Archive for August, 2007
Hmm… media rant
I really don’t know why people continue to watch the evening news and read newspapers. Do they know how biased it is? I did a course on media literacy at TAFE a few years back and it was one of the most insightful, eye-opening courses I’ve ever taken.
Do you ever question what you see and read on the news? What about those investigative shows like “Today Tonight”? They have such shocking stories, which often make us question our faith in humanity… did you ever pause to wonder if they show both sides to the story in a truly balanced way? There are always two sides to every story.
“News” networks and many journalists out there are brilliant at twisting events to make them seem more sensationalist. It’s all about entertainment and ratings darling. Bad news sells. What shocks, ROCKS.
I recently saw a report on the American ABC’s TV show 20/20. From first glance it appeared to be legit and it brought up all sort of negative emotions in me. Then I got with it and realised that only morons blindly believe what they read on the internet and watch on television. I decided to do some more research, and I uncovered the FULL INTERVIEW with this particular person. After viewing the whole story, I not only realised that this person was completely legitimate, but I was disgusted at how the final news story had been EDITED to portray him in a negative light, in order to suit the bias of the story. They completely ignored most of what the poor guy being interviewed said. If they had done further research they would have seen that the facts he cited to back him up were legit (I guess they thought that would be boring and so they wouldn’t have a story!). Yes, I do love a bit of research!
Seriously, when even the best recognised “news” sources put such a biased slant on stuff, why even bother to watch it? Try switching off the TV and think for yourself for one hour a day, and see what happens ;p
I promise that anything truly newsworthy will reach you by means of word of mouth and you won’t miss a thing!
xox
I’ve got MySpace & Facebook too
Yes, yes, being the social networking site whore that I am, I am also a long-standing member of MySpace and Facebook. I originally set up MySpace when I was extremely bored while stuck out in the desert last year (for great stories on this- which are also highly embarrassing and may be partially made up- see my old “Naughty” blog).
In last week’s marketing lecture at uni we learned that “MySpace is sooo 2006″ and apparently Facebook is set to overtake them. In fact recently Facebook has grown over 800%. So after the lecture I went and checked it out (because I have an old Facebook acount from way back… we’re talking when it was open to college students only) and sure enough FACEBOOK GOT COOL!
So here they are. Add me as a friend or whatever and ch-ch-check it oouut…
MySpace
www.myspace.com/spiralstar_mel
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Oh, and because I can, here are some more random photos from Supanova ‘07…
