Not sure what I learned in class exactly. It was the same stuff that I covered in my Comms101 class the first day and so i felt pretty much familiar with what was talked about.
We talked about loyalty. The notes I took for this part read "Where does loyalty lie—with your old personal friends and colleagues, with your political ideology or party, with your news medium, with the cold facts—or with The Truth". That got me thinking on a personal level. For me, throw the friends and colleagues out the window. As an advocate of individualism, I believe that loyalty to them (when it comes to writing) only holds you back and more or less conforms you to a particular set of ideologies. The same goes for political party but I am uncertain when it comes to political ideology. One can own their own political ideology without it necessarily conforming to a party's official standards/ideals/beliefs. New Medium? No. Cold facts? No to that too. Truth? Absolutely! However, I believe that one should be true to themselves and express the truth that they see with the utmost integrity whether or not it may coincide with their political ideology. The truth may be what the friends, colleagues, political party, news medium, and cold facts stand by but the most important thing is that the truth prevails. Long live truth!!
We also discussed William Safire who was a speech writer for Nixon and he also moved from being a political party writer to being a journalist. Basically, this is a "no no" because the journalist would then be biased as a writer when it comes to politics.
Safire Interview: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIWCZ5qMuDY
Safire's death: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7WXGFGtJv9Y (note he died via cancer--just a side note)
Safire's political bias: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9E1BPX8MHM
We talked about loyalty. The notes I took for this part read "Where does loyalty lie—with your old personal friends and colleagues, with your political ideology or party, with your news medium, with the cold facts—or with The Truth". That got me thinking on a personal level. For me, throw the friends and colleagues out the window. As an advocate of individualism, I believe that loyalty to them (when it comes to writing) only holds you back and more or less conforms you to a particular set of ideologies. The same goes for political party but I am uncertain when it comes to political ideology. One can own their own political ideology without it necessarily conforming to a party's official standards/ideals/beliefs. New Medium? No. Cold facts? No to that too. Truth? Absolutely! However, I believe that one should be true to themselves and express the truth that they see with the utmost integrity whether or not it may coincide with their political ideology. The truth may be what the friends, colleagues, political party, news medium, and cold facts stand by but the most important thing is that the truth prevails. Long live truth!!
We also discussed William Safire who was a speech writer for Nixon and he also moved from being a political party writer to being a journalist. Basically, this is a "no no" because the journalist would then be biased as a writer when it comes to politics.
Safire Interview: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIWCZ5qMuDY
Safire's death: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7WXGFGtJv9Y (note he died via cancer--just a side note)
Safire's political bias: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9E1BPX8MHM
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