My love of Slate, and the President that just wouldn’t go away.

I never considered myself a gourmand of blogging and Internet journalism, but I realized I’m more savvy than I thought, thanks to this school. One of my favorite sites is Slate.com. The style of writing is witty, entertaining, and a bit on the liberal side, but I’m not complaining. The topics range from why the democrats are losing religious votes to that hilarious car commercial with the divorced parents.

Now on to what I came here for: 9/11 and Bush: Part 2, ‘lectric boogaloo.

In a New York Times article about Bush’s 9/11 tribute in NYC, he said “there’s still an enemy out there that would like to inflict the same kind of damage again.” He said that. At a memorial. I thought he’d have some class but, surprise surpise, it’s business as usual: fear mongering and politicizing.

And people say the protesters have no tact.

The New York Real Estate Shuffle

I’m going to follow the New York City real estate market throughout the media. As a native New Yorker, I too get sick of the yuppies, the yupsters, the trust fund NYU hipsters, the polarization, the gentrification.

My original idea was the public relations effort of the Iraq War. As much as I love beating a dead horse, I think this idea is far more superior.

The Value of Journalism (or how I completely deviated from the topic).

For me, the value of journalism is about $3,200 a semester.

For those not in j-school, there is no price tag on it. Its value is measured in the amount of knowledge you hold. Knowledge that goes beyond dates, places, events and people. It’s knowing enough to analyze, dismiss, accept, add onto, discuss, and understand.

With Internet journalism’s inevitable rise, it’s been seen as a threat to the old world of journalism. And understandably so: why be a spectator when you can be a player?

There have been some who embrace this new form of journalism and have learned to work with it rather than against it.

I, for one, was skeptical of journalist bloggers. I also felt a sense of elitism in being a part of the journalism world. It’s our club. Journalists have their own lingo, war stories, history and organizations. We’ve payed our dues whether it’s j-school or at an entry-level job at a hometown newspaper. We should feel elitist. It’s the same in most professions.

It’s also a competitive profession. Adding bloggers in the mix makes it that much easier to be scooped. (Although who cares about being scooped on the Katie Couric photoshop picture… unless you’re the Post who put it on the front page). But if you’re good, it doesn’t matter how much competition there is.

Bloggers, however, do not cheapen the value of journalism. There’s enough elitism to go around. No matter how easy it is to dismiss bloggers or Internet journalism, the truth is they deserve a seat at the table.

But I digress…