Edward Snowden and How America Lost its Secrets, as suggested by its very title, shows how Edward Snowden, a former employee of National Security Agency of USA, acted in his own selfish interests, in exposing the NSAs activities, and how should be termed as a whistleblower (Fox News, 2017). Snowden leaked invaluable information of NSAs spying program, whereby in the most unethical way, NSA was able to track and monitor the confidential information of the US public via telephone calls, emails and other files. By sharing the confidential US intelligence documents with the journalists, in 2013, Snowden certainly tried to act in public interest and safety (Diglin, 2014). However, the clip shows a biased attitude towards Snowden, while covering news pertaining to this incident, as the interviewee clearly said, how his disclosure threatened the security of the US administration. Further, the interview refused to focus on Snowdens motive, I dont really know Snowdens motive, I am more interested in his actions, that clearly shows a censored agenda behind the news presentation. The channel could easily invite Glenn Greenwald, who in his book has been supporting the action of Snowden in exposing the Obama-led government, and its spying activities. As a media channel, it is important for Fox News to enlighten the audience about the counter-perspectives, and the same could be achieved by calling in Greenwald for the interview, whose book has justified the action of Snowden. However, Fox News decided to call in Edward Jay Epstein, and right from the selection of the title, to the selection of words in labelling Snowden, it had tried to portray Snowden as someone who is a threat to the society (Ephraim, 2017). The content definitely highlights how Snowden had exposed sensitive data of the NSA, and yet it deliberately maintained silence on how he exposed the facts in public interest. The broadcast clearly exhibits the use of derogatory words such as stole, theft, damaged, deliberate and whistleblower that clearly portray Snowdens character in the light of a trait or, whose actions not only displayed loyalty towards the organization he served for, but also caused irreparable damage to the country as well (Fox News, 2017). It is indeed surprising how Fox News clip deliberately intended to focus on the presentation of Snowden as a traitor, and failed to address crucial issues such as the unethical act of mass surveillance of the Obama-led US administration, and the legality of Snowdens actions in exposing the unethical act of the government. The clip contains highly biased content, whereby the news host as well as the interviewee tried to portray Snowden as a whistleblower, fleeing his own country and going to foreign nations like Russia, acting as an intelligence asset in foreign nations. However, despite all the debate revolving around the character and intent of Snowden, the clip, not for once, focuses on the essence of the revelations contained in the documents, leaked by Snowden. The public service that Snowden has done outweighs any form of breach of contract that he might have committed. Yet the question arises, why did the media channel fail to focus on the content of the data revealed, and instead chose to assassinate his character. The answer is simple- the Fox News authority was aware that it must favour the administrative power reigning in the US, and as such divulging the findings of the disclosed datasheets exposed by Snowden would only aggravate the situation. Hence, the channel chose to divert the attenti on of the audience towards the character of Snowden, his so-called traitor-like activities and his escape from the country like a whistleblower. There is no gain stating the fact that Snowdens escape from US prosecution appears to be the ultimate focal point of the news clip, helping to continue the narrative of Snowdens personality as well as ill-motives behind his disloyal actions (Tarzie, 2017).However, the entire clip, nowhere does reflect on the US governments condemnable offence of spying on its residents, and in fact, not for once, does it even refer to the US government. The misrepresentation of Snowden in the video clip clearly shows the biased attitude of the channel, towards the US government, and highlights its desperate efforts to safeguard the interests of the Obama-led administration, by protecting their unethical actions, from the public eye. The attitude shift against Snowden, and the channels deliberate effort to avoid critical discussions pertaining to the clandestine mass surveillance acts of the government has helped the channel shape public perception in a way, that the abhor the very figure of Snowden and treats him as a potential threat to the national stability. Reference List: Diglin, G. (2014). Living the Orwellian Nightmare: new media and digital dystopia.E-Learning and Digital Media,11(6), 608-618. Edward Snowden and 'How America Lost Its Secrets'. (2017). Retrieved from https://video.foxnews.com/v/5318011512001/?#sp=show-clips Ephraim, P. E. (2017). Whistleblowing and social responsibility in a surveillance system: Appraising the morality of the Snowden disclosures.Mapping Media Responsibility. Contemporary Aspects of Morals, Ethics and Social Discourse, 50. Tarzie, B. (2017). Edward Snowden, Frenemy of the State.American Journal of Economics and Sociology,76(2), 348-380.