What this blog is all about...

                Probably part of the daily routine for most people, viewing the top headlines on the Yahoo! homepage is something I do each and every time I open up a new internet browser. It is a quick and convenient way for me to get caught up on the day’s most important events, or at least the most interesting ones.

                The major theme of this upcoming blog will have to do with my responses to the articles that I decide are most worthy of ongoing discussion. Since this blog is required for an English class, I will not only write about my reaction to the topics that the articles consist of, but I will also examine the ways that the article’s author tries to manipulate the reader through several ways. These include the catchy (albeit sometimes misleading) titles they place on these articles, as well as the pictures that they include on the homepage, both designed to lure the reader to the article’s page.

                   I will pick at least one intriguing article for each time I make a post, and I will spend some time discussing my opinions of them. These opinions may agree with the author’s opinions, but more than likely I will attack them simply to make the post more enjoyable for me to write, and for you to read. I also may question the author’s reasoning for bothering to make articles on such trivial matters, or I will applaud them for dealing with important issues. If the article is not very opinionated, I will simply write about the article itself. Finally, I will tell you, the reader of this blog, if the article is worth your time to read.

                For some background information on me, my name is Tom Dougherty and I am from Doylestown, Pennsylvania. I went to high school at Central Bucks South from 10^th grade to 12^th grade. My interests include playing sports, especially ice hockey. My major is bioengineering, and my favorite subject in high school was Physics. I hope to use this major to design artificial organs and limbs.  

                  This week I will not analyze each article, but here are some interesting ones that I found,

1.       World's Friendliest Countries http://travel.yahoo.com/ideas/world-s-friendliest-countries.html

2.       The man who 'Tebowed' before Tebow http://sports.yahoo.com/video/player/news/Sports_Minute/27860188#news/Sports_Minute/27860188

3.       Colbert preps prez run, transfers PAC to Stewart  http://news.yahoo.com/colbert-preps-prez-run-transfers-pac-stewart-020429243.html

I will also include videos, not just articles.