Wednesday, 10 April 2013

What Makes News?

JODI ARIAS



Arizona woman charged with killing boyfriend tells jurors she had abusive childhood, contemplated suicide

-fox news

"Throughout the trial, defense attorneys have tried to depict Alexander as a liar and cheat who told Arias and other girlfriends he was a devout Mormon saving sex for marriage, while in reality he was having sex with multiple women, cheating on some with others. Prosecutors have portrayed Arias as a jealous ex-girlfriend who couldn't let go of Alexander and stalked him for months after their breakup until finally snapping and killing him."

-By identifying Alexander as a bunch of crazy things, and then refuting the argument we get the notion that he was in fact not insane, but just a typical guy. However, when the writer goes on to talk about Jodi, he leaves it one sided. She was a jealous girlfriend who one day snapped and killed him. They do not attempt to justify her actions the way they did with Alexander.


Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/02/04/arizona-woman-charged-with-killing-boyfriend-testifies-during-trial/#ixzz2Q7oeEfsv





Jodi Arias' Domestic Violence Expert Tells Prosecutor to 'Take a Time Out'

-ABC NEWS

"Martinez's aggressive style of questioning experts put up by Arias' defense team paid off when he got psychologist Richard Samuels, who diagnosed Arias with PTSD, to concede that he probably should have readministered a test once it was determined that Arias had lied."

"The effectiveness of Martinez's fiery approach was less certain in dealing with LaViolette, a woman who has spent her life helping domestic violence victims."

"LaViolette lashed out at Martinez as he raised his voice in frustration when she dodged one of his questions."
"If you were in my group, I would ask you to take a time out, Mr. Martinez," she said.

-Through this article ABC news attempts to continuously make Jodi Arias and her defense look guilty. Obviously overwhelmed at Martinez's attempts to break them, Laviolette behaved like a frustrated guilty child would when being punished. Things are not looking so good for Arias.





Is the Jodi Arias jury exhausted?

-hlntv.com

This is a clip from a news broadcast.


-Throughout this video they make Jodi look guilty by saying that her jury is tired. When they say this, they mean that they are tired of fighting. Exhausted of thinking of ways to reclaim her innocence. At certain points in this clip, whenever Jodi's face is on the screen they put slandering words over her. Words like "stalker" or "the worst thing that ever happened to Travis." Also, all over the website, they have different articles about the case with pretty direct titles, such as "How Jodi Killed Travis." 




Jodi Arias




Brand Name Things I Would Like (LOVE) To Own


One brand name thing I would DESPERATELY like to own is a Mercedes-Benz, or even a Cadillac Escalade. Both of these have been my dream cars for as long as I can remember. There is just something so beautiful and intriguing about them- that and anyone who drives them is considerably more than well off. Maybe that's why I want one so bad....

Mercedes Benz- black on black Mclaren SLR

If I had this car, the first thing people would assume about me would be that I am RICH. Filthy, stinking rich! I would have absolutely no problem with this- I would let them take pictures standing beside my car, if they really wanted. I would probably offer, too. Since they would assume that I am rich, they would more than likely also assume that I am of the highest classes of society, very classy. They might also think that I am famous. Again, no problems here. They would probably get other notions as well, ones that are not so good. They could assume that I am a stuck up snob, or maybe even a drug dealer. With that much money... who really knows?
I know they would assume these things about me because even I do the same
. Whenever I see someone driving an extremely nice ridiculously expensive car I almost always assume that they either come from an extremely wealthy family, they are famous, or just a drug dealer. I know I shouldn't think this way but I cannot help it. For all I know, they worked their asses off earning that money! Just like I plan to do. I cannot help but feel this overwhelming suspicion that one day I will reach my goal and own BOTH cars! Could you imagine..?
Black on Black Cadillac Escalade

CANADIAN APPAREL




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I find it very interesting how this company has fluctuated between targeting female and male audiences. Not much has changed with their advertising since they decided to switch to male audience. It has always been the standard 'guy in cowboy hat.' Sometimes the pictures suggest that these are to be smoked by a rough male audience. Other times they suggest that females may smoke them as well. I believe that they have gone back and fourth between audiences so nobody feels discriminated against- they want as many buyers as possible and therefore must reach out to both sides. This is smart, as many products these days tend to hold some sort of bias in the gender community.




CRACK OPEN A COLD ONE- MOLSON CANADIAN VIRAL AD







http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2013/02/06/molson-canadian-ad-viral_n_2631017.html

The Ad above is an advertisement for Molson Canadian beer. I found this ad one day when I was on one of my other social media websites, called StumbleUpon. The Ad is directed at well, Canadians, and generally anyone who enjoys a good beer. By speaking of this interesting yet unknown person who thrilled just about everyone the night before, they captured the viewers attention by making them want to watch to find out just who this intriguing person was. As it turns out, this character was CANADIAN! It was smart of them to include a variety of different ethnic backgrounds, as it made the commercial that much more appealing to them as well as us Canadians. Maybe they felt if they did not somehow incorporate more diverse racial backgrounds besides Canadians, it wouldn't capture their attention the way it did. I thought they did a very good job on this commercial, as it made me really want to crack open a Canadian and embrace this side of my culture. Good job, Molson!!