In reading Geoffery Baym’s article, I immediately felt like I could relate to the demographic that was being discussed. Although I hardly ever watch the daily show, it seems as if all of my knowledge that is directly related to ‘the news’ is retrieved from other sources of media (that is mostly looked down upon: reality TV shows, pop culture radio stations, celebrity magazines, etc.) sources that may not necessarily be viewed in a positive way. I can honestly say that I do not read the newspaper or watch the news, but I do watch reality TV and read the ‘trashy’ magazines. Surprisingly enough through my sources of media, I am still learning about current events occurring in our world. I had a similar reaction to Drew’s blog post because I realized that even though I am not necessarily watching the highest education of news I am still learning about what is going on in the world. As embarrassing as it is, in 2005 when I was in eighth grade I was obsessed with show Laguna Beach. Towards the end of the second season, there was an episode in which an epic landslide was discussed. Realistically if I didn’t watch this pathetic show I would have had no idea. I’m from Boston so at that point I could imagine what it would be like to have a landslide take out a huge number of people and ruin their lives. This is just one example that I felt related to the reading because that episode educated several of teenagers who most likely wouldn’t have heard about that natural disaster. (Fun Fact: because of this episode my eighth grade class raised a ton of money for this natural disaster)