Monday, November 19, 2007

Where do they get their news?

We are doing focus groups in our qualitative class on the topic pertaining to where certain classifications of people get their news. One student said she did a focus group with newspaper reporters. She described them as being cynical. They were also expressed that they get a lot of news from a lot of places and feel saturated. I'm not a reporter-yet... but I already feel saturated with so much stuff people just throw on the NET and here I am comparing and contrasting trying to figure out who is doing the factual reporting - if anything like that exists. So what's my point - how much saturation does it take for humans to be ate up with consumption (flaky news and entertainment) before they retire or expire literally and figuratively? Is there a pill we can take for this so we won't get too bloated and uncomfortable and at the same time don't feel any side effects?

Just to let you know - Santa Claus is a fat dude who is a bad role model for children who are overweight. If you are planning on doing the Santa claus thing this season (extra employment at the mall) don't say HO, HO, HO, but say HA, HA, HA (that was posted in the news online) and if you are worried about recalled toys from China - just think of all the toys we've had in our lifetime before 2007 that had tons of lead paint that weren't even from China. And as far as the bad hamburger meat, does anyone out there knows that the U.S. has more cases of e-coli going around that most underdeveloped nations? Why? Because people in underdeveloped nations eat fresh meat (when they have it) and don't eat ground beef that is processed in unsanitary processing plants. Like the local bovine personality says on TV - "Eat more chikin!"

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