With all that is wrong in how politicians use the media to get out there word, and gfain support for their ideas. There are few topics that seem to hit the heart that topics that relate to the dumbing down of the american citizen in schools. Some media personalities attempt to try and target this topic, but unfortunately it seems to fall on def ears. So I thought I would bring into light an article that signifies how bad things are getting in our educational system today.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/30/education/30educ.html?sq=october%2030,%202009&st=cse&adxnnl=1&scp=1&adxnnlx=1259589805-XUMqp80PXChM+BUauIPlPQ
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Friday, October 23, 2009
Government pay or private pay?
Being someone who has served in the military, I will tell you, there are aspects that were nice in government pay. I always knew I was going to get a pay check, as long as there were no issues with Congress, and it was always predictable as to when exactly the money would get there. That was nice, but there are many grave concerns that I have when it relates to the private sector. Personally I believe that private pay in the private sector should be determined by those who run or control the company, not by politicians. This is something that is starting concern me, and yet again I refer back to a New York Times Article: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/22/business/22pay.html?scp=2&sq=october%2022%202009&st=cse
Even CNN Money is getting into this story:
http://money.cnn.com/2009/10/21/news/companies/feinberg_compensation/index.htm?cnn=yes
This is not something the government should be doing as it relates to the private sector. Personally I do understand the resoning behind this, however it is the fault of the government for wasting the money of the tax payers and giving it to these companies. The economic resources of this country will have straightened itself out, even without the meddling of the government. Yeah some jobs would have been lost, and some companies would have failed. But wait, I think we are there right now. The media has started to cover a little portion of this matter, but it should start covering this matter a whole lot further.
Even CNN Money is getting into this story:
http://money.cnn.com/2009/10/21/news/companies/feinberg_compensation/index.htm?cnn=yes
This is not something the government should be doing as it relates to the private sector. Personally I do understand the resoning behind this, however it is the fault of the government for wasting the money of the tax payers and giving it to these companies. The economic resources of this country will have straightened itself out, even without the meddling of the government. Yeah some jobs would have been lost, and some companies would have failed. But wait, I think we are there right now. The media has started to cover a little portion of this matter, but it should start covering this matter a whole lot further.
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Politics and our lives.
Remember not too long ago, during the campaign of 2008, how we were all told about that old stimulous bill that had to be passed. We were told that it was a necessity to prevent this nation from slipping into a depression, and wre told that the money would go out almost instantly to pay for shovel ready jobs. Well I know I have already beaten that story up in the past, and I don't want to go through that again, however I did think that this story fit in nice with that one.
This is from an article in the New York Times "State workers in Georgia are taking home smaller paychecks. So are the tens of thousands of employees in California’s public university system. The steel company Nucor and the technology giant Hewlett-Packard have embraced the practice. So have several airlines and many small businesses. " ( Louis Uchitelle, October 13, 2009" http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/14/business/economy/14income.html?scp=1&sq=october%2014%202009&st=cse
This is a matter people should look and examine as well to determine whether or not the stimulous bill is or has been effective. It is also a matter where the media should be getting more involved in before deciding to tell the mass public that the economy is turning around and improving. Unless and until this country gets back on track in relations to those with or without jobs and the pay starts to come back, there can be no true economical improvements.
This is from an article in the New York Times "State workers in Georgia are taking home smaller paychecks. So are the tens of thousands of employees in California’s public university system. The steel company Nucor and the technology giant Hewlett-Packard have embraced the practice. So have several airlines and many small businesses. " ( Louis Uchitelle, October 13, 2009" http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/14/business/economy/14income.html?scp=1&sq=october%2014%202009&st=cse
This is a matter people should look and examine as well to determine whether or not the stimulous bill is or has been effective. It is also a matter where the media should be getting more involved in before deciding to tell the mass public that the economy is turning around and improving. Unless and until this country gets back on track in relations to those with or without jobs and the pay starts to come back, there can be no true economical improvements.
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
What is going on in Politics today?
While there are many times in a politicians time in office, where he or she might regret having certain affiliations with people or organizations, it is becoming quite evident that today anyone associated with the community group Acorn is shunned. This all stems from an series of episodes that Fox News and Hannity ran, showing Acorn members giving unlawful advice to individuals. The problem comes into play as to whether or not this is a matter that should have been raised in the media. There have been several people that I have spoken with that have said they do not agree with the media covering this matter as much as they have, but at the same time they seem to understand the importance of the need for the people to be informed as to the relations that their particular elected officials have with this organization.
So is it right that there has been so much coverage on this matter? Personnaly I think the media is covering this matter pretty well. We as citizens and tax payers deserve to know that those organizations that are receiving our money, are using that money in legal and for legitimate purposes. Those that are not, should be delt with by legal means.
So is it right that there has been so much coverage on this matter? Personnaly I think the media is covering this matter pretty well. We as citizens and tax payers deserve to know that those organizations that are receiving our money, are using that money in legal and for legitimate purposes. Those that are not, should be delt with by legal means.
Friday, October 2, 2009
Still focused on community news
As we all saw last week, the coverage this week in the local news has been more relevant to local issues, instead of national issues. The floods are the talk of the state, and rightfully so. This is what some have referred to as an "once every hundred year flood." I for one will be happy to be done with this, and hope we never have to go through it again. However, to give an idea as to why the media has focused on this as a relevant issue, instead of national issues, I decided to pull a quote from an article from the Atlanta Journal and Constituion. "Nearly 60 roads are closed in Douglas County, according to Douglas Department of Transportation Director Randy Hulsey. At the height of last week's flooding disaster, about 170 roads were closed in Douglas." (October 2, 2009 Publication: Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The (GA) Page Number: B3 )
This has in fact played more of a national factor than many would have previousely thought as well. Especially since CNN and The Weather Channel are based here in Atlanta, most of the nation got to see what it was we were going through here.
