Remember what I said about blogs are just like any other type of mass media? Case in point: The Lede's post today was on Britney Spears, and the first line in the post was:
"Sigh. Another Friday, another Spears meltdown story all over the tube and the tabs. So duty calls: blog we must."
No you don't, we really don't need to know about Britney's daily dysfunctions. Like you said, we already have enough of that from the 'tubes and tabs'. Please give us something more intelligent or useful. Like the next article, a piece of unemployment.
The recent report on unemployment numbers have set off many alarms and The Lede does a very good job of analyzing some key issues. It’s no question that the US economy is slowing down, with unemployment and inflation both going up. While the situation isn’t pretty, I’m reluctant to jump on the ‘Recession!’ bandwagon like The Lede did. While the US dollar is getting weaker, the housing market collapsing, the Iraq War, and the growing national debt isn’t helping the economy, I still think it is recoverable right now. This puts a lot of pressure on the future presidential candidates; with the upcoming primaries/caucus, I believe the American people should really put an emphasis on the candidate’s economic policies. (I can’t vote in the US) Delay another 4 years with a President that cannot fix the US economy, and it may just cross the point of no return and plunge the country into a recession.
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I was disgusted with the media and our society the day that Paris Hilton went to jail. It was all over the news, radio, and internet all day long. I was listening to the radio and the host joked that now would be a good time for a company to have a huge scandal or for someone to commit mass murder because no one would care if it wasn't concerning Paris Hilton in her jail cell.
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