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In Miami, Cannibals Will Eat Your Face

Saying there is a need for disturbing images in order to increase awareness of an issue is a little macabre. And it’s something I don’t totally agree with. There is already the idea that such photos are published for sensationalist …

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Word Around Town is SOPA Tried to Shut Us Down

Not many people were familiar with the “Stop Online Piracy Act”, or SOPA, last year when a representative from Texas (where else?) introduced it.  SOPA was designed to fight the online trafficking of copy righter intellectual property, through techniques such …

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Yellow Journalism in the Apathetic World of Modern Media

Yellow journalism is, or rather was, a form of journalism that relied on exaggerated headlines and sensationalist stories to sell papers. It often featured little to no research in an effort to pander to the public’s need for juicy stories. …

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Hunter S. Thompson: You’re My Hero

So journalism, at least in its traditional sense, is pretty much dead.  I’ll be the first to admit I don’t really follow the news; I don’t care for it.  Does that mean I’m uninformed?  Not really.  Maybe I’m a product …

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Tumblr Is Killing Me

Tumblr is slowly giving me a severe case of ADD.  For the uninitiated, Tumblr is a social media site that allows short-form blogging.  What that basically means is from one central hub you can follow a litany of blogs that …

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