What is your favorite source of Media?
I’ve had a cast on my leg since January and I’ve been non-weight bearing for the last three and one half months. So, I haven’t been out of the house too terribly much. I’ve watched the local news a few times a week and of course with all the hoopla surrounding Michael Jackson I watched a lot of Headlines News and CNN.
I’ve read some magazines as we get the TV Guide and Entertainment Weekly and of course, there are ads all over the internet. But, for the most part, I have learned to tune out the ads. I can go to a webpage to show my mother something and instead of looking at what I am trying to show her, she is asking about all these ads that I have never even noticed. I think it comes with the territory. My kids hate commericials and no matter what we are watching, they yell, skip this every time a commercial comes on TV. And of course I couldn’t tell you one ad I saw in any of those magazines that I’ve read.
Today however, I went shopping for groceries and holy cow, the media. No wonder people buy crap they don’t need. I have never paid that much attention to the ads in grocery stores, Wal-mart, K-mart, or Target like stores. But today, they were just like…everywhere…al up in my face. I found myself thinking of buying different name brands when I’ve used the same one for years. It was crazy.
I think I’ll stick to the internet, I have a keen sense of selective reading.
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