"You got to be careful if you don't know where you're going, because you might not get there."
- Yogi Berra
A blog; "a Web site that contains an online personal journal with reflections, comments, and often hyperlinks provided by the writer.” (Merriam-Webster, 2006-2007)
This is what I am creating, now if I only knew what to create it about. Back in class I gave some glib answer when asked, but I really had no idea at the time. Now I have a few ideas but no time. Reflections and comments, is this describing a rant? I can rant on quite well. Now I need a subject.
My first idea is the media. I would do politics but it’s just too easy. By media I mean the whole information superhighway. It’s amazing what will pass for news on any given day. Plus where they get some of these people they use to report it truly boggles the mind. Have they ever heard of this thing called history?
It’s a bit foggy but I think this will be my subject. Good thing this is a blog as it will probably morph a lot before the end. I tend to get off track quite a bit, as I always want to cover all the bases. For the ENG 111 veterans just check my foray into the world of arachnids in the middle of my paper on choosing a college degree.
So pending instructor approval I will spend the next several weeks picking on the media. Sportswriters, news anchors, weather guessers, the dying newspaper reporter (profession, not personally), celebrities who want you to care about their causes or opinions, the list can go on and on. I just have to think of more. Maybe later…
- Yogi Berra
A blog; "a Web site that contains an online personal journal with reflections, comments, and often hyperlinks provided by the writer.” (Merriam-Webster, 2006-2007)
This is what I am creating, now if I only knew what to create it about. Back in class I gave some glib answer when asked, but I really had no idea at the time. Now I have a few ideas but no time. Reflections and comments, is this describing a rant? I can rant on quite well. Now I need a subject.
My first idea is the media. I would do politics but it’s just too easy. By media I mean the whole information superhighway. It’s amazing what will pass for news on any given day. Plus where they get some of these people they use to report it truly boggles the mind. Have they ever heard of this thing called history?
It’s a bit foggy but I think this will be my subject. Good thing this is a blog as it will probably morph a lot before the end. I tend to get off track quite a bit, as I always want to cover all the bases. For the ENG 111 veterans just check my foray into the world of arachnids in the middle of my paper on choosing a college degree.
So pending instructor approval I will spend the next several weeks picking on the media. Sportswriters, news anchors, weather guessers, the dying newspaper reporter (profession, not personally), celebrities who want you to care about their causes or opinions, the list can go on and on. I just have to think of more. Maybe later…
1 comment:
I think it could be quite easy to pick on the media. What you'll want to then do is show an imbalance between good reporting and the bad stuff you're highlighting. That difference will not only educate us but show us the shoking disparity of information that we receive on a daily basis. Also, are you planning on using an historical angle to view the media?
I look forward to reading more!
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