Media

Simplicity

by clay on May 12, 2011

My friend Laura wrote a post on her website today called “The Return“, detailing some thoughts on their return to Honduras. They spent a little over a month back here in the States raising money and awareness for their missions organization. A couple paragraphs caught my attention. I love the simplicity of life in Puerto [...]

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Is the media making this seem worse than it is?

by clay on September 29, 2008

My answer is yes. Take this snippet from an AP article: The Dow Jones industrials plunged nearly 800 points, the most ever for a single day. I’m going to assume that they are comparing it to history using the point loss rather than the percentage loss because it makes a more gripping storyline. However, the [...]

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Movies

by clay on January 2, 2007

This summer looks to be a big one at the movies. I was reading on another site about how the competition is going to be pretty thick this year, and looking at this list I think it will be. Here are the movies and what I think might result. Spiderman 3, May 4 – I [...]

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Annoying things about the news

by clay on December 30, 2006

I'm watching CNN's coverage of Saddam Hussein's hanging, and something really bothers me. Actually, it bothers me that I'm watching CNN, but Greta Van Susteren is on Fox, and she just bothers me for some reason. However, CNN has given a name to their coverage: “Saddam Executed: Death of a Dictator”. Why? Do we have [...]

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