Monthly Archives: December 2011



“News expands to fill the time and space allocated to its coverage.” William Safire

“News is what a chap who doesn’t care much about anything wants to read. And it’s only news until he’s read it. After that it’s dead.”  Evelyn Waugh

Pick one of the above quotes to interpret and agree or disagree with. Then interpret the next quote and relate the two, following through with your interpretation. Try and refer to news that you read or watch.

8 sentence minimum.



JACKIE X

In this quote, Lincoln is describing the weakness of one’s argument. By mentioning the “shadow of a pigeon that had been starved to death”, Lincoln is describing the severe thinness of the argument. It lacks depth, profundity, and is not very rich in information. A type of a “thin” argument is one similar to an untested hypothesis. For example, whenever one of my friends tries to add salt to her lunch, people around her always exclaim that salt is “bad for you”, and they try to stop her from adding it. However, when she asks them why, they respond by saying, “it just is”, and she listens to their weak argument. This doesn’t only occur at school. Even throughout America, people continuously argue that salt is harmful to one’s health. As a result, people begin to add less salt to their meals and consume less salty foods, yet they don’t bother to look up the real facts. However, studies have shown that humans need salt, especially those who are very active, yet people continue to decrease their salt intake. Therefore, claiming that salt is “bad for you because it just it”, is a “thin” argument.