sduford on Jul 23 2008 | Filed under: Media, Politics
Those of you who have followed this blog for a while know that I’ve been pretty vocal about the media’s general ineptitude and increasing innefficiency in providing us with actual news. Well on that same theme, here’s an excellent article by one of the best journalists of the last 20 years.
Bad days for newsrooms, and [...]
sduford on Feb 01 2008 | Filed under: Media, Rant
By now I’m sure all my readers know about my dislike of the media, especially in the USA, but increasingly in Canada too.
This morning, CBC New World, a national cable news network, is spending 5 minutes our of every half-hour on that little insignificant and dumb brat called Britney Spears.
Meanwhile, on top of all the [...]
sduford on Jan 23 2008 | Filed under: Media, Rant
The media is once again showing its total ineptitude today. I’m watching TV this morning and no matter what news broadcast I tune to, they are spending 75% of their time on the death of Heath Ledger.
Now don’t get me wrong, he was a brilliant young actor and his death is tragic. But his death [...]
sduford on Jan 09 2008 | Filed under: Media, Rant, Science, Skepticality
Here’s a good example of the media’s ineptitude at critical thinking and providing valid information to the people. Start by watching this video of a news report: Fuel from Salt Water! Yes it does sound crazy, no it won’t change the world.
The reporter, obviously having no understanding of basic high-school science, buys the whole [...]
sduford on Jan 08 2008 | Filed under: Media, Miscellaneous, Politics, Rant
I’ve long been arguing with my American friends and acquaintances that their main stream news media is so desperately deficient, the average American is woefully uninformed about the real world. This was painfully apparent in the aftermath of 9/11, when virtually all the American media went totally numb, and refused to show any news report [...]
sduford on Aug 23 2006 | Filed under: Media, Miscellaneous, Rant
Why is our society so fascinated with beauty? When JonBenet Ramsey was murdered back in 1996, it was a sad event for sure, but did that event deserve to dominate the mass media for years? Would a less beautiful child have gotten the same attention? Of course not, children are killed every day in America [...]
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