The Rally to Restore Sanity And/Or Fear supposedly tripled Glenn Beck's numbers. I watched a nice portion of it and enjoyed the different people that stopped by to support Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert's event. I didn't know if it was on television, but I was able to stream it live on Comedy Central. It looked to be a huge success overall.
For my worth-a-look this week, I chose a piece about the rise in athletic rope necklaces worn by major league baseball players. There have also been similiar products made for other sports in the form of bracelets. Their popularity has tremendously increased over the past 5 years. These products are worn to improve one's balance during competition but do they really work? This article provides an interesting analysis as to why most major league baseball players wear them and whether or not there's science to prove they work. Do athletes wear them for a cool look in a weird type of fashion or do they actually help one's performance?
I chose to focus on the Tea Party for my worth-a-look this week. Many websites attribute the party's success to the media for making it known to everyone, stretching all across the nation. While the media does have a hand in making things over-expanded at times, I feel like the Tea Party is actually gaining some solid popularity among not just Conservative-minded people, but everyone across the political spectrum. But is the Tea Party a fad?
I guess we'll find out. Analysts say that the party will fade away once these elections are over and have been settled. But if the party continues to gain popularity, and gets attention from the media as well, then maybe the Tea Party is here to stay until it gets what it is collectively looking for.
I found this article on the Boston Globe's site concerning the recent talk about the dangers of the alcoholic beverage Four Loko. The article is extremely relevant as college students have been hospitalized in recent weeks due to the beverage. I thought the writer did a pretty good job not showing bias in a very difficult situation. The writer gathers quotes and information from college health officials as well as even going straight to Four Loko's manufacturers. The writer showed both parties side and let the reader decide what to think.
My worth-a-look is also focused on this past weekend's Rally in D.C.
What I find most intriguing about this article is the fact that it seems that the rally really did influence some people. Coming into the weekend, there were tons of analysts saying this was nothing more than a publicity stunt for both Stewart and Colbert, but after watching most of the rally and reading reaction to it, it has become apparent it was a little more than a stunt. I like Olberman a lot and, although I also enjoyed the rally, am sad to learn he will no longer be doing his 'worst persons' segment.
I think this article shows that in one way or another Stewart and Colbert were successful in their attempts.
I wasn’t able to provide a pointer to an article I read in The Seacoast Sunday over the weekend. The Seacoast Media Group announced that in November it will charge for online access to the Portsmouth Herald. Publisher and President, John Tabor, was quoted as saying, “Giving away news for free online, while selling paid newspapers with the same content, is an inherently contradictory and unstable business model for the long term.” Sure, it makes sense. The article goes on to say that print subscribers will be offered discounted rates to add the online content to their subscription. “We know our inboxes will be filled with comments, some of them quite heated,” Tabor said. Then he said something I thought sounded weird, “We ask our readers to weigh the case for subscription news versus free news. Which one do you trust most?” This made me think . . . . Should good news cost more than bad? Does it?
This is a story from a blog that we have looked at in class, which I continue to look at and quite enjoy. This story is about basketball player from George Washington University women's basketball team is going to be playing as a man this season. This is a great story for sports journalists to cover because this is the first time a situation like this has happened in Div. I basketball. I was surprised that I have not seen it all over ESPN or other sports news sources. The blogger that posted this story is on top of one of the biggest stories for women's and men's basketball. Many questions will now arise from athletic departments about allowing trans-gender players to play for either team. Who will cover the story the best? Who will get all the facts and make it "interesting and relevant?" I apologize for this assignment being late.
http://www.examiner.com/tv-in-national/jon-stewart-s-rally-to-restore-sanity-official-numbers-triple-glenn-beck
ReplyDeleteThe Rally to Restore Sanity And/Or Fear supposedly tripled Glenn Beck's numbers. I watched a nice portion of it and enjoyed the different people that stopped by to support Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert's event. I didn't know if it was on television, but I was able to stream it live on Comedy Central. It looked to be a huge success overall.
