Byis in da meadea

The main point I took from the article "The Bias of Language, the Bias of Pictures" was to never let my guard down when it comes to bias in the media because there is truly no information that we can receive from television or newspapers that has no bias whatsoever. I realize now how many outside factors contribute to the creation of a news story. A person has to observe the event and relate it to another person who then writes a story about it and presents it to a newscaster who then relates the story to the consumer. There are so many spots on this chain where some sort of bias or creative interpretation of the story can be put in place of the real facts, and it would be almost impossible for the average listener to notice this.

Red Eye w/ Greg Gutfeld

On Red Eye w/ Greg Gutfeld, a 3am talk show on Fox News, I noticed a strong amount of bias in both the content of the show and the humor of the show, but I think that the show itself was fairly open and honest about its bias and was not attempting to be a legitimate news broadcast. The general theme of the show is the show's host, Greg, presents news topics both prominent in todays world, such as President Obama's State of the Union, to totally irrelevant and comical topics such as a study showing that women are more likely to have sex with men after a heavy night of drinking. The content of the show provides an opportunity for individuals with trouble sitting down and watching a regular newscast enjoy themselves while getting informed about prevalent issues, as long as they don't mind a little biased information.

Uhphermuhtivv Akshun Update 12/11

Last night, I worked tireless on my paper and am completely done with the citations! I am very proud of myself, because I was more worried about my citations than anything else. However, I would still like to find some more sources just for the sake of thoroughness.

Uhphermuhtivv Akshun Update 12/9

Today, I did absolutely nothing related to my affirmative action paper. I have quite a bit of Organic Chemistry to study and I am much more worried about that class than my paper. I still feel fairly confident in my paper and am not too worried about completing the paper on time. I hope you all feel updated.

Uhphermuhtivv Akshun Update 12/7

Today, I finished my introduction and my conclusion for the first draft of my affirmative action expository paper. I felt like completing these two things would not require me to be 100% finished with my research, but still allow me to get some good work done. This is huge because in all honesty, I would much rather spend the next few weeks on preparation for finals than this paper. I had relatively little trouble writing my introduction because affirmative action tends to be a topic that can write its own story. There is such a deep history of America associated with affirmative action and its precursors that there is really no lack of information to use. This makes me even happier with my choice of topic for my paper, and I continue to feel confident that I can complete this paper on time more than adequately.

Uhphermuhtivv Akshun Update 12/4

Thursday evening, I spent most of my time attempting to amass more information and sources on affirmative action associated with colleges. At this point in my research I'm just shooting out googles fishing for good info wherever it may be. I also started working on the bibliographies of these sources. The purpose of this is to just save time for me in the future so I won't have to deal with citations and such while cram editing my paper at the last minute. I feel fairly confident about the direction in which my paper is going and hope to have continued success in finding information.

Uhphermuhtivv Akshun Update 12/1

I'm done with my paper proposal! I made sure to incorporate the merits of researching an argument about affirmative action in college acceptance, how it relates to me, and where I could go to look for information on my topic. I feel pretty darn good about it being accepted, so on Wednesday I'm probably going to begin doing research for the next piece of our paper we have due, which requires us to research the opinions of both sides of our issue and explain what they believe and why. I've got my mojo going and I'm ready to knock this paper out!