(Blog 16)

Hey Everyone, finally the last blog!!!
So for my last blog I really didn't know what to write about so I decided to blog about a television show that I have just recently started watching. It's on the CMT channel and it's called "The World's strictest Parents". I was watching it today and have only seen a few of the other episodes, but it always seems to get me when I turn it on. Haha.

It is basically about these spoiled, misbehaving kids whose parent's get fed up with them and then send them off to live in a different lifestyle. With stricter, crazier parents, who seem to have some interesting horrible punishments. The two episodes I have seen they have sent city kids on to the farm, they were kids with troubled homes, where their kids can get away with anyone so they were put on these farms for discipline.

The show is pretty good but it seems like it is a bit staged. In the show, there is always one huge blow out between the "parents" and the two different kids that are sent there. The argument is over the top and seems a little bit staged like they were told to act like that. Then later in the show they have a big long talk and then get along. Also throughout the whole show they say how much they hate their "new parents" then in the end usually say how much they "love" them when they have to go back to their real homes.

They show I think is a good one because it teaches these city kids that there is more to life then material things. They also learn how to respect themselves and other people.

The show is a good reality show compared to other reality shows just because it kind of sets good examples. It also shows them being punished for acting out, unlike other shows where that behavior is glorified.

Hope you all have a great summer! :)

Newspapers (blog 15)

Hey everyone!
There has been some form of media that has really made me very angry lately! It's the Newspaper!! As you all know, recently Sara Gullickson was in a horrible accident, she is not only my teammate, but a roommate, and a best friend. When coverage of her accident was shown in the newspaper, The Valley City Times Record, it was a shocking surprise as to what picture was shown on the front page. There was a large picture of her lying on the ground, with the paramedics around her trying to revive her. In my opinion it was very unnecessary.

Although, what the newspaper did was inappropriate, it is still a good source of information. Being that I am five hours away from Valley, I didn't have all my facts straight on the accident, and heard a lot of rumors. It was good to go online and get the information that I needed to see what happened, minus the picture. They did do a good job with the story though.

In my opinion, newspapers need to always remember and focus on their ethics. They need to think about what is appropriate to put in the paper, whether it is names for victims of an accident, and in this case, pictures. I don't think that anyone wants to ever see someone they know and care about in a newspaper before they get the story.

Newspapers though are a very good source of information. They may be biased to a certain extent, but I think it enriches the story, because you sort of get someone else's point of view and can make a judgment and an opinion off of theirs.

News papers are now on the decline in sales though, some of them have even had to shut down, I'm sure you all remember that video we watched in the class that one time. I think we just have better more practical ways that are more suited to fit our lifestyles than newspapers. I think newspapers have had their day.

What do you think?