Samer Kalaf
http://www.foxnews.com/health/2010/11/01/athletic-rope-necklaces-medicine-fashion-statement-1450413663/
ReplyDeleteFor my worth-a-look this week, I chose a piece about the rise in athletic rope necklaces worn by major league baseball players. There have also been similiar products made for other sports in the form of bracelets. Their popularity has tremendously increased over the past 5 years. These products are worn to improve one's balance during competition but do they really work? This article provides an interesting analysis as to why most major league baseball players wear them and whether or not there's science to prove they work. Do athletes wear them for a cool look in a weird type of fashion or do they actually help one's performance?
http://www.journalism.org/index_report/two_tea_party_icons_trigger_blogosphere_battles
ReplyDeleteI chose to focus on the Tea Party for my worth-a-look this week. Many websites attribute the party's success to the media for making it known to everyone, stretching all across the nation. While the media does have a hand in making things over-expanded at times, I feel like the Tea Party is actually gaining some solid popularity among not just Conservative-minded people, but everyone across the political spectrum. But is the Tea Party a fad?
I guess we'll find out. Analysts say that the party will fade away once these elections are over and have been settled. But if the party continues to gain popularity, and gets attention from the media as well, then maybe the Tea Party is here to stay until it gets what it is collectively looking for.
http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2010/11/02/college_officials_sound_warning_over_four_loko/?p1=Local_Links
ReplyDeleteI found this article on the Boston Globe's site concerning the recent talk about the dangers of the alcoholic beverage Four Loko. The article is extremely relevant as college students have been hospitalized in recent weeks due to the beverage. I thought the writer did a pretty good job not showing bias in a very difficult situation. The writer gathers quotes and information from college health officials as well as even going straight to Four Loko's manufacturers. The writer showed both parties side and let the reader decide what to think.
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2010/11/olbermann-suspends-worst-persons-segment-sanity-rally/
ReplyDeleteMy worth-a-look is also focused on this past weekend's Rally in D.C.
What I find most intriguing about this article is the fact that it seems that the rally really did influence some people. Coming into the weekend, there were tons of analysts saying this was nothing more than a publicity stunt for both Stewart and Colbert, but after watching most of the rally and reading reaction to it, it has become apparent it was a little more than a stunt. I like Olberman a lot and, although I also enjoyed the rally, am sad to learn he will no longer be doing his 'worst persons' segment.
I think this article shows that in one way or another Stewart and Colbert were successful in their attempts.
I wasn’t able to provide a pointer to an article I read in The Seacoast Sunday over the weekend. The Seacoast Media Group announced that in November it will charge for online access to the Portsmouth Herald. Publisher and President, John Tabor, was quoted as saying, “Giving away news for free online, while selling paid newspapers with the same content, is an inherently contradictory and unstable business model for the long term.”
ReplyDeleteSure, it makes sense. The article goes on to say that print subscribers will be offered discounted rates to add the online content to their subscription.
“We know our inboxes will be filled with comments, some of them quite heated,” Tabor said. Then he said something I thought sounded weird, “We ask our readers to weigh the case for subscription news versus free news. Which one do you trust most?”
This made me think . . . . Should good news cost more than bad? Does it?
Justine Elliott
ReplyDeletehttp://www.salon.com/life/broadsheet/index.html?story=/mwt/broadsheet/2010/11/02/gwu_trans
This is a story from a blog that we have looked at in class, which I continue to look at and quite enjoy. This story is about basketball player from George Washington University women's basketball team is going to be playing as a man this season. This is a great story for sports journalists to cover because this is the first time a situation like this has happened in Div. I basketball. I was surprised that I have not seen it all over ESPN or other sports news sources. The blogger that posted this story is on top of one of the biggest stories for women's and men's basketball. Many questions will now arise from athletic departments about allowing trans-gender players to play for either team. Who will cover the story the best? Who will get all the facts and make it "interesting and relevant?"
I apologize for this assignment being late.