Our second video conference will take place this Wednesday, October 2, 2010 @ 8am (Kansas time) and 2pm (Mildenhall time).
Our topic will be "American Current Events" & will be led by Free State students.
Our next scheduled video conference is the following Wednesday, October 9, 2010 same time.
That topic will be "British Current Events" led by Mildenhall students.
Well hello there? My name is Aaron Lauridsen and I will be presenting one of the current events tomorrow for the video chat. Me and Alex(Kong) are going to be talking about modern day media bias and what it really looks like.
ReplyDeleteAn example of Foxs News Channel (the conservative news show) being biased.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3hMODMyed8
An example of MSNBC (the liberal news show) being biased.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eoNRACISzco
Hey,
ReplyDeleteHere are some doctored photos used by Fox News to shed a negative light based on the *physical demeanor* of two men:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/77/FNC_Controversy_Steinberg.png
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/f0/FNC_Controversy_Reddicliffe.png
Great talk today. Those videos really showed how biased american media is today. It is ridiculous that people have to watch multiple news channels to completely understand the story, since most americans are to lazy to do that, it can cause issues when clips are taken out of context.
ReplyDeleteHey all!
ReplyDeleteI was bummed that I couldn't attend the meeting this morning. I hear it went pretty well. I look forward to the next meeting and learning about your current events!
Have a great week.
My question is: why is the media like this? Do they make more money by skewing their stories? Or is using public television to ridicule others just the news-writer's way of feeling superior? Does anyone have other theories?
ReplyDeleteLook forward to seeing you nest week Jackie, Hopefully we will have some good stuff to bring you...
ReplyDeletehttp://www.newsweek.com/2010/08/28/is-glenn-beck-runing-for-office.html?obref=obnetwork
ReplyDeleteHere something for an American current event.