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Before the final four franchises battle it out, two teams desperate to be in Super Rugby 2014 clash in their promotion-relegation play-off.
Before the Chiefs, Crusaders, Bulls and Brumbies battle it out for a spot in the final, two teams desperate to be in Super Rugby are set to go toe-to-toe in the first leg of the top flight play-off.
The tension has been building for some time in South Africa since the Kings, who took the place of their upcoming opponents in 2013, were confirmed as the bottom side in their country.
Despite their basement spot, however, victories over the Force, Rebels and Highlanders made for a decent fist of a first season. Impressively, they also drew 28-28 with the Brumbies in Canberra.
It is fair to say that many had predicted no wins for the Eastern Cape side but those strong showings – built on an impregnable defence – will count for nothing if they lose out to the in-form Lions.
In preparation for the opening showdown, both the Kings and the Lions have posted motivational videos to rally their respective supporters (and the neutral for that matter). Not seen them?
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As mentioned, the Port Elizabeth side aren't alone in stirring the mood of the interested spectators and the Lions' own offering certainly did that. Here is their impressive video:
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Features of 8724 S Ridge Rd Mount Hope WI 53816
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- Bedrooms: 3
- Full Bathrooms: 3
- Est. Square Footage: 1,521
- Acreage: 2.68
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- Elementary School: River Ridge
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- Property Tax Year: 2014
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8724 S Ridge Rd Mount Hope WI 53816 - Modern ranch home on 2.68 acres south of Mount Hope. A great opportunity for country living in a beautiful rural setting. Main level offers an open floor plan, full master suite, patio door to deck and convenient laundry area. Walkout lower level has a lot of finish work started including a large rec/family room and full bath. Furnace and central air systems have been removed. Call for a closer look today.
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Uncovering Madagascar's Uniqueness
Interview: August 18, 2015;
Posted: December 2, 2015
Mitsuaki Iwago
A visit to the Galapagos in 1970 gave Mitsuaki Iwago a close-up encounter with the grandeur of nature that inspired him to embark on a career in wildlife photography. Iwago's photographs, which never fail to excite the imagination, have earned him global recognition, including the accolade of being the first Japanese photographer to have his work featured twice on the cover of National Geographic. Iwago is the author of several photographic collections including Animals on Earth and Ikimono no okite (The Natural Order of the African Plain). More recently, his collections of cat photographs have proved a popular addition to his many publications.
An animal treasure trove found only on Madagascar
Wildlife photographer Mitsuaki Iwago visited the island of Madagascar, 400 km (250 miles) off the African coast. In this interview he tells us about its unusual fauna and about an elderly guide who seemed to have magical powers; as well as how to get the most out of animal photography.
Q: You visited the island of Madagascar in October last year and went back again this May. What made you want to go back so soon?
Iwago: If a place has rainy and dry seasons, I want to experience them both, and that's true of anywhere I visit. There's such a contrast between the seasons when everything is green and when everything is bone dry. Although now, with climate change, Madagascar's rainy and dry seasons are no longer as clearly differentiated as they once were.
Q: What is so special about Madagascar's fauna?
Iwago: Madagascar has so many unique species, but most famously its prosimians (*1). Ring-tailed lemurs are the best-known members of this group, but there are all sorts of other lemurs, including sifakas and indris. Few people in Japan have any idea that these creatures even exist. There are also many birds, frogs, tortoises, and chameleons that are only found on the island (*2).
1 When compared to simians, such as monkeys and apes, prosimians retain many primitive features. They are mainly rainforest-canopy dwellers.
2 The 2016 Olympus/WWF calendar "Madagascar—Land of the Lemurs" will be available from the WWF Japan's online store (http://shop.wwf.or.jp/) from late October. All profits go to the WWF's conservation activities.
The sad reality revealed by sifaka behavior
Q: How easy is it to get close to Madagascar's unique wildlife, like its lemurs, for example?
Iwago: It's not difficult at all. The Malagasy understand that their natural environment is a valuable asset. Their nature reserves are among their most popular tourist attractions. Take Berenty Reserve, for example. In Japanese terms, it's the Malagasy equivalent of Tokyo's Ginza quarter: Every eco-tourist has to go there. It is a dry part of the island, but with forest cover as well. Much of that precious forest has been cleared to grow commercial crops, the remaining area of natural forest made into a nature reserve, and a hotel built for visitors. So the situation is really contradictory: With one hand they've destroyed their natural environment, and with the other, they're trying to preserve it.
This is a photo of a sifaka I took at the reserve. This kind of shot of a sifaka bounding along the ground is so commonplace that I'm sure that many of your readers will have seen one. But when I visited Madagascar forty years ago, I wouldn't have been able to take a shot like this. The sifaka is a canopy dweller, so it should never be found on the ground. Back in the day, there was enough forest so they didn't ever have to travel at ground level. When I took this photograph, it made me sad to think how much sifaka behavior has had changed in the past few decades.
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Q: Which are the rarest among the island's prosimians?
