Lawsuit:
No, this isn’t a bad April Fool’s joke by Ellie Maston on Amburn’s Produce Market.
Today in Circuit Court, Maston filed a negligence suit for $100,000 against the Market. The suit says that on April 1 of this year, Maston walked through some green beans left on the floor of the Market, slipped and broke her hip.
So I just got done watching “SportsCenter” and they were having a Tiger Woods party. Today it came out that he would make a statement on Friday. I get it, that is big news, but do we really need a 10 minute recap of Tiger’s mess? We know what happened, we know what is going on. I watch “SportsCenter” to find out who won what, get stats and get trade rumor analysis. A mention of Tiger’s Friday statement would have been fine.
I can guarantee you that all day Friday ESPN will have a constant stream of information recapping what Tiger said, what he didn’t say, why he said what he said, etc. It will be nauseating. ESPN has turned into TMZ when it comes to this and it is sickening. Give me highlights of games, stats, trade rumors and recaps – don’t give me a 10 minute story on Tiger Woods when there is nothing new to report on.
Exercise 4.7 page 99 in Stovall
Photo courtesy of Flickr user e.kristina.
This is a picture of approximately six old books. It is hard to tell because the spines are not in focus. The corner of the books are in focus, and the books become blurry as you move away from the corner. The books are on a red table, with a white design. The books are tattered and torn, in very bad shape. The book covers are red, white, green and blue. Some of the book cover colors are not distinguishable. The background is blurry and you can not see what is behind the books. Only the aligned corners of the books are in focus.
One thing that caught my attention this week in the news media was the ridiculous snow coverage the local stations had. NBC, FOX, ABC and CBS all had round the clock coverage, even during primtime on Friday night.
Yes, it was an epic snowstorm, but do we really need them updating their estimates every 5 minutes, with video of snow falling, or people getting stuck in the snow, or snow plow drivers? Friday night, I am snowed in, I can’t go out and hang out with friends. I want to watch the primtime television, such as “Numb3rs” on CBS, but they moved all primetime shows to the middle of the night to continue with snow coverage.
I think it was a poor call by the news media outlets to do this.
On Friday night, local FOX 5 news covered the story in a way I had never seen before. Instead of having a professional camera operator out in the snow with a reporter, the reporter had a handheld personal camera. The footage was a bit blurry and not always centered, but it was a unique way to show the snow footage. The reporter was in a van being driven around the area.
I found it interesting because the reporter was out showing how dangerous the snow was, and how people should not be driving in it, yet he was riding in a van. I thought it was a little silly; if it was so dangerous, how come he was out there? As for what news values were in the report, I would say impact, timeliness, prominence, proximity, the bizarre or unusual and currency were all prominent in the report.
Jury Recommends Death for 69-Year-Old Grandmother
1. Impact, Timeliness, Prominence, Proximity, Conflict, The Bizarre or Unusual and Currency.
2. Who – Faye Copeland, Ray Copeland.
2. What – Death Penalty Suggestion by Jury for Murders.
2. When – Tuesday Night trial, murders last year.
2. Where – Chillicothe, Mo. Livingston County.
2. Why – because she was responsible for the murder of four transient farm workers.
2. How – possible because of battered-wife-syndrome.
3. Personal sources (defendant’s attorney, Judge), observation (gender of jurors, length of deliberation), and stored (would be oldest on death row).
4. Copeland’s attorney, David Miller, from either a press conference or an interview. Circuit Judge E. Richard Webber, hearing his pre-sentence investigation in the courtroom. All of the other information in the story could have come from either observation or have been stored and looked up.
5. How were the four transient farm workers killed? Who is the oldest person on Missouri’s death row now, and what is their age? How come the court refused to allow a psychologist to testify about “battered-wife-syndrome?” Is there any evidence that Ray was abusive to Faye? What was the pre-sentence investigation ordered by the Judge meant to do?
This week the first thing in the media that caught my eye is the new media outlet, “OCNN” which stands for Ocho Cinco News Network. It is run by Chad Ocho Cinco, Wide Receiver for the Cincinnati Bengals of the NFL. Other reporters for “OCNN” are Darnell Dockett, Defensive Tackle for the Arizona Cardinals, Ray Rice, Running Back for the Baltimore Ravens and Chris Cooley, Tight End for the Washington Redskins.
The correspondents for “OCNN” are in Miami, Fla this week for the Super Bowl. Ocho Cinco and his fellow correspondents are giving a unique insight to media day, an NFL requirement that players participating in the Super Bowl attend. By having current NFL players asking the Super Bowl participants questions, it gives a very unique and new feel to media day. Below are a few links talking about “OCNN” and some of their reports.
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?id=4881327
http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=4881823
http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/playoffs/2009/news/story?id=4877775
“Avatar” is a rip off of the Pocahontas/John Smith story, set in a futuristic world. The movie has amazing special effects and is very enjoyable in 3-D. Two stars.
