So what happened this week that may appear on the quiz? I'll start you thinking, and you add other items via comments.
- anniversary of Wall Street meltdown
- changes in missile defense plans
- Badgers win
- arrest in the death of Yale graduate student
- Patrick Swayze dies
- premiere of "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs" (the biggest news of the week in the Culver household)
Sunday, September 20, 2009
KC News Meeting
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Google "redefined" news this week with it's new 'fast-flip' feature. Fast-flip allows online users to browse through multiple news stories at once based off images of the front page of the article. If a reader is interested in the article, she can drag her mouse over the image and a one-line lead will appear summarizing the article. I found this especially interesting after learning about leads this week in lecture and lab.
I like how the news is categorized into various areas such as Popular, Sections, and Topics, but does technology like Google's new fast-flip feature encourage readers to skim through the news and discourage actual readership?
The story of the escaped, mentally-unstable killer in Washington is pretty scary. It's good that he has been recaptured, but the thought that he was missing for several days without any notification to the general public (until after his capture) is troubling. I know that news media don't want to spread panic, but I hope Washington citizens were informed earlier so they could at least take precautions.
The New York Times had an interesting story on today's front page regarding Obama's appearance on multiple Sunday morning press shows. According to the NYT, Obama is one of few presidents who has talked on a TV interview back to back (and back again) about a political issue. The interviews dealt with the question of Obama's healthcare reform and how he believes that it will be an issue that receives both praise and doubt from the American public.
At the end of the article, Obama provides an interesting claim about the American media system. I though that it was relevant to this class because it shows that the media may present stories in a specific angle to draw in viewers instead of simply informing the general public about an issue. This is what Obama said: " I do think part of what's different today is that the 24-hour news cycle and cable news television and blogs and all this, they focus on the most extreme elements on both sides...they can't get enough of conflict... it's catnip to the media right now"
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