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What We Call The News
By Jeffrey Eisenberg
March 29th, 2007
The folks over at JibJab are at it again 
Check out their newest video “What We Call The News.”
Sometimes humor has to stretch the truth to be funny, the sad part is that on this topic they don’t. It’s been said that we get the government we deserve. Do we also get the journalism we deserve?
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Jeffrey is the co-author of New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestselling books Call to Action and Waiting For Your Cat to Bark. Jeffrey is available as a professional speaker. You can friend him on Facebook or LinkedIn.
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March 29th, 2007
11:45 am
Ohh… that all depends on how you define “deserve”. The junk news gets the ratings, after all, and plenty of people seem happy with that.
March 29th, 2007
12:43 pm
I agree with you to an extent, Stephanie, but I’m sure we could say the same for fast food–still doesn’t mean it’s good for us… At some point the whole culture pays a price for not eating its vegetables, as it were.
PBS’s Frontline has a great series on these issues, and how the blogosphere is affecting news, called News War. If you haven’t seen it, I highly recommend it.