News

Losing the News: The Future of the News That Feeds Democracy (Institutions of American Democracy)
$24.95
Well, I saw a book by Alex Jones available for review and thought, "Alex Jones from infowars wrote a book? That should be good for a laugh" and ordered a copy. Different Alex Jones altogether.

Unlike the clownshoes autotreppanned conspriacy nut of the same name, THIS Alex Jones is a career journalist from a newspaper owning family who once won a Pulitzer prize.

Book is well written, and details the history of newspapers in this country. He discusses how news has eroded due largely to economic concerns, and talks about how internet bloggers differ from credentialed journalists.

Aside from a few comments about recent events such as the Scooter Libby trial and the Jayson Blair incident, most of the events he references are half a century old.

"Newspaper GOOD, internet BAD, you kids get offa my lawn!!!"

I do agree about the degradation of the "iron core" of journalism, and believe that much of what passes as "news" today is little more than sound bites and spin. Maybe it is because of self-censorship, lack of ethics, or the "bottom line", I do not know, but people do not trust commercial news sources today for good reason. They no longer report the news in an unbiased and complete manner. No, they report incidents in a paragraph or less, omitting important details and slanting it so you will feel a certain way about the event.

The news is dead. It's been dead a long time. Thanks to Alex Jones for reminding us of what real reporting used to be like. Unlikely we'll be seeing it again in this lifetime.

Be Prepared: A Practical Handbook for New Dads
$15.00
I gifted it to a friend who was recently bestowed with joys of fatherhood , he liked the book and says it practical and humorous . I guess its a ideal gift for new dads

NEW Laptop/Notebook AC Adapter/Battery Charger Power Supply Cord for Dell Inspiron 1150 1420 1501 1505 1520 1521 1525 1526 6000 6000D 6400 8500 8600
$3.99
I bought this product in June 2009. It worked really well until October 2009. All of a sudden the plug started heating up and now it won't charge anything! If I wanted to rent an adapter for a couple of months that what I would have done, but I wanted to buy it...now I have to buy another one...waste of time and money!

New Moon 2010 Wall Calendar
$11.95
New Moon 2010 Wall Calendar: New Moon is the second film of the Twilight series and hits theaters in November. With a theme of losing true love, the story focuses on the budding friendship between Bella and Jacob. The brand-new 2010 wall calendar will keep fans close to all their favorite characters as they await the series third installment.