Spend some time today reading the news online.
1. Which hard news story caught your attention? Summarize the event and explain why it interested you.
2. Which soft news story caught your eye? Why? (Avoid the Grammy coverage for this one.)
3. Which Grammy winner do you believe is most deserving? Why? If you did not watch the awards last night, look online for a list of winners.
1. The Haiti coverage is still catching my eye. On the online news sites, it is still one of the most covered and prevelent stories out there. The pictures taken are the largest on the sites and the headlines come first.
ReplyDelete2. The soft news that has caught my eye is a news article on the harms of texting too much. This is especially intriguing to me because I am an avid texter and would like to know if my time wasting ways are hurting me.
3. Taylor Swift won album of the year and she really did deserve it. Many of her songs from this album were at the top of the charts for a long period of time and so were several of her videos. Too bad Kanye wasn't up on stage to help her celebrate!
A hard news story that caught my eye was about the prediction for this years hurricane season. Meterologists are predicting that we will have many more hurricanes this year compared to last year.
ReplyDeleteA soft news story I that interests me is the one about pinks daring performance at the grammys. she flew through the air as trapeze artists would risking the dangerous fall. I think Taylor Swift deserved best album of the year. As a upcoming star its is hard to subcome past being labeled as a one hit wonder but Taylor has successfully overcome that obstacle in her life. With multiple songs hitting number one this past year she is surer to stick around for awahile.
1. A hard news story that caught my eye was the fix Toyota has found for the gas pedal. It has caused a lot of issues in America and toyota has found a fix to this problem.
ReplyDelete2. A soft news story that caught my eye was the story in New Orleans. The late sportscaster Buddy Diliberto had said that if the saints ever made it to the superbowl, he would walk down the street in a dress. So in honor of his memory, Saints fans walk the street in a dress
3. I think that Lady Gaga deserved her Grammy for best electronic/dance album. This is because she works very hard and her music livens people up. It may be a little different but I think that is one of the reasons she is so deserving
1. The hard news story that caught my attention was the one about Obama unveiling a $3.8 trillion budget for 2011. According to Obama, he has two main goals: boosting the economic recovery, and controlling the nation's deficit. I think that this is a good thing, because it means tax cuts and incentives for people.
ReplyDelete2. The soft news story that caught my eye was the one about how old the planes you fly on are. Aparently most planes travelling today are over a decade in age. I thought this was important because I am terrified of flying!!
3. I believe that Taylor Swift was a deserving grammy winner. I think this because she has one of the most popular new albums out, and she has released many top selling singles, even one for 2010 already.
1.The hard news story that caught my eye is " Obama unveils 2011 budget with $3.83T in spending". This new multitrillion dollar spending plan would create more jobs, this caught my eye because this also proposes a boost in taxes on the wealthiest Americans, families makeing more than $250,000annually.
ReplyDelete2. The soft news story that caugth my eye was pink at the grammys, Sings one of her songs and does her routine above the crowd and in the process soaking the crowd. this caught my eye because she looked like a sprinkler acording to yahoo.
1. The big toyota recall. Cars were recalled because of sticky gas pedals. This caught my attention because in October they recalled Lexus cars (including John's) because of the floor mat sliding and catching the pedals.
ReplyDelete2. The revealing of the iPad. It baffles me how so many people can go crazy over something like this. Trust me, it's awesome, but a simple search on google and you can find some 5,000 videos on "iPad speculation." People eat apple's crap up.
3. I believe that Beyonce is most deserving of her new title as a "golden grammy girl." She is a legitamate artist who has worked hard to be the best.
1. The hard news story that caught my attention was "Obama unveils 2011 budget with $3.83T in spending". Recently Obama pledged to spend trillions of dollars to combat high unemployment and it is projected to bring the national deficit to $1.56 trillion. This is interesting because I constantly hear stories of Obama making spending budgets, even though we can't afford it after a recession... It's like a parfait of recession, unemployment, and defecits!
ReplyDelete2.A soft news story that I liked was "15 Things You Never Noticed on a Dollar". This article offered explanations to some unknown things I've never noticed about our currency. This was interesting to me because I asked Cindy if I could see one of her dollar bills and I actually noticed some of the items the article explained to me.
3. I think the most deserving winner at the Grammys was Beyonce. She was nominated for ten and took home six. Her album was beat by Taylor Swift for "Album of the year", but she still won awards for her collaborations and her singles (especially Single Ladies).
1. The Haiti coverage continues to be on every single site. It caught my eye because its overwhelming at times.
ReplyDelete2. The stories about Mel Gibson's comeback falling short caught my eye. It was very disappointing.
3. I think John Mayer's Grammy for Male Pop Vocal Performance was the most deserving considering he has been famous for that long.
