I have been paying more attention to the media and advertising, and it's amazing what you'll see if you just look! What has struck me the most is how advertisers will use a woman's body in a way that has absolutely nothing to do with their product and shouldn't have anything to do with selling it. My favorite that i've seen lately is at Planet Tan. There's a picture of a woman's stomach and the words accross it say "In the bar, no one will notice your GPA". Isn't that crazy? There's a couple more funny ones there but you get the idea.
I thought the video "Killing Us Softly part 30 (or whatever it was)" was interesting, but it did cross my mind that maybe she was trying too hard to find something wrong with all the ads. Some of the arguments she was making I didn't really see in the ads. I could see where she was coming from, but she was working a little too hard to make her point. However it was still really interesting and after noticing things myself, I definately understand how much of a problem this is.

Ok here i am ! I hope I did this right...
I think the important fact for us to keep in my with regards to what we discussed in class is that it's neccessary to know all the facts of every case before we decide one case was given more publicity than another. This being said I don't know every factor in the girl's stories, so I can't tell which is more "important" than the other. Secondly, we have to remember that the news is about money also. News is something else that fills up the space between commercials. A station isn't going to air something that the public isn't interested in. Millions of dollars is spent every year to find out what we're interested in, and I guarantee you they know which stories will make them money and which will not. With this in mind, we have to consider why we tune in and why we tune out. Is it the media's fault for not showing more diversity in their coverage, or are the viewers' decision to turn the channel driving their news selection. There's a reason they're airing what they're airing. It's because they've found those reports are the one's who bring in the most viewers. It's not right or wrong...it's a fact.