I really really really enjoyed the group's presentation. Especially Jordan's hilarious remarks concerning rugby, his accent, etc--the things he gets away with just because he's from New Zealand!!! Not sure what I learned exactly (with his and everyone else's presentation) but I do know that I enjoyed it a lot.
On one of Jordan's (I think) slides there were pictures of Spiderman, Captain America, and Bat Man who supposedly had something to do with the journalism field. The main thing that I got out of that presentation was that we need to be truth tellers and superheroes for the people; basically, we need to be the person that the public trusts.
picture of superheroes: http://thebatmanuniverse.net/image/Misc/Blog/Indivdual%20Posts/Dave/Situation%20Room%20Heroes.jpg
It got me thinking. The people trust us, right? Sure they do! Yeah, there is no such thing as "real" superheroes with spider webs shooting out of our wrists, capes that make us fly, or shields that give us power BUT we can be the person who saves the day. With what you may ask--with truth: "The whole truth and nothing but the truth. So help [us] God."--courtrooms of America
Screamo song about "the whole truth": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7pgYHkhUpE please note that you may need a screamo to interpret it for you; otherwise, you may only understand the parts where it says "We want the truth! The whole truth and nothing but the truth!"
As people "We want the truth!" or do we not? I think we do. We demand it. Without it, we succumb to ignorance and allow others to eventually override our independence. As journalists, we need to rip away people's chains of ignorance and to save them from it. We need to give them back their independence. Sure, they can question us and our information--we should welcome that. Afterall, we are the heroes of truthc and even heroes need to be kept on the right path.
Side note: growing up, my favorite tv shows to watch were courtroom related. Judge Judy has to be my all time favorite. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bH57MnJIjkc I love it when she says "I am a truth machine, Sir", "Liar, liar, pants on fire! Don't be a liar!", and "I eat liars for breakfast". I find it pretty entertaining how people can give an oath to tell the truth and then they do not. I think that we are obligated to give the truth and that as truth heroes we need to make sure that we always tell truth. We need to make it our personal oath to tell the truth, "the whole truth and nothing but the truth so help [us] God"--AND we need to make sure that we do live by that oath. Otherwise, just like these people in Judge Judy's courtroom it will come back to bite us in the arse because it will shatter our repuatations as the people do not like being lied to.
On one of Jordan's (I think) slides there were pictures of Spiderman, Captain America, and Bat Man who supposedly had something to do with the journalism field. The main thing that I got out of that presentation was that we need to be truth tellers and superheroes for the people; basically, we need to be the person that the public trusts.
picture of superheroes: http://thebatmanuniverse.net/image/Misc/Blog/Indivdual%20Posts/Dave/Situation%20Room%20Heroes.jpg
It got me thinking. The people trust us, right? Sure they do! Yeah, there is no such thing as "real" superheroes with spider webs shooting out of our wrists, capes that make us fly, or shields that give us power BUT we can be the person who saves the day. With what you may ask--with truth: "The whole truth and nothing but the truth. So help [us] God."--courtrooms of America
Screamo song about "the whole truth": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7pgYHkhUpE please note that you may need a screamo to interpret it for you; otherwise, you may only understand the parts where it says "We want the truth! The whole truth and nothing but the truth!"
As people "We want the truth!" or do we not? I think we do. We demand it. Without it, we succumb to ignorance and allow others to eventually override our independence. As journalists, we need to rip away people's chains of ignorance and to save them from it. We need to give them back their independence. Sure, they can question us and our information--we should welcome that. Afterall, we are the heroes of truthc and even heroes need to be kept on the right path.
Side note: growing up, my favorite tv shows to watch were courtroom related. Judge Judy has to be my all time favorite. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bH57MnJIjkc I love it when she says "I am a truth machine, Sir", "Liar, liar, pants on fire! Don't be a liar!", and "I eat liars for breakfast". I find it pretty entertaining how people can give an oath to tell the truth and then they do not. I think that we are obligated to give the truth and that as truth heroes we need to make sure that we always tell truth. We need to make it our personal oath to tell the truth, "the whole truth and nothing but the truth so help [us] God"--AND we need to make sure that we do live by that oath. Otherwise, just like these people in Judge Judy's courtroom it will come back to bite us in the arse because it will shatter our repuatations as the people do not like being lied to.
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