Nate Dogg, 9/13

*Sorry this is late*

With each class that goes by I feel like I'm starting to get more and more the point behind the articles we've been reading. The discussions we have in class help to clarify parts of the readings that would otherwise be very difficult to understand. In my previous post I really did not understand how to classify "post-modernism" or even what makes something post-modern. Having class be based around progressive comedy rather than simply re-going over the text really helps to add perspective on what parts of class I'm getting versus the parts that I'm not. I have a long way to go in being able to intelligently discuss what Lyotard and Machery are really talking about, but I like that I am able to at least speak my mind, even if it's not the brightest idea that comes out. I think it's very interesting that SNL and The Daily Show are programs that accurately poke fun at how our government works, and that that's what people want to see. I think that the news paradigms of the past are slowly but surely on the way out. FOX's decision to not broadcast the speech to Congress shows that they are willing to be taken seriously as an entertainment channel and not as a viable news source, but are people intelligent enough to see where those lines are drawn? While I enjoy reading The Onion every day, I have friends that do not understand that it's not a real paper. I think that the issue of journalistic ethics is going to come under serious discussion soon with the advent of Facebook and Twitter. The news corporations that we know are not going to be the same in 5 years, and intelligent discourse in the form of comedy is doing everything it can to speed that change up.