I know that we are supposed to be blogging only on our Junior Theme topics, but something on the news caught my eye the other day that I really wanted to write about. On CNN Headline News, a national news channel that people anywhere in the world can watch, there was a story about Vice President Dick Cheney, and a picture that was taken of him on a recent fishing trip. In the picture, Cheney has his glasses on and is looking off into the distance, smiling. The reporter claimed that the reflection in his glasses, was that of a naked woman. Now tell me, do you actually think that was worth nation attention?? I am in no way a Bush or Cheney fan, and I am not trying to defend them, but come on! are they joking? It obviously could not have been a naked woman, or the reporter probebley might have seen her. And secondly is that what is important on national news? That the vice president had a reflection in his glasses of a fishing pole that slightly resembled the outline of a woman? Of all the things going on on the world, that is actually worth national news? I think its incredibly pathetic.
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If you zoom in on the picture, you can tell that it is really a picture of a fishing rod. I'll post the pictures later when I get home (I can't find them right now) but I think it started out as news because of the grin that Cheney has in the picture.
I do find it weird that it was on CNN News, though. This also kind of fits my topic of how television has changed presidential campaigns, the media can zoom on trivial things like this to exploit certain issues.
the regular picture
zoomed in picture
Wow. I agree with you Stephanie. Clearly, our nations priorities, at least in terms of media are clearly all mixed up. Instead of being reported about this, as Brandon said, probably not so true alligation towards Cheney, we could spend all of that valuable time on the war or more impoirtant issues such as that.
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