In a 2006 article titled "Study Finds Lack Of Balance, Diversity, Public at PBS Newshour," journalists at FAIR worked to expose corrupted and skewed information. They accuse reporters and writers behind the PBS news station of providing the public with biased information. Their research and statistics prove that there was an evident lack in diversity.
Filtering through information is an unfair gesture to the public. The public trusts its news source to provide them with all of the information they have a right to know. If it is proven that PBS is skewing their information, they may loose a lot of followers.
Exposing corruption like this is helpful to the public as well as the news source making the corrupt decisions. Although it may cause them to suffer for a while, they can, in time, learn that there is no positive result of corruption. If they make mistakes or choose to do the wrong thing, karma will catch up with them.
After that, the hope is that they will never want to go through with all of that ever again.
Friday, April 19, 2013
Adam Peruta: Real Life Success
Adam Peruta is a faculty member here at Ithaca College.
Adam has been extremely successful throughout his career. He has been a partner in multiple start-up companies and projects.
Adam was kind enough to come talk to our Independent Media Class.
Adam talked about his experience as a business man and independent creator. One of the most interesting topics he discussed (in my opinion) was the idea for an app he and his team created. The app or "platform" as Adam calls it is named YAANKS. This is a sensory app. An individual who may be in danger is able to yank their headphones out of their phone. This motion then sends a signal to specific emergency contacts who can send help.
Adam went on to explain the potential flaws and concerns that many people have with this platform. Once he finished his speech, however, I was convinced that his idea was well thought out and would be completely successful.
Adam has been extremely successful throughout his career. He has been a partner in multiple start-up companies and projects.
Adam was kind enough to come talk to our Independent Media Class.
Adam talked about his experience as a business man and independent creator. One of the most interesting topics he discussed (in my opinion) was the idea for an app he and his team created. The app or "platform" as Adam calls it is named YAANKS. This is a sensory app. An individual who may be in danger is able to yank their headphones out of their phone. This motion then sends a signal to specific emergency contacts who can send help.
Adam went on to explain the potential flaws and concerns that many people have with this platform. Once he finished his speech, however, I was convinced that his idea was well thought out and would be completely successful.
#Manhunt: A Live Blog
3:03 p.m.
I have pulled myself away from the screen. I can not watch anymore. I feel numb and lost just thinking about it.
I am keeping myself updated through Twitter and frequently checking in to the CNN website.
I am trying to understand this situation from so many perspectives. I am trying to understand what is going through the head of this so called "man on the run." I am trying to feel the numbness these Bostonians must be feeling. I am trying to feel the loss the family and friends of the victims are feeling.
It is hopeless.
Yet, we must remain hopeful.
I have pulled myself away from the screen. I can not watch anymore. I feel numb and lost just thinking about it.
I am keeping myself updated through Twitter and frequently checking in to the CNN website.
I am trying to understand this situation from so many perspectives. I am trying to understand what is going through the head of this so called "man on the run." I am trying to feel the numbness these Bostonians must be feeling. I am trying to feel the loss the family and friends of the victims are feeling.
It is hopeless.
Yet, we must remain hopeful.
#Manhunt: A Live Blog
10:56 a.m.
Lily decided to go to class.
I was too numb to move.
I stayed at that table, my friend Andrew seated to my right. We watched as the story on the screen continued to unfold.
Every once in a while, I tuned into what was happening in the dining hall around me. People seemed to have fallen silent. Everyone was paying attention to Boston, whether it was by watching the screen or quietly discussing with their friends what was happening.
"This world has gone to shit," I heard, one too many times.
"Everything is fu**ed."
Lily decided to go to class.
I was too numb to move.
I stayed at that table, my friend Andrew seated to my right. We watched as the story on the screen continued to unfold.
Every once in a while, I tuned into what was happening in the dining hall around me. People seemed to have fallen silent. Everyone was paying attention to Boston, whether it was by watching the screen or quietly discussing with their friends what was happening.
"This world has gone to shit," I heard, one too many times.
"Everything is fu**ed."
#Manhunt: A Live Blog
10:52 a.m.
I sat motionless at the table. An empty bowl of cereal and tortured apple core lay mockingly in front of me.
My friend Lily and I debated skipping class. We had spent almost an hour with our eyes on a story that made us feel both hopeless and numb.
"I can't move," I told Lily.
"I think we should skip class," she replied.
We sat staring, trying to wrap our brains around the reality of the situation. We talked about the day to come when our kids ask us about the Boston Bombings and we will be transported back to this moment.
I sat motionless at the table. An empty bowl of cereal and tortured apple core lay mockingly in front of me.
My friend Lily and I debated skipping class. We had spent almost an hour with our eyes on a story that made us feel both hopeless and numb.
"I can't move," I told Lily.
"I think we should skip class," she replied.
We sat staring, trying to wrap our brains around the reality of the situation. We talked about the day to come when our kids ask us about the Boston Bombings and we will be transported back to this moment.
#Manhunt: A Live Blog
10:08 a.m.
I arrived at the Campus Center dining hall to find my friends Andrew and Blaize already seated underneath the CNN table.
The news on the television was breaking. Headlines such as "Manhunt: One Man Dead. One On The Run" flashed across the screen.
I grabbed a bowl of cereal and proceeded to sit down, immersing myself in an unfathomable world of terror and suspense.
Wednesday, April 17, 2013
Errors After Errors
Recently, I was re-reading an article about Arianna Huffington. The article was entitled "Obsessiveness is the Greatest Strength of Online News." I was enjoying the read until I came across something that made me stop cold.
In the fourth paragraph down, about half way through the paragraph, was a quite obvious typo. The line read as follows"
"The vested interests fighting reform and the past which they represented are very well organised, and the future that they resist is very poorly organised," she said.
As you can see, the word "organized" is spelled with a "s" instead of a "z." I noticed this immediately. Then I noticed that not only did it happen once, it happened twice.
So now I am confused and questioning this. Were the writers intentionally writing this way? Or did they just happen to make the same mistake twice? I am not sure, and don't want to wrongly critique someone who doesn't deserve critiquing. But I am confused as to why that is the way it is.
In the fourth paragraph down, about half way through the paragraph, was a quite obvious typo. The line read as follows"
"The vested interests fighting reform and the past which they represented are very well organised, and the future that they resist is very poorly organised," she said.
As you can see, the word "organized" is spelled with a "s" instead of a "z." I noticed this immediately. Then I noticed that not only did it happen once, it happened twice.
So now I am confused and questioning this. Were the writers intentionally writing this way? Or did they just happen to make the same mistake twice? I am not sure, and don't want to wrongly critique someone who doesn't deserve critiquing. But I am confused as to why that is the way it is.
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