3rd Week's Blog

So this week started off pretty normal. I had class on monday, then went to work at 5. I got home around 11 then I did homework till about 2. Then on Tuesday my roommate got the runs and I had to take him to the hospital, but not before he shat all over my car seat which had just had the seatcover removed for a quick wash due to a dense saturation of regurtitation created the previous weeekend. I also found out that my mom is going to Europe for a month or so in a week so now I am planning on heading out to Austin this weekend to see her before she leaves. Now, here I sit realizing that our newspaper analysis assignment is due this week and not next as I had previously thought until I whipped out my syllabus two seconds ago. Wow. Now I have that to think about on my four hour long drive down 35. First assignment, already bombed. Well, at least I read the articles we were assigned for today's class. Well, I guess that's about it. Until next time readers. Oh, and one last thing. How 'bout them Cowboys?

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.