Journalism, Who is Right?

I agreed with the second speaker the most. I think sometimes because of journalism unbiased ways people are lead to believe the wrong things. There are just some people who can't decipher ideologies, and certain topics without the sway of someone else's influence. AT the same time, maybe people only sway to one side because of who they here first or of who they believe. I also find it interesting that people will even follow someone that they may not wholeheartedly believe just because it goes against the opposing political party. It is all just plain stupid. The audience should believe what they want to believe unbiased from everything. Every story needs to be told with conviction from both sides.

The Social Network Vs. Citizen Kane

The Social Network is essentially a modern day rags to riches story. A Harvard College kid, Mark Zuckenberg, sits down in his dorm room and creates with his friend, Eduardo Saverin, an algorithm that will forever change world. Making the incarnation of Facebook, then known as "the Facebook" a number of outside influences such as the Napster founder, Sean Parker, corrupted the original ideas set fourth by the friends. Eventually Zuckenberg's power grew as did the website and he no longer needed people like Parker "holding him back".

In an instant Saverin was erased from the company completely going from 30% of the shares to 3%. Of course he was not a fan of this and took legal action. Eventually Zuckenberg's partnership with Parker failed because of the wild lifestyle he lead. Facebook was now Mark's, and the problems were all his.

How does this relate to Citizen Kane? Kane came from nothing, he didn't start as well of as Mark, but got there through adoption. From here, Kane's ambitions sparked a wild ride and lifestyle that was as big as his personality. His industry was newspapers, and he wasn't afraid to buy, sell, hire, and fire anyone in his way to get what he needed. At some point like in the Social Network, Kane hires his best friend virtually because he can.

Both of these men let their business consume them because of how quickly they popularized. They became self-centered and lonely. They may not have necessarily been bad people, but because of their work they became bigger than themselves.

Citizen Kane was an old tale set in the old world of business. The Social Network ironically is about everything that is destroying the papers now.

Interview with dad for class

With the elections that just passed I thought it would be a good idea to hear the voice of the people. And when I say the people, I mean my dad, because he has an opinion about everything (like much former Brooklyn dwelling Staten Islanders). Anyway, here's a sound click of our interview on my new best friend Soundcloud.com. Here I just ask him some basic questions and find out exactly what he thought.

Interview by jsarachik

A little ashamed to say it myself as a journalist, but I didn't get a chance to vote. Quite honestly, I was disinterested. Maybe it was because P. Diddy wasn't around waving his finger in my face yelling "Vote or Die", but then again, I don't listen to Diddy. After this election I plan on taking things more serious, but as a college freelance/sucker free work journalist- maybe in that time I'll have a job, so in the mean time I leave you with this...

I agree Jimmy, I agree...

Journalism Project for class, Election Results

I know this may be a bad journalism thing for me to say, but I didn't follow the election and I didn't care. As most of you know, politics isn't my thing, hence why I don't write about it. When I was asked to express my feelings about the election, I had none. However, I really did like the "Rent is too damn high" guy. I was actually upset I missed my chance to put a legend in office. Really though, as I think about it, there never is a winner. The celebration last for a bit, but at the end of the day most politicians never even come close to what their objectives were. People are pissed no matter which way you look. You can't make everybody happy all the time.