1. A story that caught my attention was one about Obama's spending budget for 2011. This story talked about how much money Obama pland to spen on job opportunities, small business tax breaks, and tax cuts. It caught my attention because though Obama has already wasted much money, in the story he emphasizes that we need to stop wasting our money.
ReplyDelete2. A soft news story that caught my eye was one about an owl being hidden in the one dollar bill. This caught my eye because when I looked at the "owl" it looked like a simple misprint in the pattern of diamonds on the top corner of the dollar bill, and I feel that people are reading too far into it.
3. I think Carrie Underwood was the most deserving grammy award winner because she actually has talent. Unlike Taylor Swift, Carrie can sing very well live, and deserves to sell many albums. She also comes from humble beginnings and deserves a little fame.
1. The Haiti story has been catching my eye alot lately it's just such a tragedy and i feel really bad for the people who have lost everything.
ReplyDelete2.An american eagle story about them getting fined for the weight of their cargo i thought it was kinda amusing. 2.5 million,seems like a really big fine. I just think that it was a little bit of a big reaction for such a silly problem, by the way they make it sound.
3.I personally thin that lady gaga is most deserving because alot of people actually like her music and she has set such an image for herself and she puts alot of effort and a mix of her own personality into her music and videos. She has put out songs that everyone knows now.
1. The news story about Barack Obama's NASA budget caught my eye because space interest me and im always find myself reading up on how Obama is leading my country. The story descussed President Barack Obama's budget proposal that gives NASA a $6 billion 5-year boost but aborts early attempts to return to the moon and turns over space transportation to commercial companies.
ReplyDelete2. The story that caught my interest was about air planes and how people dont know how old the plane their on is and how most planes are over 20 years old. This shocked me because my family has flown before and to know that our plane may be old enough to be in a junkyard scares me a bit.
3. Dont watch the grammys. I guess they all deserved their rewards..i mean people took the time out of their "life" to vote so.
The story of Obama's 3.8 trillion dollar budget plan in order to boost the US economy by making new taz breaks and incentives for small businesses.This interests me because of the fact that 110 million families will see an increase in pay checks, that could be my family!! (therefore you should care too)
ReplyDeleteThe Miss America Padgent caught my eye, mainly because i actually watched it Saturday. Miss Kentucky was the forth runner up, with i took great pride in. I also like to watch the talent portion.
I believe Kings of Leon's win of record of the year was deserving. I think Kings of Leon are a very original band. Also, all of the competitors against Kings of Leon had already gained a win.
1. My hard story is about how 10 Americans are being held in haiti. They tried to bus 33 children to the Deminican Republic. They were accused of kidnapping and are not allowed to leave until further notice. The Prime Minister of haiti says he has all reason to beleive this group was kidnapping the chirlden considering many of them says they didnt go easily, that they kept asking to see their parents. The alleged kidnappers are now being held at a jail close to the airport in Port-au-prince.
ReplyDelete2. My soft sotry is of a 33 year old, Amy Kellen Nicholson, was swept into sea while walking along the shore. When being pulled in her friend tried to grab her but was unsuccessfull in doing so. Paramedics tried to revive her but was unable to, so she was transported to a local hospital where she was pronounced dead. That area of beach is known for having rough waves and rip current. But she had not relized this..and it cost her her life.
3. I think Taylor Swift did a great job. She has worked so hard to get where she is at and she is still standing strong. Her songs get better and better everytime, and they continue to talk and comfort millions of young girls.
Bridget
1)Bomber kills 54 during Iraq pilgrimige and 117. The bombing was the first of major strikes this year against pilgrims makiing their way to the southern city of Karbala to mark a shiite holy day. This was an event that was somewhat fortold by security officials who warned of an increase of attacks bby insurgents using new tactics to get around bomb detection. This event raises fears of rise in attacks on Shiites on their pilgramige to the holy city of Karbala. This shows the continuing tension and increasing issues in Iraq between the differing citizens and insurgents.
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The End of Black History Month?
Why I'm not ready to ditch it—yet.
By Raina Kelley | Newsweek Web Exclusive
Jan 29, 2010
This was an analysis of why we continue to celebrate black hidtory month when black people have made a difference throughout history, not just a month of it. The article is very informative and looks at both sides of the argument.
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I Think the most deserving winners of the grammys were singer Maxwell and Jay Z. Maxwell because he has been sing for a long time, but never won until this year. Jay Z because he had a good CD.
1. Haiti. Everything new that happens everyday has caught my eye; from the earthquake to all the volunteers. It's so wonderful all the help that everyone has put towards the Haitians.
ReplyDelete2. UK Basketball. I don't like UK basketball at all! But the stories that go on because they have a record of 22-1, have caught my eye. Everyone has UK basketball on their mind weither you like UK or even baskerball.
3. Lady Antebellum because I think that they are a group that doesn't think that they are the best or that they try to make themselves sound better then everyone else like a lot of artist do today.