Media

This category includes rants about bad journalism, stuff about my journalism classes, the posts about the Media in general, social media, and other related topics.

#GodIsNotGreat

December 16, 2011
By
Christopher Hitchens via Wikipedia

Christopher Hitchens died December 15, 2011. Almost immediately his name, and the name of one of his most popular books, "God Is Not Great," started trending on Twitter. And then, suddenly, it wasn't anymore.

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Why I Love the Internet (Reason #473)

October 18, 2011
By
splashypants

This is a quick (4 minutes) TED Talk from the founder of Reddit.com talking about one of the many, many reasons why the Internet is so damn cool.

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Google+

July 10, 2011
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Google+

If Google avoids slamming down a bunch of arbitrary rules, spamming up your stream with ads and crap, and avoids games -- or at least, for the love of adorable puppies, keeps them from junking up my stream and notifications -- a lot of people could end up jumping Facebook's ship for Google+. Whatever happens, it's going to be interesting to watch. Also, I have invites, and I'm not afraid to use them. Want to try out Google+? Drop your email in the comments, and I'll get as many invites out as I can.

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The Real Tragedy of “WeinerGate”: Andrew Breitbart Got One Right

June 7, 2011
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Andrew Breitbart

Anthony Weiner apparently doesn't know the difference between an @reply and a DM. (This link is for you, Anthony. Go forth and learn.) You know what really annoys me about this? We will never hear the end of this from Andrew Breitbart. Look, folks, I need to talk to you...

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#ONPA Collegiate Day at Linn-Benton Community College

May 6, 2011
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2011 ONPA Collegiate Day at LBCC

The Commuter hosted the ONPA Collegiate Day at LBCC today, offering five different seminars on various topics of journalisty-type interest, including a seminar Ashley and I did on WordPress. The awards ceremony was great, too. The Commuter took 15 awards.

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