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		<title>No Bribery Left Behind</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When a journalist starts to recieve freebies, they are on the edge of a very slippery slope.  It could certainly be nothing, but it could also end like the case of conservative comentator Armstrong Williams. Williams admited to reciving &#8220;$241,000 to help promote President Bush&#8217;s No Child Left Behind law on the air, an arrangement [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=goldirock.wordpress.com&blog=4427705&post=86&subd=goldirock&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://goldirock.wordpress.com/2009/04/27/no-bribery-left-behind/</link>
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		<title>To Catch a Predator: Ethical Undercover Journalism or Sensationalist TV?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Child predators have been in the news, often in cases of horrible violence. So what does NBC opt to do? Set up sting operations with various police departments and a bunch of vigilantes called Perverted-Justice. &#8220;Although some hidden-camera reporting can serve a public service, many worry that the technique is often only used for the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=goldirock.wordpress.com&blog=4427705&post=79&subd=goldirock&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://goldirock.wordpress.com/2009/04/27/to-catch-a-predator-ethical-undercover-journalism-or-sensationalist-tv/</link>
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		<title>Compassion in the Media: Profit Machine?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Article Here
I&#8217;m not one to follow popular culture and gossip mongering, but with the focus of the reading for this week I found myself drawn to it. The reason: Rihanna, a young pop star, was recently beaten by her boyfriend. This has spawned numerous articles on both sides of the compassion fence, as well as [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=goldirock.wordpress.com&blog=4427705&post=76&subd=goldirock&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://goldirock.wordpress.com/2009/03/16/compassion-in-the-media-profit-machine/</link>
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		<title>The Evolving Language of Game Interfaces</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In Chapter 2 of The Language of New Media,  Manovich discusses how we use old cultural ideas to interface with computers. While the chapter is outdated, the ideas behind it are still very current. I&#8217;ve found that the language metaphor is useful to describe how technology is evolving. While gaming interfaces used to be large [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=goldirock.wordpress.com&blog=4427705&post=70&subd=goldirock&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://goldirock.wordpress.com/2009/03/09/the-evolving-language-of-game-interfaces/</link>
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		<title>Gene Pool and the Language of New Media (Entry 6)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Gene Pool Version 6
I found that this first chapter by Manovich led itself more towards the analysis of AI in a game than any variety of article. Since I can&#8217;t quote the game, I&#8217;ll be using screenshots to back up my point. The game is also free if you would like to try it, though [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=goldirock.wordpress.com&blog=4427705&post=52&subd=goldirock&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://goldirock.wordpress.com/2009/02/23/gene-pool/</link>
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		<title>Journal Entry #2</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Gannett to explore dividend cut to conserve cash
In Smith’s chapter on The Business of News, he discusses how many large companies own large quantities of newspapers. During these tough economic times, not even the large publishing company Gannett is safe. “Gannett Co. said Friday that its board would explore a dividend cut next month as [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=goldirock.wordpress.com&blog=4427705&post=44&subd=goldirock&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://goldirock.wordpress.com/2009/02/01/journal-entry-2/</link>
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		<title>Government Lapdogs and Spin Control</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Bush Administration has undoubtedly had a lot of spin control to do over the past 8 years; they’ve certainly had enough to cover to have gotten a lot of practice. The article that I found, however, is an all new level of spin. It deals with the “Shoe Incident”, where an Iraqi journalist threw [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=goldirock.wordpress.com&blog=4427705&post=40&subd=goldirock&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://goldirock.wordpress.com/2009/01/25/government-lapdogs-and-spin-control/</link>
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		<title>Orestians and Religion, Part 1</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Honor the Old Gods, for they have given you this bountiful world. Honor the Young Gods, for they can still take it all away.&#8221;
-Orestian Teacher to his students
Religion is an incredibly important function in the Orestian Empire. It binds the people together, regardless of ethnicity, status or education. There are two &#8220;categories&#8221; of gods, the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=goldirock.wordpress.com&blog=4427705&post=37&subd=goldirock&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://goldirock.wordpress.com/2008/08/17/orestians-and-religion-part-1/</link>
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		<title>The Orestian Empire</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I have to admit it took me a while to find a focus for the world building project. I pushed it to the back of my head, but now I&#8217;m finally going to do it justice. I&#8217;m not sure if I&#8217;ll get the entire world figured out, but I do happen to enjoy what I&#8217;ve [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=goldirock.wordpress.com&blog=4427705&post=33&subd=goldirock&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://goldirock.wordpress.com/2008/08/15/the-orestian-empire/</link>
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		<title>Why I Wish I Could Code.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m an artist and a writer. I&#8217;m not a code monkey. I&#8217;ll write you a story, draw some nice concept art, do some 3d, but I cannot code to save my life. I get a lot of ideas on games I&#8217;d love to make, cool mechanics, nice art. But I can&#8217;t do it. I can&#8217;t [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=goldirock.wordpress.com&blog=4427705&post=30&subd=goldirock&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://goldirock.wordpress.com/2008/08/14/why-i-wish-i-could-code/</link>
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