The Federal Communications Commission are getting a chance to start punishing broadcasters for the isolated and fleeting on-air use of expletives. It has been almost 30 years since the supreme court ruled the "seven dirty words."
"In an “industry guidance” document it issued in 2001, the commission said that in deciding whether to punish a broadcaster with fines or license revocations, it would consider “whether the material dwells on or repeats at length descriptions of sexual or excretory organs or activities.”
I think that they should fine broadcasters for using descriptions of sexual or explicit vulgarity. If they don't then it should be on late night television, when children are not watching.
Television has changed so much just in my generation alone. Shows are using words like shit and bitch a lot. I never remember hearing that on television a few years ago.
So, do you think that television has changed in the past decade when it comes to vulgarity?
Tuesday, March 18, 2008
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
A generous donation
A New York public library on Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street will be renamed after the Wall Street financier Stephen A. Schwarzman, for donating $100 million dollars. This money will start a billion dollar expansion.
Mr. Schwarzman is a library trustee, and the chief executive of the Blackstone Group. The construction will not be complete until 2014.
"In an e-mail message on Monday. Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg said, “With this donation, Steve is giving back to the city that gave him so much and is helping ensure that New York remains a cultural and intellectual capital of the world.”
I think that it is so great when the media publishes things like this. I love to see positive changes happening, whether it's here or there. I wish there were more positive than negative in the media.
Things like these remarkable donations are just inspiring. I hope it makes others want to do good too. I think by putting stories like this in the news it will make people stop and think. Do you think that the media still has a positive impact on people?
Mr. Schwarzman is a library trustee, and the chief executive of the Blackstone Group. The construction will not be complete until 2014.
"In an e-mail message on Monday. Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg said, “With this donation, Steve is giving back to the city that gave him so much and is helping ensure that New York remains a cultural and intellectual capital of the world.”
I think that it is so great when the media publishes things like this. I love to see positive changes happening, whether it's here or there. I wish there were more positive than negative in the media.
Things like these remarkable donations are just inspiring. I hope it makes others want to do good too. I think by putting stories like this in the news it will make people stop and think. Do you think that the media still has a positive impact on people?
Tuesday, March 4, 2008
A new bill in Arizona
More guns on campus's in Arizona seems to be the answer to there recent shootings. State senator Karen Johnson has approved a bill of if you are twenty one or over you may carry a concealed weapon with you.
To me, this seems almost unheard of, but Johnson described that Arizona is a gun friendly state and people carry weapons on there pants all the time.
Johnson, a republican who lives in Mesa said, "She believed that the recent carnage at Northern Illinois University could have been prevented or limited if an armed student or professor had intercepted the gunman. The police, she said, respond too slowly to such incidents and, besides, who better than the people staring down the barrel to take action?"
There are several other states trying to pass this bill, one in particular is Virginia. After the shooting at Virginia Tech they feel like they need more guns.
Do you think that the because of the media attention the Virginia Tech shooting got, other states are considering having more weapons on campus?
I think that more guns are not the answer. I think that we shouldn't have to rely on students and faculty members to be involved in something like that, it should be up to the police. What if something happens accidental because were not trained to be in situations like the police are. I think campus's should hire more security. I think its a touchy subject because people want to be protected, but at the same time I think there are other solutions to the problems. What do you think?
To me, this seems almost unheard of, but Johnson described that Arizona is a gun friendly state and people carry weapons on there pants all the time.
Johnson, a republican who lives in Mesa said, "She believed that the recent carnage at Northern Illinois University could have been prevented or limited if an armed student or professor had intercepted the gunman. The police, she said, respond too slowly to such incidents and, besides, who better than the people staring down the barrel to take action?"
There are several other states trying to pass this bill, one in particular is Virginia. After the shooting at Virginia Tech they feel like they need more guns.
Do you think that the because of the media attention the Virginia Tech shooting got, other states are considering having more weapons on campus?
I think that more guns are not the answer. I think that we shouldn't have to rely on students and faculty members to be involved in something like that, it should be up to the police. What if something happens accidental because were not trained to be in situations like the police are. I think campus's should hire more security. I think its a touchy subject because people want to be protected, but at the same time I think there are other solutions to the problems. What do you think?
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