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Just an amusing little poll.
What was your favorite news story of 2009? What was your least favorite news story?
My personal favorite story has got to be Mark Sanford "hiking the Appalachian Trail" (a euphemism that still has some legs on it!). There was all sorts of tragedy and heroism in 2009, but none of it had the Summer Blockbuster potential of Governor Sanford and his personal life falling apart publicly. I laughed, I cried. I honestly felt bad for the guy (and more so for his wife, Jenny Sanford.)
Runner up is the Irani revolution. A story that started with what looks to be a fixed election, gained huge momentum when a young student, Neda, was shot in the middle of a protest and continues going forward even now (though it isn't so strongly reported as it was once.) In fact, the revolution has more of a head of steam NOW than it did when Neda passed as more and more people start supporting it. The government has a problem, one they're refusing to acknowledge. I guess we'll all wait and see how long until they are forced to acknowledge they're a minority government, and how they'll deal with it.
My least favorite story is probably the death of Michael Jackson and the media frenzy surrounding it. Stuff like that is why I hate the media and a good part of why newspapers are floundering. There were small tidbits of news in the hype, but the whole month-long media hype of Michael Jackson shows specifically what's wrong with the Media and the 24 hour news cycle.
Runner up is probably the Salahis, the gate-crashers. It's gratifying to see that these people who waltzed in like they belonged at the white house are getting some semblance of come-uppance, but the story went on too long and we never hit what, to me, is the crux of the manner. How did the secret service allow them to get through?
So what about you? What were your favorite and least favorite stories of the year?
What was your favorite news story of 2009? What was your least favorite news story?
My personal favorite story has got to be Mark Sanford "hiking the Appalachian Trail" (a euphemism that still has some legs on it!). There was all sorts of tragedy and heroism in 2009, but none of it had the Summer Blockbuster potential of Governor Sanford and his personal life falling apart publicly. I laughed, I cried. I honestly felt bad for the guy (and more so for his wife, Jenny Sanford.)
Runner up is the Irani revolution. A story that started with what looks to be a fixed election, gained huge momentum when a young student, Neda, was shot in the middle of a protest and continues going forward even now (though it isn't so strongly reported as it was once.) In fact, the revolution has more of a head of steam NOW than it did when Neda passed as more and more people start supporting it. The government has a problem, one they're refusing to acknowledge. I guess we'll all wait and see how long until they are forced to acknowledge they're a minority government, and how they'll deal with it.
My least favorite story is probably the death of Michael Jackson and the media frenzy surrounding it. Stuff like that is why I hate the media and a good part of why newspapers are floundering. There were small tidbits of news in the hype, but the whole month-long media hype of Michael Jackson shows specifically what's wrong with the Media and the 24 hour news cycle.
Runner up is probably the Salahis, the gate-crashers. It's gratifying to see that these people who waltzed in like they belonged at the white house are getting some semblance of come-uppance, but the story went on too long and we never hit what, to me, is the crux of the manner. How did the secret service allow them to get through?
So what about you? What were your favorite and least favorite stories of the year?
