On December 1, 2017 my classmate Olivia posted her Blog Stage 7 titled Stage 7: Real News, Fake News, Red News, Blue News. I commented on and critiqued her article as seen below:
I chose to comment on this blog post because when we talked about media and mass media earlier in the semester I was very interested in the topic. The part that interested me the most was when we talked about the different methods that the media uses to control what type of news and other things we see, and how we as readers or watchers determine what is real and what is fake.
I think the overall post is very well written. The questions that you ask really got me to thinking and questioning the news sources that I am using and what I could do differently in my life to make sure I’m getting accurate news sources. I also liked that you added different ideas of how you thought we should handle what our news and media sources put out to us.
I completely agree with your statements about the future of journalism only continuing decline and that leaving us with news that the media wants us to focus on and that most of the news we will see will more than likely be untrue. If I could suggest anything, it would be to maybe have put in the ways that you get you personally get your news and how you make sure the news that you are getting is accurate. I would also suggest adding a source from where you got your information and ideas from. Other than those two small suggestions, I completely agree with everything written in your blog post.
