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Ok. So I'm doing the readings for my media course, and they are bemoaning the death of journalism, criticising the monglot of traditional news institutions and singing the praises of newsblogs as 'gatewatchers' and blah blah blah, when I come across this comment about Americans: "many of whom receive their news in the form of THE PITHY SATIRE PROVIDED BY JON STEWART AND STEPHEN COLBERT."
This is an academic. In my curriculum. Quoting Stewart/Colbert as an example of a media revolution.

I promptly proceeded down a spiral of squee and procrastination, scribbling 'fuck yeah fakenews ftw' all through the margins of my course reader, making macros and now here I am sitting in the university library writing this instead of revising the validity of volenti as a defence in a tort of negligence case.
Where my beloved fandoms are concerned, I really am more excitable than a labrador puppy on crack.
Where my beloved fandoms are concerned, I really am more excitable than a labrador puppy on crack.
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on 2009-05-26 01:32 am (UTC)Am seriously considering putting this in my essay.
Fully credited, of course.
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on 2009-05-26 01:36 am (UTC)no subject
on 2009-05-26 01:39 am (UTC)OH I WILL.
I have this genetic inability to back down from a challenge. Thats why a significant part of one of my year 12 italian orals last year consisted of me explaining why I wanted the dude who played prince caspian in my pants. Or rather, 'niei miei pantaloni, adesso!'
AND I GOT AN A
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on 2009-05-26 01:43 am (UTC)CREDIT ME AS LIKE SOMETHING AWESOME
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on 2009-05-26 01:46 am (UTC)IT IS AS GOOD AS DONE.
I will keep you update re: response. I hand it up on thursday.
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on 2009-05-26 02:08 am (UTC)