Top 3 news media outlets

Blog # 2-- 2/4/2010

It's coming towards the end of the second week of classes and I have started how complex-ed journalism is which has given me a higher appreciation for their job. Printing and journalism has a longer history than I ever imagined. It's crazy to think that in the 1600's a printer could only produce 200 pages an hour but then two centuries later they could produce over 10,000 an hour. It was interesting how yellow journalism used to be the norm when reporting was first done, sex and taboo subjects have always sold papers, but then there was a shift in the late 1800's away from yellow journalism so as to gain respect and credibility with the public. We owe what we know now to be modern day journalism to that kind of noble evolution.

My top three media outlets-

The BBC- I think this is the most fair and balanced news agency in the world today. It has grown in popularity in the United States because it doesn't have a conservative spin like Fox news or a liberal bias like CNN.

The New York Times- I still have a profound respect for classic journalism and the skill it takes to run a big newspaper. When you have statistics that say reading your Sunday paper from cover to cover is the same as receiving a four year college education, then you're news staff is doing something right to cover the story.

The Howard Stern Show (The news with Robin)- One of the funniest ways to get the news nowadays and has been for the last 20 plus years. Nowhere will you get opinions like those you will get from this show. He says things that no one else dares to say which really makes the audience think and also have a good laugh. The range of stories truly is unique, nowhere else have I heard such a parity and a nice round range of topics. It is arguably the best part of the show.