I know. I should resist. I can't.A friend of mine was saying that he doesn't normally take such glee at another's misfortune but something about this whole Paris thing that is just so darn satisfying. And I agree. However, I think after this whole thing with prison, etc. there's just no point to Paris news anymore.
Y'know. Unless she dangles a baby off a balcony or something.
As a journalism major, there's definitely been a lot lacking in news and media. When I was younger, I wanted to write for magazines like Us (when it was actually good, probably circa 1991-3), Vanity Fair, Premiere Magazine, etc. At the time, I felt that politics and world news were not for me -- my frustrations with our government and world politics had taken me to the point where I figured that since that part of journalism was covered, why not write about something more carefree and fun?
Since graduating from high school, so many things have changed. We have entered into war, elected an idiot as President and have fed the Paparazzi machine to where I am ashamed to have it associated with something I am considering doing as a living -- journalism. I'm finding the news lackluster and limited in its view. Each morning I would check in on sfgate.com to check out the local news but I am missing out on so much more in terms of world news. Did anyone realize that there were mudslides in Bangladesh that killed 79 people? Or that Chinese hospitals have been using fake protein drips for their patients? If you were only paying attention to the San Francisco Chronicle, you wouldn't know about these things at all.
I have finally decided that my self-imposed apathy (save for voting and recycling) has to come to an end at some point. I wasn't apathetic by nature but became so because sometimes I am too sympathetic for my own good. I have finally switched over to getting my news from the BBC (still somewhat biased, but at least more globally based) with an occasional glance-through at sfgate.com and sfist.com. I want to get started on doing something I can call useful and worthwhile and I'm trying to figure out a way to incorporate the things I love to do ( writing, film, photography) with something I have been trying to forget and put aside (my humanity and sympathy). And I'm hoping I'll find it soon.
SF Gate
SFist
BBC News
one more. it's a funny/ironic one, I promise: Jezebel on Paris
1 comment:
There is nothing wrong with true check-out stand fluff. At least fluff is honest. What is dangerous is fluff that purports to be substantive journalism. And that, dear friend, is the problem with the industry these days. From Fox "News" to CNN, graphics and carefully pre-fabricated talking points have become our reality.
Might I consider you to pick your humanity back up? There are enough people who naturally don't have it.
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