Trivialization of the News

Trivialization of the News - Episode #4 - Jul 12,2010

Published on 2010-07-12 12:00:00

We're starting to get antsy about not having callers or people in our live chat during the show, so we've made the show a bit more relaxed and less frenetic. Today's topics explored 1)Cussing laws on the books of Pennsylvania and whether people should be arrested and serve time in jail just for cursing, 2) A story that is unprecedented but received very little attention from the national news media: A Columbia journalist denied permission to attend Harvard's prestigious Nieman program by the Oba

Trivialization of the News - Episode #3 - Jul 05,2010

Published on 2010-07-05 12:00:00

Happy day after 4th of July! Co-hosts Cheryl Taragin and RafiT continued their trivialization of the news by putting human interest stories, Baltimore news, national news, and celebrity news on the hot seat. Emerging as today's theme was the bad economy, seen in such stories as a college grad suing her dad for tuition reimbursement, incoming GW freshman griping about loss of maid service in their dorms, and Baltimore's Harborplace showing signs of age as it celebrated its 30th birthday. Other to

Second show of Trivialization of the News had a surprise guest - Jun 28,2010

Published on 2010-06-28 16:58:54

Just concluded the second installment of our fledgling news talk show, "Trivialization of the News," and feeling very encouraged on several fronts.In addition to a riveting half hour discussion of news topics from around the world, co-host RafiT and I are starting to develop a nice ying-yang-esque repartee. I feed him news topics and he spouts opinions off the top of his head. Nothing revolutionary there, but oh so very zany.The way RafiT reflects on and dissects our topics gives the show an unu