The LAST Debate…let's make it count!

Social Networking: Is it good for our society? (think Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr, Instagram, Pinterest)

Basic background: http://socialnetworking.procon.org

Why it might be a positive
http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2013/oct/05/teens-social-networking-good-for-them

http://www.parentfurther.com/technology-media/social-networking/benefits 

http://forward.com/articles/161500/why-social-media-can-be-good/?p=all 

Why it might be negative:

http://www.forbes.com/sites/jmaureenhenderson/2012/12/29/3-reasons-you-should-quit-social-media-in-2013/

http://www.economist.com/news/science-and-technology/21583593-using-social-network-seems-make-people-more-miserable-get-life

Interesting infographic
http://www.mediabistro.com/alltwitter/social-media-bad-health_b55722

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dr-jim-taylor/the-bad-the-ugly-and-the_b_3346768.html

Bowe Bergdahl: US Prisoner of War released after almost 5 years in Afghanistan!

The original story
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/06/03/world/asia/where-bergdahl-disappeared.html

http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/13-things-you-need-to-know-about-bowe-bergdahl-20140602 

The release:

Questions that remain:
http://www.cnn.com/2014/06/05/us/questions-sgt-bowe-bergdahl-controversy/

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/04/world/middleeast/can-gi-be-tied-to-6-lost-lives-facts-are-murky.html

Opinion about the decision to swap Bergdahl for 5 prisoners at Guantanamo

http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/frame_game/2014/06/the_bergdahl_prisoner_exchange_doesn_t_reward_terrorism_it_keeps_our_promise.html

http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/michael-b-mukasey-the-ghastly-transaction-that-freed-sgt-bowe-bergdahl/2014/06/04/325d9780-ec04-11e3-93d2-edd4be1f5d9e_story.html