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Sadly enough, in recent months the most dependable and unbiased names in news are none other than Emmy-awarded comedy shows The Colbert Report and The Daily Show. The two hosts, Jon Stewart and Steven Colbert, going along with their brow-raising bravado in the pictures above, have become crusaders in the name of fair and (mostly) unbiased news.
The worst offender is none other than Fox News. It has been known for some time that this news station is right-wing biased, often inflates topics way out of proportion, and sometimes shushes up important topics if they show Republicans in an unfavorable light.
For example, check out this little gem.
Fox has also recently come under fire for their lack of publicity on the Georgia-Russia conflict, attempting to maintain that everything was under control instead of sufficiently covering the events.
In response to these biased and offensive news sources, The Daily Show and The Colbert Report have become a preferred alternative. Each show manages to sufficiently and hilariously cover the main topics of the day in 30 minutes while keeping their facts straight (Obviously with the exception of intentionally silly material).
So check it out- its a laugh, and it gives you a chance to hear both sides of the story.
With Election Day for the next US president drawing nearer, the nation has been avidly watching what is easily the most closely-followed election of all time. With our nation falling dangerously in to a recession, the stakes are high- But it seems that the time is right for change. For the first time, both the Democratic and Republican parties have secured radical tickets for 2008. On the Democratic side, Barack Obama, an intelligent, articulate family man of African decent has secured the Democratic nomination. And as for the republican side, nominee John McCain has selected self-described "hockey mom" Sarah Palin to be his vice president. The nomination of Sarah Palin for Vice President is a topic that has been heatedly discussed since the nomination first came to public attention a few weeks ago. The general left-winged consensus seems to be confusion and outrage at John McCain's lack of foresight. Not only does he seem to have aged about 12 years since beginning his campaign, but John McCain has been looking especially unwell recently. If anything happened to him if he becomes the next President, our nation would be left in the hands of an untried, untested, ridiculously unexperienced woman who believes that dinosaurs walked the earth just a few thousand years ago.
Interestingly enough, John McCain's biggest opponent these days seems to be himself.The way that he contradicts himself recently reached public attention a few days ago after stating that "The fundamentals of our economy are strong" just hours before several bank and insurance companies went bankrupt, then stating later that the country was in trouble and had been for some time. A "Time" article recounting some of the lies of John McCain recently came out
and is reaching viral status with already over 5000 "digs" and counting.
I finished reading a book last night that was written in the early 90's, before the internet became the sensation that it is today. It was a genera of science fiction called cyberpunk, which was a bigger culture in the 80's and 90's than it is today. The author, Neal Stephenson, speculated in his book that eventually computer monitors would become obsolete for the recreational user, and would be replaced with a pair of goggles that scan light on to the lenses. The user would then be immersed in to a 3d world, and would be able to navigate through the "Metraverse" by looking in the direction that they would like to move towards. Stephenson's version of the internet is way more awesome than our own, which he dubbed "Flatworld". But what was most interesting about his interpretation of the future of the internet was that he greatly underestimated its popularity. But then again, who could have guessed what it would become?
While we will have to see if Web 2.0 escalates to the scale of "revolution", it has certainly done much to change the way that people go about their lives. Being part of the generation that has grown up with pixels and cd-roms and Steve Jobs, we will have to see if we can meet this change when it comes..