Iwago: That would be the indris. When I visited during the rainy season, I photographed indris at a nature reserve a little far from the capital. Years ago there was no reserve there, and I remember making my way through the forest, talking to local villagers as I looked for indris. But everything is so different now. In a word, you could say everything is more "organized." Because indris are a big tourist draw, the mountain track has been paved, and now when the tourists arrive, the guides lead them to the indris.
Q: They're very strange looking creatures. Were they hard to photograph?
Iwago: Getting good shots in these kinds of conditions depends on how well you get along with your guide. On this visit, while talking with my guide before the shoot, I told him the kind of shots I was aiming for. Indris live up in the trees, which meant I could have been taking a lot of shots from below, but that doesn't make for very interesting photographs. I told him I was looking to take photographs at eye level with the indris.
Going around with a group of tourists would have seriously restricted my freedom of movement, so I set out every morning at dawn. Indris communicate by calling to one another. But merely hearing a call doesn't mean we immediately headed in that direction. To get the shots I wanted, I needed the indris to be in a tree growing on a slope, which would put me at the same level to photograph them. So when we heard the indris calling, the guide would think about the terrain in that area and tell me whether it was suitable for the kind of shot I wanted.
Impressed by an elderly guide who knew everything about birds
Q: Is that a kestrel? What an extraordinary place—all those pointy rocks!
Iwago: This is the Tsingy Nature Reserve, which was totally unknown when I first visited the area forty years ago. The rock needles are about 100 m (320 feet) high.
In this shot, I'm on top of one of the needles. There are pitons hammered into the rock to make a climbing route, and you use carabiners to go up, which takes about an hour. The temperature soars to around 40℃ (100℉) during the day, and you find yourself puffing and panting as you climb. I was on location there for about a week, and by the end of the shoot, I could do the climb in about thirty minutes. The shoot coordinator almost had heart failure when he saw me leaping from one rocky peak to another (laughs).
Q: The birdlife in these photographs looks particularly unusual and colorful. Could you tell us something about that shoot?
Iwago: They were taken mainly at the Ankarafantsika National Park. The guide I met there was absolutely amazing. He had been in the job for a very long time. At first he seemed to have very little to say, but as it transpired he was incredible; he almost seemed to know what the birds were going to do next.
One day, when we were walking along a forest track, he suddenly signaled me to stop. I was about to ask him why, when he said, "I just heard a call." Following him silently into the undergrowth, a bird came fluttering down, just as if he'd summoned it. I could only take a couple of shots before it flew away, but he said, "If you have a tripod, set it up now, because I guarantee it will land on this branch." And sure enough, it did... Unbelievable!
That particular guide works for film crews from leading broadcasters, including the BBC. It was a huge thrill to have someone like him as my personal guide. It struck me that here in Japan as well, rather than just putting in place some kind of formal guiding organization, we should find people who have a real gift for teaching people about nature and who can really help them enjoy it to the max.
Preserved pristine natural habitats
Q: Is that bird in the rain a kingfisher?
Iwago: Yes. I think it's the same species we have in Japan. When it rains, it seeks shelter under vegetation, so it's hard to get good shots of them when it's pouring with rain. But I find that photos of birds taken in good weather, with their feathers all glossy and shiny, are not the only ones I like.
Q: It seems to be lost in thought, gazing at the rain.
Iwago: That's the thing about photography: It sets our imaginations free. This picture makes you think: "What if I went there? I suppose I'd think that... I'd be looking at the rain, too..." And just because an animal is doing something doesn't mean it's always that interesting. It took me quite a long time to realize that. It's something I've only really become aware of since I've been shooting in Africa.
Q: This photo of two tortoises nose to nose is very special. Could you tell us how you came to take it?
Iwago: This was taken at a reserve with a particularly large area of pristine natural forest. The forest floor is the natural habitat of the radiated tortoise. Behind the two tortoises in shot there was a large baobab tree; a bit along and up, there was a ring-tailed lemur, jumping from one cactus-like plant to another; and to one side, a chameleon. This is a long way from any accommodation, which means not many tourists get here. I was told this is the only place left like this on the whole of Madagascar.
But when you think about it, if children looked at a pristine forest like this, and compared it to a neatly planted one, which one do you think would they find more attractive? I imagine most children would choose the man-made forest, but personally, I'd like them to pick this one as the more beautiful. The way I see it, in order to cultivate this kind of sensibility to the natural world, we need to make sure children get the opportunity to visit as many places like this as possible.
Interview and text: Koji Okano
Photo Gallery
Berenty Reserve; Verreaux's sifaka
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Berenty Reserve; Verreaux's sifaka
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Berenty Reserve; Ring-tailed lemur
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Berenty Reserve; Ring-tailed lemur
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Berenty Reserve; Radiated tortoises
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Berenty Reserve; Rainbow
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Nahampoana Reserve; Brown lemur
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Ankarafantsika National Park; Yellow-bellied sunbird asity
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Ankarafantsika National Park; Madagascar pygmy kingfisher
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Ankarafantsika National Park; Squacco heron
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Ankarafantsika National Park; Madagascar leaf-tailed gecko
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Tsingy de Bemaraha National Park Integral Reserve; Madagascar kestrel
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Tsingy de Bemaraha National Park Integral Reserve; Madagascar kestrel
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Madagascar Exotic; Panther chameleon
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Madagascar Exotic; Parson's chameleon
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Madagascar Exotic; Madagascar giant chameleon
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Madagascar Exotic; Baron's painted mantella
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Madagascar Exotic; Tenrec
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Masoala National Park; Madagascar kingfisher
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Andasibe-Mantadia National Park; Indri
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Maintaining an antioxidant rich diet is good for your health, but taking a super antioxidant is even better.
