Saturday, July 15, 2006

Media Sensationalism

What's the difference between National Geographic and the National Enquirer?

Don't know? Well, me neither. Nat'l Geo's cover has a superheadline: "Killer Hurricanes," and I can't but wonder how they managed to not use exclamation marks.

2 comments:

Pedicularis said...

Uh, National Geographic is an altruistic and good liberal magazine with great photos devoted to preserving the environment, and National Enquirer is a profit-oriented rag magazine devoted to trashing celebrities. Why, do you buy both? If so, it would remind me of a certain relative of yours who had concurrent memberships in the Sierra Club and the NRA.

Sotosoroto said...

No I don't buy either, but thanks to certain relatives, I receive Natl Geo as my Christmas present. I only see Natl Enq on supermarket checkout shelves.

I like Natl Geo much better when they stick to, ya know, geography.