The podcast "How a Bill Becomes A Law ... These Days" is basically a remake of the old Schoolhouse Rock story on how bills become laws. It seems that this podcast is mocking recent events in congress. “Infant Mortality” talks about abortion and the use of the world “baby killers” at a debate last week. The podcast continues to go into the history of the word and why it has such a negative connotation on it. They discuss how it was used during wars and the images that come along with it. In the reading “Virgin Vinyl, Real Counterfeit Diamonds,and Genuine Imitation Leather:With These Words I Can Sell You Anything” by William Lutz explains how commercials have become a very important part of communications and how people will pay ridiculous amounts of money for their commercials to be featured. Especially if their commercial is shown during a popular show or event, such as the Super bowl. The article also explains how influential commercials are on children, and as an example the article tells the story about one girl who knew more beer brands then actually US states. Personally I feel that commercials are more influential than television shows, and the fact that many are so negative is upsetting. Commercials shape they way of life in America. Unlike television shows, commercials are straight forward and upfront. The never ending diet commercials tell the audience that we must be skinny, and the axe/perfume commercials show that we must use certain brands to smell good in order to appeal to the opposite gender. The article “All the News that Fits” by Donna Woolfolk Cross talks about how Americans can focus more of the appearance of the news people, rather than the news that we receive from them. Like make article we have read it basically addresses the issue that Americans do not focus on the news, but rather on less important issues like appearance.
