I get my news from various sources depending where I am when I want to get it. If I'm at home I either watch the local news or FOX News station. If I'm at work, in class, at Starbucks or somewhere I can't access a TV I get my news online. Every now and then on my way into work or class I pick up a newspaper, but to be honest it's usually to do the crossword or Sudoku. I either watch or read the news at least once a day, unless I'm on vacation when I try to escape from it all. I probably spend on average 30 minutes to an hour seeking news. I tend to want to know the weather, the latest on the war, the celebrity gossip, what's the latest on Capitol Hill and the traffic.
I've never thought about media and their coverage of race or gender or sexualities or disabilities before. I think as far as gender goes they typically concentrate on males more - I hardly every hear of a woman committing a crime they tend to mostly be the victims. I could be wrong, but I think the news tends to show the minority groups more in the wrong than in the right.
I'm excited about being in this class for the Fall semester and applying it to my real job come May 2008.
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