One of the primary goals of a contemporary journalism degree is to scare the living bejeebeez out of journalism students (since, as you know, journalism students tend to have an excess of bejeebeez). That is the only reason I can fathom for one of our fine communications professors at BYU showing the video below to his students. Now, [...]
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February 15, 2010
What would a Romney presidency mean for Mormonism?
Shortly after Mitt Romney’s gubernatorial election in Massachusetts, the Boston Stake planned a “mini-mission,” in which 60 LDS teenagers spent a weekend proselyting with the full-time missionaries in Eastern Massachusetts. In the testimony meeting that followed the activity, everyone took turns swapping their best rejection stories. The winner came from a kid who had spent the afternoon knocking [...]
February 11, 2010
Why reporters are all pompous, out-of-touch elitists
You know what Sean Hannity likes to complain about? Well, a lot of things I guess, but especially the “mainstream media.” Now, forget for a second the cognitive dissonance required to boast about the dominating popularity of your own radio and TV shows and then, in the next breath, demonize the “mainstream media” for being [...]
February 9, 2010
Hey news media, stop ignoring human rights abuses!
Hey, remember back when human rights violations used to be a big deal? Sure you do! China would do some crazy thing like execute a defendant without giving him a trial, and the U.S. would be all like, “Oh no, you did NOT just do that!” And then all the relatively sane countries in the [...]
January 28, 2010
In which I enter the 20th century
If I’ve learned anything as a BYU journalism student, it’s that the news business is sinking fast and if would-be reporters don’t want to drown in a sea of free online news aggregates, they’d better grab hold of the first blogging life preserver they can find. Yes, I beat that metaphor to death. Just go [...]
