All-knowing, all-encompassing and ever-expanding, the media has managed to infiltrate in every aspect of our lives over the last 15 years or so. What started as a recreational and informational activity that hard-working people used for unwinding after a long day of work, has gradually transformed into an unconscious consuming obsession that eats away countless hours of our lives and offers little in return, except the occasional “like,” “poke,” “thumbs up,” or the number of virtual friends or followers, to show for our efforts. The radio, newspaper, and television started it, as mediums for spreading important information. With the advance of communication technology, stories were quickly transmitted from one place to far away locations and so, the population was kept in the loop about the pressing events of the time. With the dawn of the internet, a new means for almost instantly conveying information in a visual and auditory form, practically into every home with internet access…
Technology has gained in popularity over the last decade and has secured a fairly central place in our life. While the advantages of using it are obvious and praised more often than the Second Coming, the downsides are not mentioned as often. People have used to stay up late for any number of reasons. This is not something new. Before the internet era, watching television until the late hours of the night was responsible for a good portion of grumpy employees and students in the morning. Things have changed with the introduction of the internet and its subsequent rise to the top of technological marvels. The internet has made us addicted to it. It should come with a warning label saying: “Possible side effects of prolonged use can be, but are not limited to, addiction, a retreat from social life, health issues, a recurring lack of sleep, distorted views of reality, cheering on stupid people and making them famous etc. Some people can’t sleep without watching a movie. This is a modern…
How I Came To This Crazy Conclusion... The freelance writing business takes you on some unexpected adventures. Over the holidays I was doing research work for this one client regarding the political leanings of corporations, which included punching the names of lots of companies into the site Open Secrets. It's a strange world there. In the first place, there's some debate as to whether corporations should be meddling in politics on the financial level at all. But beyond that, the logic behind corporate political donations is baffling. Many of them donate near equally to both Democrat and Republican parties, basically saying "We don't care who wins, we just want to make sure we have a friend when they get in."
Wal-Mart - Lately donates to both parties with a pronounced Republican lean, but during the Bush, Jr. administration went all in for Rs.
Target - Went all in for Republicans during the Bush years and well into Obama's first term, now leans slightly Democrat since Trump took…
Recently the excellent post by OldFashionedMillenial, titled "Is Disney Monopolizing Hollywood?," has been getting a lot of hits and general buzz. So the Editors That Be asked the Present Author to weigh in. What a fortunate pass this is because I happen to have a lot on my mind about Disney. See, I grew up in Southern California, in the south of L.A., and quite a bit of my time was spent in Anaheim, California, home to Disneyland itself. My step-dad worked there as a night engineer. He'd score me free passes and Disney swag all the time. On top of that, going to school in Southern California meant that every time there was a field trip, the whole class would go to Disneyland. And yet again on top of that, whenever I had friends from out of town to visit, I'd hopefully offer a few activities from the bountiful recreation opportunities in the golden state. We could go surfing, or check out a swanky restaurant I know, or take the Universal Studios tour in Hollywood, or - nope, I was always…
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