D R A F T / COMM 150: Conflicting roles ... news, entertainment, 'infotainment' and Sarah Palin

If you're looking for Wednesday's class questions, keep scrolling down to the post headlined "COMM 150: 'Don't touch my junk [journalism]' hyping body-scan story? FOR CLASS WEDNESDAY." But come back to this one sometime, this whole issue of junk journalism, the role of the press in a democratic society, celebrity journalism, entertainment vs. news values, and journalistic ethic is looking like a very likely contender for a final exam question. I will be posting items to the blog over Thanksgiving to clarify how they fit together ... and polishing the posts labeled "DRAFT" like this one ... so keep watching this space.


http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/11/19/the-800-pound-mama-grizzly-problem/

The 800-Pound Mama Grizzly Problem

Ms. Palin’s search traffic, since the start of 2010, is roughly 16 times that of Mitt Romney, 14 times that of Newt Gingrich, 38 times that of Mike Huckabee, and 87 times that of Mr. Pawlenty. (It is about six times greater than these other four candidates combined.)

Ms. Palin, in fact, draws almost as much search traffic worldwide as the man she would face if she wins the Republican nomination: Barack Obama. And her name is searched for about 30 percent more often than the President’s among Google users in the United States.

Ms. Palin’s search traffic, since the start of 2010, is roughly 16 times that of Mitt Romney, 14 times that of Newt Gingrich, 38 times that of Mike Huckabee, and 87 times that of Mr. Pawlenty. (It is about six times greater than these other four candidates combined.)

Ms. Palin, in fact, draws almost as much search traffic worldwide as the man she would face if she wins the Republican nomination: Barack Obama. And her name is searched for about 30 percent more often than the President’s among Google users in the United States.

Ms. Palin’s search traffic, since the start of 2010, is roughly 16 times that of Mitt Romney, 14 times that of Newt Gingrich, 38 times that of Mike Huckabee, and 87 times that of Mr. Pawlenty. (It is about six times greater than these other four candidates combined.)

Ms. Palin, in fact, draws almost as much search traffic worldwide as the man she would face if she wins the Republican nomination: Barack Obama. And her name is searched for about 30 percent more often than the President’s among Google users in the United States.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grizzly_bear proper name for a female grizzly is a sow or a sow grizzly