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I have a bone to pick with the politically correct. Every time I pick up a newspaper, turn on CNN or watch my favorite talk shows, like "The View," someone is apologizing for something. And I feel they shouldn't be apologizing for anything. Sen. John McCain's comments about former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld caused a stir last week among people in high places.
Newsroom chatter can be, at times, dynamic and driven by the issues of a given day. At other times, it can be mundane, indifferent and even intolerant. Reporters can easily be sucked up in what singer Don Henly aptly referred to as the "dirty laundry" heaped upon society, only to be spit out stained and jaded.
I remember when I was a young boy how I used to gather my brothers in our bedroom and make them sit quietly through my make-believe newscasts. I used to hold a wooden spatula as if it were a microphone. On many occasions I got my father in trouble after interviewing him and asking him about mother's cooking, then reporting it to her as "breaking news.
Arts and Sciences Student Council I would like to take the opportunity to inform and state my opinion of the events of the Arts and Sciences election on Feb. 20. It was my understanding that the College of Arts and Sciences tried to have three elections before this one, and were stalled by the unorganized office of Student Life.
"Mainly the war in Iraq, and Anna Nicole Smith. Both are newsworthy, but they don't need as much time as they are given." Randall Greene Freshman Communication Studies "The war in Iraq. It is a very important issue. It's definitely newsworthy because of its impact on the history of this nation in many ways.
