Sunday, September 30, 2007

Narrow news experience

I subscribe to the Dallas Morning News. Unfortunately, it’s a rare morning that I can actually relax enough to read the paper. Instead, I usually catch up on the day’s news on the Internet in between classes.

I realized this week that my looking at news online is like my experience with iPods. It is far more convenient than newspapers, but I don’t really get a well-rounded experience. Once I got an iPod, I didn’t listen to my full range of music as much since I had to search for names instead of breezing through my CD case.

Similarly, at online news sites, I go to topics that immediately interest me and rarely venture out…it’s kind of sad and probably less rewarding if I really wanted to analyze myself.

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