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1 DOING WELL AND DOING GOOD: How Soft News and Critical Journalism Are Shrinking the News Audience and Weakening Democracy And What News Outlets Can Do About It by Thomas E. Patterson Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy John F. Kennedy School of Government Harvard University Research sponsored by a grant from the Smith-Richardson Foundation. Copyright 2000, President and Fellows of Harvard College. All rights reserved. The Joan Shorenstein Center PRESS POLITICS PUBLIC POLICY Harvard University John F. Kennedy School of Government
2 INTRODUCTION The news has changed greatly during the past two decades. In response to the intensely competitive media environment created by cable news and entertainment, news outlets have softened their coverage. Their news has also become increasingly critical in tone. Soft news and critical journalism have not stopped the decline in news audiences. Cable television and, more recently, the Internet have cut deeply into the readership of newspapers and news magazines and into the viewing audiences for network and local newscasts. This attrition might have been even greater if the news had not been recast into a softer and more critical form. One thing is certain: news consumption has fallen dramatically during the past decade (FIGURE 1). Soft news and critical journalism, whatever their initial effect, may now be hastening the decline in news audiences. Evidence also suggests that soft news and critical journalism are weakening the foundation of democracy by diminishing the public s information about public affairs and its interest in politics. Can the news media do well and also do good? Can they meet their need to attract audiences and also fulfill their responsibility to inform the public? In this report, we will present evidence that suggests these objectives are compatible indeed, are mutually reinforcing. We will argue: That hard news and not soft news is the reason why most people pay attention to news; That people who prefer hard news are heavier consumers of news than those who prefer soft news; That the trend toward soft news has contributed to declining interest in the news; That hard news strategies are a viable response to a hyper-competitive media environment; That critical journalism has weakened people s interest in politics and, with that, their interest in news; and That journalists can temper critical journalism in ways that will heighten 5HJXODUO\:DWFK/LVWHQRU5HDG Figure 1: News Audiences Are Shrinking interest in politics and in news, and that will strengthen the press s watchdog role. These arguments are based on a two-year news study that was undertaken with the support of a grant from the Smith-Richardson Foundation. We conducted national surveys designed to measure Americans news habits, interests, and preferences. Our research also includes an analysis of 5331 news stories, randomly selected from those available on LEXIS/NEXIS during the period for two television networks, two weekly news magazines, three leading newspapers, and twenty-six local dailies. The content analysis was limited to the front and local sections of newspapers (thereby excluding, for example, the sports and travel sections) and conventional news broadcasts (thereby excluding programs such as NBC s Dateline. ) Additional information on the study s research methods, including the identity of the news organizations included in the content analysis, is provided in the appendices. SOFT NEWS VS. HARD NEWS Nearly everyone believes that the news today is substantially different than it was even a decade or two ago. As competition between news organizations has intensified, the news has edged toward entertainment in its form and content what the scholar and former broadcaster Marvin Kalb calls the new news. 1 Market-centered /RFDO791HZV 1LJKWO\1HWZRUN1HZV 1HZVSDSHU 1HZVPDJD]LQH Source: Pew Research Center on the People and the Press. 2 Doing Well and Doing Good
3 journalism is one description of the tendency. Infotainment is another. Soft news the term we will commonly use in this report is a third. Critics say that the news is based increasingly on what will interest an audience rather than on what the audience needs to know. Former FCC chairman Newton Minow says that much of today s news is pretty close to tabloid. Former PBS anchor Robert MacNeil says that the trends are toward the sensational, the hype, the hyperactive, the tabloid values to drive out the serious. 2 Some critics have used harsher language. Matthew Carleton Ehrlich describes today s news as the journalism of outrageousness. 3 Soft news s critics have not gone unanswered. Its defenders say that audiences are the lifeblood of the news that without economic security, a free press would exist only in name. They say there is no value in news that is admired but is not watched or read. And they claim that soft content is not by definition worthless it provides information that can guide people s actions as citizens. Soft news does bring some people to the news who would not otherwise pay attention and who would otherwise be even less informed. And there is no question that some soft news stories do offer useful lessons to citizens about safety, health, and similar subjects. Nevertheless, the evidence is mounting that soft news imposes a net cost on democracy. 4 News that highlights incidents and developments that have little to do with public affairs and that are selected for their capacity to shock or entertain can distort people s perceptions of reality. There was a period in the 1990s, for example, when crime news skyrocketed and people came to believe the crime rate was rising even though it was actually falling. 5 Soft news also diminishes the quality of public information and discourse. 6 In Neil Postman s words, we risk amusing ourselves to death. 7 Americans devote more hours of the day to media consumption than any activity except sleep and work. 8 If during this time, we are steeped in entertainment and distracted by remote incidents, the contribution that the news could make to the quality of public life is diminished. It may be diminished unnecessarily. Soft news may actually be eroding people s interest in news. Before presenting evidence for this contention, we need to clarify what is meant by soft news and to show just how fully it has become part of dayto-day news coverage. Defining and Measuring Soft News. A leading journalist was once asked how he defined the news. After a pause, he said: I know news when I see it. The same might be said of soft news. Journalists and scholars clearly have some notion of soft news in mind when they criticize or defend it. Yet they seldom define the term plainly. 