Murdoch’s Attack.

So, Rupert Murdoch, the Fox Media Mogul and center of the ongoing phone hack scandal, was attacked at his hearing, approximately 10 minutes ago. A man walked up to 80-year-old Murdoch and hit him with what looks like a pie in his face. Wendi Murdoch, Rupert’s wife, got up and slammed the attacker. The British police arrested the attacked.

So when did pieing someone in the face result in arrest?
And how come the media is not in a frenzy over the fact of the whistle-blower of the hacking scandal is dead? The police say it’s coincidence but how can you trust Scotland Yard and the British police when the chief resigned over this scandal?

I wish I had more power as an aspiring journalist to go after this case. So interesting! Plus, even tough I’ve pretty much made it clear my distaste for Fox News, i believe I can write as neutral as a story as possible.

This is truly developing like a Watergate scenario.

How Am I Doing?

Here’s a link to the website I work for blog posts.  I’ve been asked to write a few and you can read them.  They’ll have my name on the bottom of the post.  Check them out and give me feedback, I’d really appreciate it!

 

http://www.we-care.com/blog/

I like the sound of it.

Wow, things have been so hectic in my corner of the ring lately. Working full-time, spending the first several hours of getting home from work doing my online course homework, and trying to fit in a little leisure time. I also am covering another event for Patch.com this weekend, and I’m really excited about it.

I just wanted to post so readers don’t think I’ve abandoned my blog. That wouldn’t be the case. Writing is therapeutic for me.

The worst tweet yet…

Fox News

Authorities say suspect carrying suspicious package near Pentagon is Marine Corps reservist; FBI says substance inside backpack was ‘inert.’

 

_____

They meant to say that the suspect is in the custody of the Marine Corps reservist.  However, in the 140 character shuffle they batched it up and made it sound like the suspect is actually IN the Marine Corp…OOF!

 

Developing News: Pentagon

Breaking News on Twitter.

It’s a little difficult to see, but as I logged on to Twitter I noticed “Pentagon” was a “Trending Topic.”

So my natural curiosity and underlying fear of something catastrophic drove me to click on it.

My J2 professor told me that news never breaks, because it is continual.  So for the sake of being correct, here’s the developing Tweets of what is going on.

Look in the discrepancy in the major news.  What is going on exactly in this situation.  Two seconds later after I grabbed this screenshot Breaking News posted:

• BreakingNewsBreaking News
• Al-Qaida-related statements, backpack with ammonium nitrate and spent 9mm shells found in Pentagon suspicious vehicle http://nyp.st/kO5oUF

First off, I hope to goodness that nothing else like this will happen today, or for as long as I live.

Second of all, I know better than to trust the first news I hear because I’ve been trained to.  Not many other people do.  This also applies to selective exposure and selective perception.  People chose where they want to get their information and what they want to have their information say.  So one news story can be interpreted many ways, and often people don’t try to find new developments.

I urge people to expand their horizons a little bit.  I read articles from news establishments I hate, but I feel it helps keep me more objective and when I do write an opinion piece, at least I can really see things from both sides.

Let’s hope today we can end smiling.

RSS Feeds

Can anyone explain to me in layman’s terms how to use RSS?  I know that it stands for Really Simple Syndication.  I know the gist of it, I just don’t understand how to use it.  And I’ve googled it far to many times and still don’t understand.

Comments would be nice!

Bad Blogger! Uh-oh!

I do not enjoy these long gaps between my postings, but there’s nothing I can really do.

There’s really no updates I have, I haven’t been following the news closely because I’m always working or studying.

I’m getting the Blackberry Tour this weekend so hopefully it will simplify my workload.

Maybe this weekend I’ll have time to post a few good lengthy pieces. Otherwise you can totally check out the blogs I’ve been posting for the website I work for.  Nice to see my name under them!

I love my job.

Yes, I’m going to shamelessly plug my new job.

But it truly is a wonderful website.

I work for www.we-care.com

And if you like online shopping, you will love this site.  It is a blend of the perfect marriage of shopping (which is always fun) and donating to your favorite charities (which I also love to do).

It is commission based, which means a percentage of a purchase at a partnering merchant site through our site (we have over a thousand merchants!) goes to a charity of your choice.  Best part of it all, you’re not even paying extra!  And we supply special coupons so you save even more on your favorite items.

Please check it out, it is a great organization, and I love being a part of the team.

TGIF!

TGIF! Thank Goodness It’s Friday!

I remember when that acronym was a synonym for a night of quality television programming on the ABC channel.  Where have those years gone?!

Well, now that I’m a full-fledged working gal (who is proud to report she has turned her first profit in journalism!) that acronym means, “Friday! Friday! Time to kick my feet up and soak up the sun all weekend!”

 

Wrong!

Fact is, I need to catch up on my summer online coursework.  I have about three hours to complete of it due by tomorrow.  I tried to sit down after work to do it but the reality that I  stared at a computer screen for eight hours straight meant my eyes are worn and fatigued.  And as exhausted as I was and just wanted to go to sleep right after dinner, my legs and back want me to stand upright.

But I love my job, it’s fun, my co-workers are lovely and I’m learning so much only three days in.  My director came up to me today and said once I’m more acquainted with the systems and can work faster, she’ll fit in a writing position for me to fill.  I beamed!  A job that wants to work with your natural skill set and use it to help the company grow and you as a person grow.  That sounded divine to me!

As I start my first working weekend of a very long summer, I’m beyond grateful that I got a great job in a time where people have really had to struggle to make ends me.  Got to save up money to pay for tuition right?

On a side note, I also wanted to congratulate my sister.  She’s turning 25 next month and just leased (technically not a word) her first new car, a 2011 Nissan Rogue.  She has worked so hard the past several years and saved up so much more for this occasion and I’m so proud to see her successful.  She makes me happy everyday.

Now, to put an end to my digression.  Back to work!

Press Challenge

Read this article by the Associated Press on a journalist who investigated Pakistani navy ties to Al-Qaeda found dead.

Click here.

How does this make you feel?  What do you think about this?  Why is the freedom of the press so important?