Halloween Party Pooper

As irrelevant as I thought it was, the most interesting story (in my opinion) that WDRB talked about was how in North Dakota, a women who was going by the name of Cheryl, was not going to pass out candy to kids who she thought were obese. Instead she was going to hand them a letter to give to their parents that basically told them how irresponsible it was of them to send their obese child out to scavenge free candy just because it was the norm.

Now once again I thought this story was no-where near newsworthy but I think that this story is just so messed up. This lady took it upon herself on a holiday that many kids look forward to, to spread her opinion on childhood obesity. While "Cheryl" thinks she's helping these overweight kids, she probably just worsened the situation. "Cheryl" trying to "look out" for these kids' health has premeditated to basically destroy some little chubby kid's confidence. Just imagine going trick or treating with your friends who all might just so happen to be smaller than you, and every single one of them gets candy but not you. You get a piece of paper telling you you're fat and shaming your parents. That's rude, cruel, and not okay.

Not only will this lady crush the confidence of these poor kids trying to enjoy their holiday but she can believe that she will have some LIVID parents at her door the next day.

(post on local news source)

Impacts of the Internet

Today while discussing the Internet, one fact that was brought up was that the internet has made underground cultures mostly disappear. This shocked me when I first heard it but as I thought about it I realized how true it was. With the internet the "underground" cultures aren't truly underground. Now that anyone can get on the internet, anyone can find these cultures. Artists nowadays could only want to have a small group of fans or want to be considered underground but if they posted any of their music/art on the internet and someone big in that industry finds it and likes it, they can be a pop star in weeks!
(comment on something we discussed in class)

Hooray!

For the first time since starting the TV News project in J1, I was excited to watch the news and discuss it in class. Why was I excited you ask? Because I could finally watch the news and not have to hear anything about the David Camm trial. I found it refreshing that I didn't have to see the same film of David Camm, not have to hear about the trial of David Camm and not have to hear the name David Camm. In class when discussing the news for the first time in ever all the lead stories weren't about you know who. While that is the good news, the bad news is we still have to hear about the Gibson trial, but I can live with that. I'm just happy that for once in class we could discuss a different topic when talking about our stations.
(post on local news source)