News Stories

We looked at the issue of privacy in the news in today's class.  Paparazzi spend countless hours following famous people around in an effort to get photos of the subjects in an unguarded moment.  They wouldn't do this unless they felt sure that they would receive a lot of cash for getting a sensational photo.

In the end, will the photos they take lead to news stories of much value to society?  In the vast majority of cases, the answer to this question is likely to be "No".  Watch the TED talk at the following link:

http://www.ted.com/talks/kirk_citron_and_now_the_real_news.html

Watch with English subtitles please (only use the Japanese translation if absolutely necessary, after you've tried it with English).

For your next blog post, write about which one of the stories the speaker mentioned interested you most.  Why is it important/ interesting?  (If possible, see if you can find any more information about that topic on the Internet).