Week 6 News Post

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/41838546/ns/health-kids_and_parenting/

More germs on shopping carts than in the restroom??  EWWWWW!!!!
     I'm not sure if the article made a typo or if the experiment done by the University of Arizona was just weird.  If they swabbed shopping carts in four different states then why were there only 85 carts examined??  But it's true people regularly disinfect restrooms but not shopping carts.
     The article did a good job of using the lead researchers quotes.  I also liked the way the article not only presented the nasty facts but also provided a way to protect children by wiping down the carts with a disinfecting wipe.
     And...I don't like this Dr. Neil Fishman character!  How dare he burst my bubble by saying a car seat probably has more bacteria on it than shopping carts!!!!

Week 4 News Post

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-12460596

If THIS is news then by golly my squirrel in the tree story should've been front page news!!! Not like I'm bitter or anything...  :-)


But I did quite enjoy how seriously the woman in the video is taking this matter.  The article was well written.  It's just interesting how big of a deal this seems to be, but it's all about what's relevant to the people the site is targeted for.

Week 3 News Post

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/religion/8313894/Catholics-cannot-confess-via-iPhone.html

Well darn.  What a bummer.  But I'm glad that I got to see a video along with this very short article.  The article needed more information, but at least they got right to the point.

Week 2 News Post

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/41356203?GT1=43001


In the beginning of the article it mentions a car crash out of no where.  In the same sentence it talks about the woman being accused of hitting her child and it's just very unclear as to if the crash and the hitting are related in some way.  Much later in the article it clarifies how the two are related but I still think the confusion was unnecessary.  They just could have approached it in a better, clearer way.


Also, the title "Story:  Mom charged in teens' slayings out of hospital" is odd because the article never mentions the woman being in the hospital for any reason.  The article is also unclear as to exactly why the woman shot her two children but it does mention a motive...they were "mouthy"...mmhmm, what a great problem solving woman!


Other than a few off writing errors, the story is pretty interesting.  The woman worked for military intelligence in Russia at one point in her life.  No wonder she's crazy!!!!  Her brain is probably all wrapped and brainwashed!!!

Week 1 News Post

'GMA' Exclusive - Taco Bell: 'Thank You For Suing Us'

January 28, 2011 9:15 AM

That's the headline on full-page ads Taco Bell is taking out in newspapers across the country today, and this morning Taco Bell's president gave us an exclusive interview on “GMA” to press his case.

“I think when someone sullies your reputation you have to be swift and you have to be decisive. And we think our reputation has been sullied and we wanted to put out a headline that certainly drew attention and enables us to tell the story about our beef which is...88% USDA inspected, and not the 35% that’s being claimed,” Greg Creed told me. “And I think there is a huge difference between 88 and 35 and I think our customers, our employees and everyone else needs to know that.”

Taco Bell is retaining outside council, Creed said, and they will take whatever legal action is available to them.

“I think attacking our brand is like attacking a person. It’s just unacceptable when there aren’t any facts to support it,” Creed said on “GMA.”

Taco Bell claims that what they use is 88% beef, 3% water, 4% seasonings and 5% other ingredients.  But the attorneys filing the lawsuit against the fast food chain told “GMA” that that the ingredients in the beef contain things “regular people do not use in recipes cooked at home.”

I asked Creed about the “isolated oat product” and why is it even in the beef? 

“I’m not a food scientist. But what I can assure everybody is that every ingredient is in there for a purpose...All of those things are the product. So there are no fillers, there are no substitutes, there are no extenders. I can absolutely assure you of that,” he said.

If the plaintiff had reached out to Taco Bell to find out exactly what they put in their meat, Creed said they would have shared that information.

So with all this talk about Taco Bell – I asked Creed if he thought this lawsuit was really a gift in disguise?

“Can you turn lemons into lemonade, I think that clearly Taco Bell’s renowned for having great tasting food at unbelievably low prices,” he told me. “And what it enables us to do is to say you know, it’s not just great tasting, it is great quality and it is still the lowest price in the category. And so I think this will actually reassure our customers.”

--George Stephanopoulos

http://blogs.abcnews.com/george/2011/01/taco-bell-thank-you-for-suing-us.html 

EWWWWWWW!!!  Gross!!!  As if Taco Bell wasn't already nasty enough, now they're having to defend their meat!!  I mean...everybody wonders if the meat is real meat but now that they've been accused of only being 35% real meat it's just gross!!  At least Taco Bell is getting a lot of publicity now.  :-)