9 Soft news is sometimes used in a way that implies it is all the news that is not hard news. 10 Hard news refers to coverage of breaking events involving top leaders, major issues, or significant disruptions in the routines of daily life, such as an earthquake or airline disaster. 11 Information about these events is presumably important to citizens ability to understand and respond to the world of public affairs. 12 News that is not of this type is, by definition, soft. By this standard, soft news has increased dramatically as a proportion of news coverage. News stories that have no clear connection to policy issues have increased from less than 35 percent of all stories in 1980 to roughly 50 percent today (FIGURE 2). Stories with a public 3HUFHQWRI6WRULHV Figure 2: News Stories Without a Public Policy Component Thomas E. Patterson 3
4 policy component hard news have declined by a corresponding degree. News mediums differ somewhat in the amount of change, but the trend is the same for all of them local TV news, national TV news, leading newspapers, local dailies, and weekly news magazines. Each has less policy-related coverage today than a decade or two ago. Soft news has also been identified by certain characteristics. It has been described, for example, as news that is typically more sensational, more personality-centered, less timebound, more practical, and more incident-based than other news. 13 These characteristics, in fact, have become more prevalent in the news. In the early 1980s, taking all news outlets into account, approximately 25 percent of news stories had a moderate to high level of sensationalism compared with nearly 40 percent now (FIGURE 3). Stories that include a human-interest element also figure more prominently in the news (FIGURE 4). They accounted for less than 11 percent of stories in the early 1980s; that number has more than doubled (26%) since then. Dramatic incidents crimes and disasters are now also a larger part of the news (FIGURE 5). Stories in the news you can use category have also doubled in number since the early 1980 s. Other examples could be provided but the point would be the same: the characteristics commonly ascribed to soft news have become a larger part of news content. Finally, soft news has been described as a change in the vocabulary of news. The news is said to have become more personal and familiar in its form of presentation and less distant and institutional. To examine this thesis, we made use of DICTION, a computer program that identifies the frequency with which certain types of words are used in text material. When applied to news stories, DICTION provides a precise indicator of how, if at all, the vocabulary of reporting has changed. Our findings show a dramatic change in this vocabulary that is consistent with the soft news thesis. COLLECTIVES and SELF-REFERENCE are among the DICTION categories. COLLECTIVES include words used to reflect categorical modes of thought, such as social groupings (for example, crowd, humanity), task 3HUFHQWRI6WRULHV 3HUFHQWRI6WRULHV Figure 3: Sensationalism in News Stories Figure 4: News With a Human-Interest Element Figure 5: Crime and Disaster As a Subject of News Stories 3HUFHQWRI6WRULHV 4 Doing Well and Doing Good
5 Figure 6: Use of Collectives and Self-Reference Words in News Stories &ROOHFWLYHV 6HOI5HIHUHQFH groups (army, congress), and geographical entities (county, republic). SELF-REFERENCE contains all first-person references (for example, I, I m, me, mine, myself). During the past two decades, reporters use of COLLECTIVES words, which are part of the vocabulary of hard news, has declined substantially (FIGURE 6). In contrast, their use of words in the SELF- REFERENCE category, which help form the vocabulary of soft news, has increased substantially. Further evidence of how the vocabulary of news has changed is found in other DICTION categories. There are 35 categories all together, and most of them have either increased or decreased in frequency during the past two decades in ways that reflect the softening of news. Among the word categories that are used more frequently, for example, is HUMAN INTEREST, which includes standard personal pronouns, words representing family members and relations, and generic terms, such as friend or baby. Among those used less frequently is COMPLEXITY, which is a measure of the average length of the words in a story. In sum, the news has softened considerably. No matter how soft news is defined as a residual category to hard news, as a set of story characteristics, or as the words of reporting it is a measurably larger part of news coverage. The trend is not confined to local or national news organizations, nor is it limited to the broadcast or print medium. The trend is not equally pronounced in all media, but it is evident in all (FIGURE 7). Soft News Sells, or Does It? The growth of soft news is rooted in marketing and ratings studies that indicate entertainment-based news can attract and hold audiences. Local television stations have boosted their ratings through soft news formats, and soft news leads have worked their way onto front pages and to the top of newscasts. 14 Crime stories dominate local TV newscasts, providing the largest share of lead stories and filling the largest proportion of air time. 15 Some major news organizations have also softened their news substantially. NBC revamped its nightly newscast in 1997 by adding features and trimming its hard news, particularly stories from abroad. 16 The NBC Sprightly News is how one critic described the new format, 17 but it may have helped NBC to become the ratings leader. Nevertheless, soft news strategies have not always succeeded and they appear to be faltering at a growing rate. Local TV news for a while was untouched by rating declines. Local audiences held steady as newspaper circulation and network news ratings fell. In the past few years, however, local TV news has lost a fourth of its audience a decline exceeding that of any other medium. This report does not claim that the marketresearch studies that underlie the soft news Figure 7: The Increasing Frequency of Soft News Stories /LNHOLKRRGRI6RIW1HZV6WRU\ 1HZVSDSHUV 1HZV0DJD]LQHV 1HWZRUN1HZV Note: Lines represent the probability that a reader or viewer randomly exposed to a story would find a soft news story. Thomas E. Patterson 5
