(Please note that I did not label on of the tones. 'Controversial' was not available to choose, and that's what I felt would best describe said piece)
I must say, this story wasn't at all what I expected from the title. Instead of being Anti-Television, like I thought it might be, it was Pro-Television; an interesting and uncommon view.
The reporter did make a valid point that television plays a very important part in nearly every Middle American's life. However, I found some of the arguments to be opinions instead of facts. For example, at one point the reporter stated that reading text from a newspaper or the internet is 'cold' and 'impersonal', when actually, I find that I disagree.
I also thought that the part where he basically stated that 'everyone loves to hate TV, but really, none of us could do without it'. I, in fact, never watch television, because I believe that biases are easier to convey as fact when coupled with a distracting picture, whereas text is more straightforward and allows the reader to stop and think about it (rather than being moved on to the next thing far too quickly, like many television news stations do). Television News Stations put people on edge; how can that possibly be good for society?
I did, however, like the professional tone that the reporter maintained throughout the entire piece. He did stick to his main point, perhaps a bit long, but I do admire his courage to have his own opinions, no matter how disagreed with.
Review of The Villain we hate But Can't LIve Without: TV
Zoe Bossiere
Posted on December 24, 2007 at 07:39 AM
(Please note that I did not label on of the tones. 'Controversial' was not available to choose, and that's what I felt would best describe said piece)
I must say, this story wasn't at all what I expected from the title. Instead of being Anti-Television, like I thought it might be, it was Pro-Television; an interesting and uncommon view.
The reporter did make a valid point that television plays a very important part in nearly every Middle American's life. However, I found some of the arguments to be opinions instead of facts. For example, at one point the reporter stated that reading text from a newspaper or the internet is 'cold' and 'impersonal', when actually, I find that I disagree.
I also thought that the part where he basically stated that 'everyone loves to hate TV, but really, none of us could do without it'. I, in fact, never watch television, because I believe that biases are easier to convey as fact when coupled with a distracting picture, whereas text is more straightforward and allows the reader to stop and think about it (rather than being moved on to the next thing far too quickly, like many television news stations do). Television News Stations put people on edge; how can that possibly be good for society?
I did, however, like the professional tone that the reporter maintained throughout the entire piece. He did stick to his main point, perhaps a bit long, but I do admire his courage to have his own opinions, no matter how disagreed with.