A FAN OF NICKI MINAJ GETS BEATEN BY SECURITIES

A fan of Nicki Minaj was beat up by securities when he rushed the stage at the singer’s July 24 concert in Miami.

The fan certainly acted out of line by jumping on stage and grabbed Minaj’s waist but the securities took offence of it by beating him up.

Meanwhile Minaj seemed totally unfazed by the incident despite it occurring on stage, yards away from her.

PREZZO DEFENDS GOLDIE

Prezzo who survived the eviction of Big Brother star show and Goldie’s ex-girlfriend might not have the opportunity to see his beau for now but holding it down for her in the house.

The 32 year old rapper spoke on her behalf during a discussion about female artistes and why ladies put ‘Baby’ after their names.

When the housemates were playing with each other’s names by mentioning ‘lady may baby’,’ Eazy baby’ but when Talia mentioned ‘Goldie baby’ Prezzo cut in by saying that Goldie has finesse .

Meanwhile, Prezzo is at the top of the eviction nomination list for this week, and his fate is to be decided come Sunday, July 29, 2012.  

ANKARA TAKING OVER IN GLOBAL WORLD

Ankara also known as African print has taking over from the streets to the videos, runways, and even on celebrities both locally and international such as Beyonce Knowles, Rihanna Fergie and kelis and so on.

It’s about time west African Fashion and Fabrics got some mainstream recognition hopefully that apart from jewel by Lisa and Deola Sogoe both championing Nigerian designers that have taken Nigerian Fashion globally, other African designers who are masters at manipulating Ankara fabrics are the ones getting paid to showcase their designs with fashion shows in abroad like, the Newyork Fashion week that showcase various types of designs by these designers.

It is just a matter of time for Nigerian fashion to take over and appreciate our own designers.

Plane Crash: Bodies, Black box recovered

All was calm and gloomy yesterday in Iju-Ishaga on the outskirts of Lagos, where Dana Air flight 9J-922 went down on Sunday.

Rescue operations have given way to investigation – on how and why the aircraft crashed.

It was, also, time for relatives of victims to begin the terrible but necessary task of identifying their loved ones among the piles of bodies – 148, as at 8.30pm- taken to the morgue.

All 153 people on board died in the crash. An unspecified number of people died on the ground as the plane crashed into buildings.

Family members of victims were at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH) in Ikeja to identify the bodies of their relatives.

Federal Road Safety Commission spokesman Jonas Agwu gave the details of the recovered bodies as males 88, females 48 and children 12.

He said the recovery of bodies would continue today.

DNA tests have begun on the retrieved bodies from the scene of the crash, especially those burnt beyond recognition, according to the General Manager of the Lagos State Emergency Management Authority (LASEMA) Dr Femi Oke-Osanyintolu. He said the tests were being carried out at LASUTH.

The bodies were taken to the morgues at LASUTH and the Mainland General Hospital.

An official said the identified bodies were tagged.

Another FRSC official Mr. Fatai Adesina Bakare added: “ We have also recovered a number of personal effects, like handbags, traveller’s bags, shoes, combs and cash. We have, for instance, an identity card of an employee of NNPC, and from his purse, we recovered some cash, and business cards, which have been lodged. We also recovered a woman’s a purse containing $114 and N4,000 cash.”

“We have created a desk where all those personal effects are been documented and officials who are in charge would do justice to them and ensure that it gets to family members of the victims safely,” he added.

Two Indians were among the victims of the air crash. One was the co-pilot of the ill-fated plane. Rani Malik, the consular officer of the Indian High Commission in Lagos told PTI that the name of the Indian co-pilot was Mahendra Singh Rathore.

Rijo Eldos, a young computer engineer from Neriamangalam in the Idukki district of Kerala, was the other Indian. According to his family in Kochi, Eldos was travelling from Abuja to Lagos to take part in a company meeting. He was working with Reddington Nigeria.

Analysis Of Fox News Channel{www.foxnews.com}

Fox News Channel (FNC), also referred to as Fox News, is a cable and satellite television news channel 

owned by the Fox Entertainment Group, a subsidiary of News Corporation. As of April 2009, the channel is available to 102 million households in the United States and to viewers internationally, broadcasting primarily from its New York studios.