6 strategy are inaccurate. Their findings have helped some news organizations to successfully market their product. These studies, however, have a substantial limitation. They focus on the short term. This perspective is an inevitable consequence of a hyper-competitive industry where reputations and jobs are kept or lost according to the latest audience ratings or circulation figures. But the short-term and longterm effects of soft news may be quite different. Sensationalism draws people s attention in the first instance but endless sensationalism may ultimately dull it. The history of the news business suggests that quality prevails over pizzazz in the long run. Our evidence suggests that the axiom still holds. We will start with a look at Americans opinions of today s news. What Americans Think of Today s News. Americans are ambivalent at best about today s news. In our survey, 49 percent claimed it is excellent or good while 51 percent said it is fair, poor, or awful. Only 9 percent think it is excellent, a figure not greatly different than the 7 percent who think it is awful. By a wide margin, Americans say the news is informative (FIGURE 8). They find it interesting but curiously do not find it highly enjoyable. They think it is depressing, negative, and sensational. They are split evenly on whether it is superficial or thorough and whether it is biased or fair. A majority claim it is accurate but more than two in five call it misleading. Americans tend to believe the news has declined in quality. By a 5-3 margin Americans tend to think the news has gotten worse rather than better. This opinion is more pronounced among people who follow the news regularly and those who have followed the news long enough to recall a different news era. People who think the news has gone soft that it has become more sensational and superficial are also more likely to say its quality has deteriorated. What Type of News Do Americans Say They Like? In our audience survey, we sought to measure respondents preference for hard or soft news by Figure 8: How People Perceive the News Is the News...? Sensational/Serious 58/42% Depressing/Uplifting 84/16% Misleading/Accurate 42/58% Not Enjoyable/Enjoyable 52/48% Uninformative/Informative 16/84% Negative/Positive 77/23% Superficial/Thorough 50/50% Boring/Interesting 23/77% Biased/Fair 47/53% asking whether they preferred news that sticks mainly to stories about major events and issues affecting the community and the country or news that focuses on specific incidents such as a crime or fire or accident? Respondents had a clear preference for hard news (FIGURE 9). Two-anda-half times as many respondents said they prefer stories about major events to stories about specific incidents. In a follow-up question, respondents whose first choice was hard news (hereafter, the hard news consumers ) said, by two-to-one, that they would like to see less soft news. In contrast, most of those whose first choice was soft news (hereafter, soft news consumers ) said, by twoto-one, that they liked hard news almost as much (FIGURE 10). Soft news is not restricted to stories about crimes, fires, and accidents. To obtain a broader indicator, respondents were asked about their interest in various types of news. Public-affairs stories were again at the top, although they shared this position with health-related stories, many of which are of the soft news type. Both categories ranked far higher than the others and also appealed to a broader segment of the public. Sports news, business and finance news, crime news, and celebrity and entertainment news had much less overall appeal and attracted narrower audiences each was of keen interest to some people and of little or no interest to others. Direct questions about news preferences provide useful information but may be subject to response bias. Just as some people overstate how often they vote, some may exaggerate their 6 Doing Well and Doing Good
7 interest in public-affairs news. People may also be reluctant to admit an interest in crime and celebrity news. To reduce these possible sources of measurement error, we developed an indirect test of preferences 21 headlines that were representative of soft and hard news headlines that appear regularly in the news (FIGURE 11). For each headline, respondents were asked of their interest in reading a story with that headline. The Headline Test confirmed the previous findings: that hard news is more appealing than soft news to most people and that hard news consumers have less tolerance for soft Figure 11: Do Hard News Headlines Interest? Hard News Headlines Soft News Headlines Figure 9: Hard News Is Preferred News Proportion Preferring News About Major events or issues (hard news) 63% Specific events like crime (soft news) 24 Both equally (hard and soft news) % Figure 10: Interest in Other Type of News Hard News Consumers Like soft news almost as m uch 33% Would like to see less soft news 67% All Respondents Hard News Consumers Soft News Consumers Like hard news almost as m uch 69% Would like to see less hard news 31% 100% 100% Attract More Soft News Consumers news than soft news consumers have for hard news (FIGURE 11). Who Pays Closer Attention to News Hard or Soft News Consumers? Respondents who have substantial exposure to a news medium nearly every day can reasonably be said to use it regularly. 18 By this standard, 33 percent of Americans regularly read a daily paper s news pages, 43 percent regularly watch local TV news, 29 percent regularly watch national cable or broadcast news, and 24 percent regularly listen to radio news. 19 Hard news consumers are much heavier consumers of news. Forty percent of them regularly read a daily paper s news pages compared with only 26 percent of soft news consumers. For national TV news, hard news consumers have a 46 to 27 percent edge. The difference for radio news is proportionally even larger 28 percent to 11 percent. Only in the case of local TV are news habits equal 45 percent of hard news consumers and 47 percent of soft news consumers are regular viewers. In sum, hard news consumers are the foundation of the news audience. More people are interested in hard news than soft news, and those who prefer hard news devote a lot more time to news. Is Soft News Contributing to Audience Decline? Soft news has been the industry s answer to the problem of shrinking audiences. As we suggested earlier, however, its long-term effect on the public as a whole may be injurious. Soft news may be diminishing the overall level of interest in news. This possibility is evident in the perceptions, opinions, and behavior of hard news consumers. They are the core consumer group but they are hardly enamored with the news. Compared with the soft news audience, the hard news audience is more likely to say that the news is: fair, poor, or awful rather than good or excellent getting worse rather than better biased rather than fair sensational rather than serious Thomas E. Patterson 7
