Before I report any news stories or anything of that sort (since this blog is JUST starting), I gotta say something about the news. First of all, the stuff that goes on around the world, that's not the news, that's HISTORY. The News comes from the TV stations, radio stations, websites, newspapers, magazines, etc. that are telling you what's going on. I just want to make the distinction, which I'm sure most people already know implicitly. That's why I need to state it explicitly.
Secondly, there is a lot that goes on (big issues, events, scientific findings, etc.) that doesn't make it to the news because someone in the middle decided it wasn't important enough. It gets filtered through a medium. That doesn't mean it wasn't a part of history, despite its downplay by the media. And some of the downplayed history SHOULD be news, because the media is very selective about what they choose to report and also HOW they choose to portray themselves (ex. with phrases like "fair and balanced," "no bias, no bull," "the most trusted news station," "CNN IS POLITICS," whatever).
So that brings me to my point: CNN, what's the deal with CNN these days?
I turned on to Larry King Live two days ago and saw Joy Behar (co-host of The View) interviewing Alec Baldwin? I've been seeing Kathy Griffin (from My Life on the D-List???) for some reason too. Anderson Cooper and Erica Hill should be like... beauty pageant contestants. Veronica de la Cruz too. Prawr. I'm not even gonna start on D.L. Hughley "breaking the news."
On a slightly related note, CNN recently fired their "entire science, technology, and environment news staff, " and that includes Miles O'Brien and I LIKED Miles O'Brien... almost as much as I like Veronica de la Cruz. Now all you're left with is Dr. Sanjay Gupta. GREAT.
-_-
All that having been said, CNN is still a decent source for your basic news and updates on historical events, but it has its share of liberal bias and frivolous news and news commentary. So if you can, try to stay updated on the "main" news, and even go on Fox to get a more conservative view, because the "fair and balanced" part comes from YOU. If you know CNN has a liberal bias and Fox has a conservative bias, then obviously NEITHER of them can be "fair and balanced," or be "no bull no bias." Keep your SELF balanced by staying tuned to the liberal news, the conservative news, and of course, the independent news.
Related links:
Propaganda and the Media
Dan Rather speech on the Corporatized media
Media monopoly vs Democracy
External links:
http://www.cjr.org/the_observatory/cnn_cuts_entire_science_tech_t.php
http://www.veronicadelacruzonline.com/
http://rinf.com/alt-news/media-news/propaganda-and-the-media/3527/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o25T0BspJ7c
http://www.commondreams.org/views03/0521-06.htm
12/18/2008
12/17/2008
The death and the rebirth
So, I've always wanted to make a blog but never got around to doing it. The idea of web logging is pretty interesting to me though.
I think December 17 is one of those days... A week before Christmas Eve... 4 days before the solstice...and 8 days before X-mas. 8 YEARS ago, when I was 12, and before I had understanding, this was the day my god, aka my creator, aka my Dad, passed away from this mortal world. And so, it's the day my blog will finally be born!
It had to be 2008 too. See, I'm 2-0 years old and it's time to cipher-build (0-8). That's what I want to create this blog for--to build. I want to build Knowledge, put things together, and Make Connections. I'll be doing that mostly through citation of news and science articles, and probably some YouTube media as well.
For example, today, 12/17, Barack Obama was named TIME Magazine's "Man of the Year," congrats to him! What a surprise, huh? Did we see this happening last year? Maybe. Aren't you curious who's going to be "Man of the Year" for 2009? What does the future have in store? I don't know! It's so unexpected when you don't consider everything else, like the past and the present. That's just some food for thought. My other building logs (or "b-logs," or "blogs") will be better. Some may rhyme.
So 2008 is coming to an end, and it's time to build before '09, the rebirth, the new day, new year, whatever you wanna call it.
External article:
http://www.time.com/time/specials/2008/personoftheyear/article/0,31682,1861543_1865068,00.html?cnn=yes
I think December 17 is one of those days... A week before Christmas Eve... 4 days before the solstice...and 8 days before X-mas. 8 YEARS ago, when I was 12, and before I had understanding, this was the day my god, aka my creator, aka my Dad, passed away from this mortal world. And so, it's the day my blog will finally be born!
It had to be 2008 too. See, I'm 2-0 years old and it's time to cipher-build (0-8). That's what I want to create this blog for--to build. I want to build Knowledge, put things together, and Make Connections. I'll be doing that mostly through citation of news and science articles, and probably some YouTube media as well.
For example, today, 12/17, Barack Obama was named TIME Magazine's "Man of the Year," congrats to him! What a surprise, huh? Did we see this happening last year? Maybe. Aren't you curious who's going to be "Man of the Year" for 2009? What does the future have in store? I don't know! It's so unexpected when you don't consider everything else, like the past and the present. That's just some food for thought. My other building logs (or "b-logs," or "blogs") will be better. Some may rhyme.
So 2008 is coming to an end, and it's time to build before '09, the rebirth, the new day, new year, whatever you wanna call it.
External article:
http://www.time.com/time/specials/2008/personoftheyear/article/0,31682,1861543_1865068,00.html?cnn=yes
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