Wednesday, September 25, 2013

newspapers..... the end is near... or is it?

Out of the choices of newspapers we had I feel as if the Dundalk Eagle would have a better chance of survival then the New York Times, USA Today, Baltimore Sun, and Washington Post. Granted you would think the bigger name branded papers would survive and they might, but honestly everything you see in the paper is usually a day later rather then myself going onto the web and finding out what happens in the world rather than waiting for the paper to come out. The Eagle I think has a better chance of survival because its about local events and everyone loves reading about themselves. Makes us look like a bunch of conceded ass holes but its the truth. Biased yes but that's the society today, everyone only worries about themselves. people would rather read about local high school teams, or college teams. Its the Eagle is obviously has to be easy to read since the people of dundalk are a bunch of redneck dummies. It  The Eagle gives the community of Dundalk a sense of enlightenment about their town and I think people would care more about that other than world issues. sad but true. 
 Above is an image of News and World with their last issue. Internet is taking over and pretty soon all of the newspaper companies will diminish but I feel the Eagle will be the last of the 5 papers standing.

Monday, September 9, 2013

Magazines in the checkout line: Airbursh much?

There is a big diversity between men, woman, black and whites. However, I could honestly careless

about beauty, celebrity gossip, or anything that doesn't involve sports or music. That's one thing

that will grab my attention. On the other hand people see all these famous people, whether or not

they're promoting something or talking about what celebrity is cheating on, they seem to grab

people's attention. People see a gorgeous celebrity promoting something and thinking "omg I can

look like her/him?!" what people don't realize is the amount of "filtering" or what magazine

companies "take out" of that celebrity, whether it being body fat, skin color, or tattoos. The amount

of gossip versus reality is ridiculous. I mean come on people, why do you care if Justin Timberlake

got cheated on rather than us going into maybe with Syria?! Seriously!!! But hey if that's what

interest you than go for it! What will grab my attention is if I see something big and bold, that to me

to pick it up and take a look what's inside or if its music related of course I'll take a gander at it. There

is a reason why we have so many magazine companies, to fit peoples different interests. Most

headlines on a magazine are more hopeful because if something say get rid of acne in 90 days

people are going to have a sense of hope or saying something like lose 10 pounds in 2 weeks!

 

Above are just a few images of what magazine companies do to make the cover presentable or

make the girl look perfect.