8 misleading rather than accurate superficial rather than thorough uninformative rather than informative unenjoyable rather than enjoyable negative rather than positive depressing rather than uplifting boring rather than interesting. The Project for Excellence in Journalism has been systematically tracking the content and audience ratings of 146 local TV news programs. Nearly two-thirds of the stations that have the highest quality newscasts have had an increase in ratings in recent years, a higher percentage than any other category. 22 In any other business, this type of response by the core consumer group would be cause for alarm. So it should be for the nation s news business. Its primary audience is less than happy with the product it is getting. They are also more likely than the soft news consumers to say they are paying less attention to the news than in the past. The reasons they cite are complaints about soft news. Too much crime and drugs, said one respondent. They show more bad things than good, said another. Lessons from Local TV News. Local television, as noted previously, has a regular news audience built equally on hard and soft news consumers. In the other markets, soft news consumers are the smaller group. Their attraction to local TV news is undoubtedly attributable to its softer news content. Yet, news can repel as well as attract. Why do hard news consumers not pay relatively more attention to local TV news? Why are they not a majority of its regular audience, given the fact that they are a large majority of other audiences? Could it be that local stations through their soft news strategies have been driving them away? NewsLab recently conducted a study that sought to determine why local TV news, once unaffected by audience decline, has lost a huge chunk of its audience in recent years. 20 The NewsLab study included a national survey of 500 former or less frequent viewers of local news. Many said they had cut back on their viewing time because they no longer found the content of these newscasts worthwhile. Their reasons are a litany of soft news complaints: too much crime (32%) seldom presents positive things (24%) always the same stuff (25%) too many fluff stories (25%) too negative (23%). 21 Although NewsLab s research is directed at local TV news, the performance of National Public Radio supports the notion that hard news has drawing power. NPR is the only national broadcast outlet that has increased its audience since the 1980s. Although NPR relies on features as well as hard news, its features tend to be interpretive of the day s hard news events. NPR has a higher proportion of hard news consumers in its audience than other broadcast outlets or the typical daily paper. Continuing Fragmentation and Hard News. It is not the purpose of this report to propose market-specific strategies. 23 The goal is to raise questions about how trends in news content might be affecting people s interest in news. Nevertheless, there is one development that has important implications for news content strategies: audiences will continue to fragment as new competitors, including those on the Internet, contend for audience share. As the histories of radio and cable television indicate, a highly fragmented market rewards those who appeal narrowly to a particular audience segment. In radio s early days, the strongest stations were those that offered general programming. Over time, people became more selective and radio became a niche medium talk stations, country music stations, oldies stations, top-forty stations, all-news stations, and so on. When information sources are abundant, people tend to gravitate toward those that offer a differentiated product. The way in which people navigate cable television is an example. Although there many available channels, the typical user concentrates on six to eight of them, returning again and again to these channels and staying tuned when something of interest appears. The six to eight channels, of course, vary from viewer to viewer, depending on personal interests. As markets continue to fragment, news 8 Doing Well and Doing Good
9 strategies are almost certain to target either the hard or soft news consumer. Demand for hard news should be stronger because of the larger size and narrower preferences of hard news consumers. The strategy that is likely to fail is one that targets both soft and hard news consumers. The problems with this strategy are already evident in local TV markets: a recent study found newscasts that emphasize either hard news or soft news have higher average ratings than those pursuing a middle course. 