Blogging and the Public Opinion

Posted on Nov 8, 2010 in Apple, Media, Philosophy, Technology | 2 comments

I love technology. I use it every day. It's provided me efficiency on so many levels. Heck, it's given me a career. It's good stuff. But sometimes? It really does make us stupider. Because we have such immediate access to information, stories and trends can truly become viral, evidenced perfectly by the YouTube phenomenon. But is this really a good thing? And here's where I get to thinking...

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Approval Ratings

Posted on Sep 9, 2010 in Media, Philosophy | 4 comments

Stumbled across an interesting stat the other day.  In the recent past, our President’s Approval Rating has dropped to as low as 41%.  What I find interesting about this is that I had to stumble across this stat to know about it.  Our previous president’s approval rating was broadcast among multiple news channels daily, and it seemed as if we were consistently bombarded with how “horrible” he was in America’s eyes.  How is it that our current leader isn’t receiving the same treatment by the media?  Fox News gets ripped a new one all the time for their...

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