1st weeks blog

Normally, I retrieve the news via TV, the internet, and sometimes the newspaper. I read cnn.com nearly everyday, and periodically watch fox news as well as cnn on TV. For the most part I just read and watch the national news. However, I like to throw in a bit of the international happenings as well. On the other hand, I almost never watch the local news unless my roommate is already watching it. Offline, I typically just read sports publications and mens magazines. Online, is pretty much just espn.com in addition to cnn.com. Occaionally, I'll also find myself browsing wikipedia from time to time. I basically watch/read the news on a daily basis. However, this didn't start until I got to college. As far as my assumptions about the coverage of race, gender, sexuality, and disability? Well, I think it's pretty obvious that: 1. anything they feel is going to cause an uproar or cause any extent of commotion is going to be published 2. If a minority commits a crime it gets overly publicized/minorities overplay the whole race card (i guess it balances out) 3. any excuse the media has to cover a good-looking person (especially women) they will capitalize, and 4. (possibly most important) IT'S ALL ABOUT THE GREENERY. Whatever it takes to generate more money for the news organization the company will do, because afterall, it is a business. For all the "journalistic value/public service", it almost always goes back to the benjamins. But I guess that's just how it is in a society ruled by capitalism.