Tuesday, May 17, 2011

John McCain Cracks Me Up

Politico posted a story where Senator and Kick-ass war hero, tries sounding "hip" and "cool" by discussing tweets regarding Snooki and the Mike "the Situation" from the MTV show the Jersey Shore. Previously Snooki and Senator McCain discussed Obama taxing tanning beds in his healthcare reform.  Just another way twitter is making an impact in the political world.

 http://www.politico.com/click/stories/1105/mccain_talks_tweeting_with_snooki1.html

Monday, May 9, 2011

...And For My Next Trick I'll Make Hillary Clinton Disappear

   The White House image (above) and how De Zeitung reproduced the photo for its readers.
This is the photo of the now famous situation room in which President Obama, along with his national security team except there is a stark difference between the top and bottom one: Clinton and another woman have been Photoshopped out due to a religious issue.  The paper who committed the act, Der Tzitung, has since appologized.

Thursday, May 5, 2011

Al-Jazeera Wins Columbia Journalism Award

    If I had seen that headline a year ago, I would have thought that Al-Jazeera had reported on so many anti-American and anti-Israeli stories that Columbia President Lee Bollinger would be grovelling at their feet and couldn't resist. 
   However, Al-Jazeera truly brought the best coverage to the Revolutions all over the Middle East.  They consistently were able to get the stories in Egypt, Libya, and Tunisia that other networks just could get, or cover as well.  Despite some of the things they have said in the past, i truly feel that they deserve being recognized by perhaps the best journalism school in the country.  In a time where soft news is the king of journalism they have truly done a great job. 

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/05/05/al-jazeera-english-wins-columbia-universitys-journalism-prize/?test=latestnews