State of the Union Address

I thought Obama did a really good job on his State of the Union address to the nation. He made a lot of really good points and emphasized the importance of unity in our country if we want to get out of our economic disaster and overall issues that were facing, including the issue of health care. He promised that we would be out of war by July 2011, which I think is huge that he has stuck to that date since his election. Now, that being said, I watched the address on (what other network than FOXNEWS!). I was at work and only had basic cable so I was forced to watch it on this network. All fox news had to say was "well, he did okay, but he didn't elaborate on more important issues, like how we treat terror suspects." really??? TERROR SUSPECTS? My apologies, FOX, but I think that the slipping economy and getting us out of a decade long war is more important than how we treat terror suspects. It just led me to confirm my suspicions of my previous post. FOX news, you are evil, and the world would be a lot less dumb and better off if you were gone.

Let ME think about it...

In discussing semiotics this week it seems like alot of ideas and the way we perceive things are pretty automatic, and we don't even think about them at all. This chapter talks very briefly about "anchoring," which is a process that tries to select and therefore control the meanings which could legitimately be made by the reader or viewer. This also could have some tie in to news "anchors" and what they want you to believe and be swayed to feel watching their network. I haven't watched the "outfoxed" movie yet, but I understand it's about FOX news, or at least that's what I think its about. This is why I absolutely refuse to watch a crap news network like fox news. Granted, every major news network has their somewhat understand party loyalty, but FOX news takes it to the next level. Their pressing political views are so disguisting that I can't stand it. For example, directly after any of the debates during the presidential election, all they did was go down a list of criticisms about Obama, how he coughed here or smiled wierd here or didn't take long enough in between words there. Then next thing you know they're freaking analyzing michelle obama's outfit at inauguration. Her OUTFIT!!!! Why call yourself a news station if you're going to be more like a TMZ magazine article? FOX is crap and I hate they're pressing views. Also, on a side note, they've breed Joe Buck to be their sports commentator for nearly every fox sporting event, and he is more annoying and biased than the news network itself. That's all for today!