24 The Limits to Soft News. Soft news has a place in the news. Even the most ardent hard news consumers like the diversion that an amusing or compelling soft news story can provide. But soft news is a weak foundation for a news program or newspaper. To build the news around something other than public affairs is to build it on sand. People attend to daily news year in and year out because they are interested in keeping track of their community, the country, and the world. Even most of those who prefer soft news admit that they like hard news nearly as well. Soft news can spice up the news but cannot anchor it. Soft news, if used with restraint, can expand an audience by attracting people who find the news more enjoyable when it has a touch of personal drama. But heavy doses of soft news will ultimately wear out an audience, just as even the best sitcom eventually loses its audience. Soft news is repetitive and thus at some point tiresome. The faces of soft news change daily today s murder victim is not tomorrow s but they are sadly interchangeable as their numbers mount. Hard news affects the audience in a very different way. It would be grandiose to claim that hard news is the daily unfolding of a people s history. But it is a snapshot of key moments in public life. The plots and characters are constantly shifting, and the stakes are sometimes high. It is an on-going story affecting all of us and, for more than a century, has been the primary reason that millions of people each day choose to spend some of their time on the news. Soft news lacks that kind of drawing power. CRITICAL JOURNALISM VS. CREDIBLE JOURNALISM Journalism and democracy share a common fate, writes James Carey of Columbia s Graduate School of Journalism. Without the institutions or spirit of democracy, Carey says, journalists are reduced to propagandists or entertainers. He says further: When journalists measure their success solely by the size of their readership or audience, by the profits of their companies, or by their incomes, status, and visibility, they have caved into the temptation of false gods, of selling their heritage for a pottage 25 What Carey could have added is that news and politics share a common fate. Interest in news and interest in politics are inextricably linked. Very little sustained attention to news exists outside of a sustained interest in politics. The news is a window onto the world of public affairs. Without an interest in that world, there is little reason to follow the news. And people who do not have much political interest do not, in fact, consume much news. It is in this context that a second trend in the news critical journalism becomes an important consideration. Critical journalism has weakened people s interest in politics and, with that, their interest in news. The Rise of Critical Journalism. Traditional reporting came under attack within the news media in the 1960s. The existing rules held that reporters should refrain from speculation and confine themselves to reporting the facts. Newsmakers had the advantage under these rules: their public words and actions largely determined the content of political coverage. The rules of reporting changed with Vietnam and Watergate, when the deceptions perpetrated by the Johnson and Nixon administrations convinced reporters that they had let the nation down by taking political leaders at their word. Two presidents had lied, and politicians words and actions would no longer be taken at face value. 26 Other developments including the growing celebrity status of the television journalist and heightened audience competition also fueled a more critical form of reporting. 27 Thomas E. Patterson 9
10 3HUFHQWRI&DQGLGDWH5HIHUHQFHV Figure 12: Negative Coverage of Presidential Candidates 1HJDWLYH1HZV Figure 13: Trust in Government Has Declined 1DWLRQDO(OHFWLRQ6WXG\ 7UXVWLQ*RYHUQPHQW,QGH[ Source: The National Election Studies, Center for Political Studies, University of Michigan Figure 14: Trust in Politicians Honesty Has Declined %HOLHYHWKDW+DUGO\$Q\*RYHUQPHQW 2IILFLDOVDUH&URRNHG Journalists today find fault with most everything that politicians say and do. The press no longer even has much respect for public officials private lives even their bedroom behavior is fair game for news stories. Reporters, as Michael Robinson suggests, seem to have taken some motherly advice and turned it upside down: If you don t have anything bad to say about anyone, don t say anything at all. 28 As a result, negative coverage of politics has risen dramatically in recent decades. Negative coverage of presidential candidates, for example, now exceeds their positive coverage (FIGURE 12). 29 By 1990, negative coverage of Congress and its members was over 80%. 30 Each president since 1976 Carter, Reagan, Bush, and Clinton has received more negative coverage than his predecessor. 31 Federal agencies have fared no better; in the period, for example, not a single cabinet-level agency received more positive than negative coverage. As portrayed by the press, America s public leadership is almost universally inept and selfserving. 32 Declining Political Trust and Interest. Negative news has weakened Americans attachments to politics. Trust in government has dropped sharply in the past four decades (FIGURE 13). The change has not been a constant one. After 1980 and again recently in both cases, as a response to a stronger economy trust has risen, but at no time in the past three decades has it come close to reaching its earlier level. Meanwhile, the proportion of Americans who think most government officials are honest has dropped substantially (FIGURE 14). It is now roughly half what it was in 1968, during the Vietnam War. Source: The National Election Studies, Center for Political Studies, University of Michigan Interest in public affairs has also declined substantially (FIGURE 15). The number of Americans who say that they are interested in public affairs most of the time has fallen from roughly 35 percent to 25 percent. A few decades ago, nearly twice as many Americans claimed to be interested most of the time as said they were interested only now and then. Today, the amount of people who say they are interested in public affairs only now and then is equal to the amount who say they are interested most of the 10 Doing Well and Doing Good
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Anthony Fantano
|Chisthony Mercertano
|Anthony giving off his trademark rapey vibe.
Personal Details
None (atheist)
|Birth date
October 28th, 1985
|Birth place
Listening to Death Grips.
Social Networking
|Youtube channel
Physical attributes
|Eye colour
|Hair colour
Miley Cyrus made me hate vaginas.— Anthony Fantano announcing his support for homosexuality.
Anthony Fantoenails, also known as Chris "Best Teeth in the Game" Mercer, is a music critic from Connecticut. He is known on YouTube as theneedledrop. He is a popular YouTuber that is also a fan of Drunken Peasants and has submitted music for the breaks, sent in a question for the Q&A, and even appeared as a guest on the show a few times, the first of which was to discuss Marilyn Manson's new album with TJ in long and excruciating detail.