This has in fact played more of a national factor than many would have previousely thought as well. Especially since CNN and The Weather Channel are based here in Atlanta, most of the nation got to see what it was we were going through here.
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Mass Media doing it's job... serving the public....
What an interesting last several days we have had here in Georgia. The one thing that cannot be argued is that it will be a memorable event, even though we might like to forget about it. I was up at school on Moday, since it had not been closed at that time, waiting to go to classes. The rain was falling, everything flooded, even the walls from the Carmichael Student Center were shooting water from within, when I received a phone call. It was my sister, letting me know that she had heard on the news that they were evacuating downtown Powder Springs. Which was of concern since I live about 5 minutes away from there. Someone in the area where I was sitting at had a radio, and was more than happy to turn it on so that I could hear what was going on. At that point I got thinking about this class, and some of the discusions and debates that we have had in the class.
The mass media at this point, was doing what people believe they should be doing, a public service. The media was all over showing scenes from the floods, and informing the public on possible dangers and hazards. However, for your enjoyment, I have some pictures that I am going to show you. These were taken by a friend of mine at School on Monday, Matt Southwell:
But also on a topic that has nothing related to the media doing anything useful for the public needs, we have a scene of the media in a competition for folowers. We all remember the rally's in Washington on 9/12, the tea party's? Well it seems that on news channel, Fox News had been claiming that CNN had not covered the events up there, well CNN's Rick Sanchez did a piece to dispute Fox News' claim, and so the battle over viewers will begin again....
Sunday, September 20, 2009
Stimulousa necessity: Shovel Ready......
Okay, so everyone remembers the hype that was raised on the necessity for the stimulous bill that was passed in the Congress. The messae that was most spouted throughout the media was a regurgitation from the politicians that it was a necessity to pass, with the country faces it's worse economical disaster since the great depression. Regardless of whether or not you approved of the passing of the legislation, everyone should remember the mass coverage that the media ran on the fact that these jobs were "Shovel Ready" jobs, and would take effect almost immediately. This past week, CNN ran a story that showed the contradiction to the hype leading to the passage of the bill.
On Sunday, during the show, "State of the Union" on CNN, President Obama said that it was likely that the majorit of jobs being saved or created would not come until the end of the recovery process from the recession. "I want to be clear, that probably the jobs picture is not going to improve considerably -- and it could even get a little bit worse -- over the next couple of months," Obama told CNN chief national correspondent John King. In case you missed the interview, I am prividing the link for the video:
http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/09/20/obama.king/index.html#cnnSTCVideo
Now I am not tryng to argue whether this legislative act was right or wrong, because everyone has their own view points. I bring all this up specifically because of the argument of the necessity and the influence the media has over the people paying attention to the media. It almost gives the since that if the media told people to jump off a bridge into rock spiked gorge, that the people would do as the media said. Is this te fault of the media or the falt of the people watching and reading the media. Personally I am of the type who blame the people over the media. As I grew up throughout my childhood, I was alwas taught that you do no trust what you read or see in the news. You cannot blindly follow what someone says, but you have to research and make your own decissions. That is why, regardless of what the media put out for this legislation or even that of the Health Care Bill, I will not be relying on the media to "inform" me.
Just another referrence to a debate from in the class this past week. I am one who believes in not supporting the "Fairness Doctrine". My viewpoints on that is roughly the same as above, I believe tht it is personal responsibility and parental responsibility to choose if you are able to watch or listen to a particular item that the media puts out. As I told some in class last week, I do not listen to Howard Stern or Don Imus, I personnaly cannot stand them, but it is a slippery slope that you start going down when you allow the government to start controling who gets a say and how they say it. The government should have a very limited role in curtailing the voices on radio, television, or in the papers. If you do not like something on the radio, there are plenty more channels to listen to. The same goes for television and newspapers. We are no longer living in the era of only three or four television stations.
On Sunday, during the show, "State of the Union" on CNN, President Obama said that it was likely that the majorit of jobs being saved or created would not come until the end of the recovery process from the recession. "I want to be clear, that probably the jobs picture is not going to improve considerably -- and it could even get a little bit worse -- over the next couple of months," Obama told CNN chief national correspondent John King. In case you missed the interview, I am prividing the link for the video:
http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/09/20/obama.king/index.html#cnnSTCVideo
Now I am not tryng to argue whether this legislative act was right or wrong, because everyone has their own view points. I bring all this up specifically because of the argument of the necessity and the influence the media has over the people paying attention to the media. It almost gives the since that if the media told people to jump off a bridge into rock spiked gorge, that the people would do as the media said. Is this te fault of the media or the falt of the people watching and reading the media. Personally I am of the type who blame the people over the media. As I grew up throughout my childhood, I was alwas taught that you do no trust what you read or see in the news. You cannot blindly follow what someone says, but you have to research and make your own decissions. That is why, regardless of what the media put out for this legislation or even that of the Health Care Bill, I will not be relying on the media to "inform" me.
Just another referrence to a debate from in the class this past week. I am one who believes in not supporting the "Fairness Doctrine". My viewpoints on that is roughly the same as above, I believe tht it is personal responsibility and parental responsibility to choose if you are able to watch or listen to a particular item that the media puts out. As I told some in class last week, I do not listen to Howard Stern or Don Imus, I personnaly cannot stand them, but it is a slippery slope that you start going down when you allow the government to start controling who gets a say and how they say it. The government should have a very limited role in curtailing the voices on radio, television, or in the papers. If you do not like something on the radio, there are plenty more channels to listen to. The same goes for television and newspapers. We are no longer living in the era of only three or four television stations.
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