The channel was created by Australian-American media mogul Rupert Murdoch, who hired former NBC executive Roger Ailes as the founding CEO. The channel was launched on October 7, 1996 to 17 million cable subscribers. The channel grew in the late 1990s and 2000s to become the dominant cable news network in the United States. In 2010, the network's programs took the top 10 spots for most-watched cable news programs in the 25–54 demographic and the top 12 spots among total cable news programs viewers. Critics have asserted that Fox News Channel promotes conservative political positions and biased reporting. Commentators, news anchors, and reporters at Fox News Channel have responded that news reporting and political commentary operate independently of each other and deny any bias in the news reporting.

HOMEPAGE, AESTHETICS{COLOUR COMBINATION, LAYOUT AND DESIGN}

Introduced in December 1995, the Fox News website features the latest coverage, including columns from FNC's assorted television, radio, and online personalities. Video clips are also available on both Foxnews.com and Foxbusiness.com. Fox News does not dominate its biggest rivals CNN and MSNBC online like it does in television; at the end of August 2010, Foxnews.com was averaging an estimated 24 million unique visitors per month, versus 47 million for MSNBC.com and 48 million for CNN.com.

In September 2008, FNC joined other channels by introducing a live streaming segment to its website called The Strategy Room, designed to appeal to older viewers. It airs weekdays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and takes the form of an informal discussion, with running commentary on the news. Regular discussion programs include Business Hour, News With a View, and God Talk Hours.

In March 2009, The Fox Nation was launched as a website intended to encourage readers to post and comment on the news. Fox News Mobile is a part of the FNC website that is dedicated to streaming news clips that are formatted for video enabled mobile phones.

Layout of FoxNews

Light blue background; quite basic and simple.

Contains links to information on ‘Candidates’, an ‘Interactive Map’, and an ‘Election Tracker’.

In the ‘Candidates’ section of the website, McCain is given a greater profile; his profile includes detailed description of his time in the American Army and is generally very flaterring; Obama’s profile is strangely placed at the bottom of the page and is limited in terms of information.

‘Election Tracker’: offers opportunity to study the different ‘election races’ in separate states – need to register and create a log on to FoxNews.

FoxNews claims to be ‘America’s Election Headquarters’

Has a ‘U Report’ section – allows members of the general public to report on their own news, provided they have information related with the election.

 

 

REVIEWS AND CONCLUSION

The Internet has engendered a considerable level of debate in political discourse ever since its emergence as a tool in everyday life. With low voter turnout and civic participation in decline, much of the debate has come to focus on the Internet’s ability to provide avenues for political participation and civic engagement. It is palpable that the Internet has become a mechanism to disclose political views and opinions in the aim to encourage civic interest in presidential elections. Fox News has presented itself as America’s election headquarters. This is a persuasive means to attract more online viewers, which will consequently increase support for the Republican Party. A particularly interesting feature of FoxNews.com was one of the stories listed in the ‘most popular’ section. It titled ‘Polls show Obama’s support growing among white voters’. This has glaring racial connotations projecting the strong inherent racist nature of white America. FoxNews.com by publishing this story is emphasizing the clear racial distinction between the two presidential candidates.

By reporting stories with underlying racial comments, FoxNews.com is potentially strengthening racist republican sentiments. In essence the article states, that because Obama is of black American decent his votes received by white Americans is quite unique, reinforcing the popular racist climate of America. We can see that in this political environment, politicians, political commentators, democrats and the public at large have reformed the Internet, by their innovative means to politically engage citizens and re-energise participatory democracy. The two online media sites both demonstrate an interactive nature, user-friendly interface and dominating, patriotic presence which encourages citizens to ‘virtually’ participate in their democracies. Ultimately it is palpable that the power of the Internet has enhanced political means of persuasion, where ordinary citizens are not only being passive consumers of campaign rhetoric, but are being swallowed by the manipulative, fragmented, and indoctrinating online media sources.