Anthony has also made a second appearance as a proper guest and not just some music nerd meant to talk about Marylin Manson.
On Drunken Peasants
Q&A Segment
Anthony's first official appearance was in a question video during the Q&A segment for episode 39. During the video, Fantano asked a here he asked a question about cases where atheists are often being stereotyped. The peasants didn't seem to know Fantano was a YouTube personality at this point, as they responded to him like any other pleb.
Guest Appearance
Anthony was first featured as a guest during episode 77. His most notable contribution to the episode was a fairly long winded discussion with TJ about Marilyn Manson's album, 'The Pale Emperor', as well as talking about Manson's other works in what may be the least interesting discussion ever on the show. They also spent a considerable time analyzing Manson's lyrics and what deeper philosophical statements they might have. This left the audience wondering whether there was a hotel room nearby where TJ and him could conduct their obnoxious fanboying elsewhere.
Further Appearances
A video of Anthony appeared in episode 84 where he talked about how he thought Drunken Peasants was a shitty podcast and how Scotty is just a huge piece of garbage. Scotty challenged Fantano to SummerSlam.
edited interview with Fantano was featured in episode 86.
Fantano appeared in episode 138, during Troll or Not a Troll, where he talked about how Scotty is the BEST Drunken Peasant. He gave flawless argumentation, but despite that, the peasants labeled him as a troll, probably because they were shown to be inferior to the one true peasant. Fantano must have changed his previous opinions on Scotty that he had in the past.
In episode 160 the peasants showed a
slanderous totally accurate screenshot where a local news station (reporting on the Chris Harper Mercer shooting) used a photo of Anthony Fantano that identified him as Chris Harper Mercer, which is obviously the case.
In episode 169, Anthony appeared for a full episode, as it was his birthday.
A video of Fantano was played in episode 183, where he talked about how TJ and Tommy Sotomayor were fighting over the internet. He believed that TJ handled the situation wrong. TJ said he was trolling due to his orange beanie.
Fantano was featured in the Troll or Not a Troll segment in episode 199, where he talked about why he was voting for Hillary instead of Bernie. The reasoning was because Hillary has a pussy and Bernie doesn't. The peasants came to the conclusion that he was trolling.
In episode 200, Anthony appeared and gave thanks to all of the people who helped the show survive. He was kicked once he told people not to like the video, but not before being doxed by Paul, who revealed that he is Cal Chuchesta.
On The Amazing Atheist
Anthony appeared during TJ's 'QUESTIONS WHITE MEN HAVE FOR SJWs!' video, where he asked 2 questions directed towards SJWs. He also recommended that they drink some bleach.
- If you look, you can see him in the audience of this Death Grips Concert.
- Anthony donated his Fantoenails to Filthy Frank's human cake.
- Anthony co-reviewed Babymetal's second album with Digibro, a popular anime critic. He also featured Digibro on the 42nd episode of his TND Podcast.
- He resists Capitalism
- Anthony has a second channel called thatistheplan
- He is married.[1]
- He has shown how much he hates Scoopy.
- Anthony also done a few video collaborations with Creationist Cat.
- He's a vegan, just in case he hasn't told you already.
- He has an infinitely more talented roommate named Cal Chuchesta.
- He always reviews shitty hip-hop and always gives it a 6(maybe 7)/10
- If he reviews an underground hip-hop record, it's going to be at least an 8 (more likely a 9)
- His reviews are incredibly boring; he talks about each song and usually he describes them as if they're statues (such as 'sharp sides' or 'angular')
- He IS Cal Chuchesta.
- His song "coco (teh drenk)" was featured on a music break once.
- He has eaten Dinoaur puss.
- He once shot nine people and himself at Umpqua Community College, according to the media.
- Anthony is an avid Tommy Sotomayor viewer.
- He has been compared to a traffic cone and a jar of Elmer's Glue whenever he has his orange beanie on.
Gallery of Fantano
- Episode 39
- Episode 77 (guest)
- Episode 84
- Episode 86
- Episode 138
- Episode 160
- Episode 169 (guest)
- Episode 199
- Episode 200


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Cole Porter is a musical theatre legend and he composed countless incredible songs and many of them are in "Anything Goes." You really can't go wrong with a show that takes place on a ship. Funny antics, catchy melodies, and great characters make this musical a favorite of audiences around the world. Let's take a look at the 5 best songs from "Anything Goes."
5. "Blow Gabriel Blow". A real belters number, this song has great brass to it's vocals and like all Porter songs is greatly catchy and fun.
4. "I Get a Kick Out of You" .A lovely song, it has become a standard recorded by more of the legendary vocalists of the 20th century. Like the title suggests, this song has a kick and a catchy melody.
3. "You're The Top" .Frank Sinatra sings a very recognizable version of this delightful song that is an ode to how the person you love is the best.
2. "It's De-Lovely". This song is adorable. Its play on words is fun and there have been many recordings of this standard by famous vocalists.
1. "Anything Goes". Fast paced and energetic, this songs is wildly catchy and just soars. It's one of the best musical theatre songs ever written.


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