Uppity Wisconsin

Whew. I just got back to Eau Claire after a full day at the conference. Wow. My mind's on overload! Where to start...

This afternoon I attended a session about media coverage during this political season. What an eye-opener for me. I'm a network news junkie. I admit it. I get caught up in watching the talking heads discuss completely superficial issues regarding our candidates for president. John Nichols reminded me that this is all supposed to be about INFORMATION. Not about the trivial crap like Hillary's pantsuits and Barack's choices in a church. We have completely lost sight of the issues. What ARE the issues? If someone asked me what Obama's stance on the environment was; could I really even answer? Of course I know the name of the Rev. at his former church. Which means absolutely nothing.

This isn't how it's supposed to go, and we've got to start rejecting it. That's why I love blogging so much. It's my way of rejecting mainstream media. I am becoming my own media. What an awesome responsibility we all have. What would happen if we all started doing this? It's only through change in ourselves that we can truly change the media.