Monday, July 20, 2009
Media in My town
I am from the small town of Milton thats right south of Boston. I was taking the three little girls I nanny down to the town pool the other day when I was stopped by a reporter. Recently Milton was acknowledged to be the number 5th best town to live in in the country by Money Magazine. When the reporter asked me about how I felt about it I couldn't help but think how many bad things that have happend in the past year around town between murders and deaths. Don't get me wrong I love my town. We are a very tightnit place and could not see myself anywhere else but why out of all the places in the country rated top 5th? I told the reporter I did not have time to talk with him. I then realized its so high up because its so close to the city and the taxes are so high. So the media creates the town to be pleasanville because of good location and ridiculous taxes?
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It's always interesting to see these lists come out--different publications are always going to have different criteria, and if you're lucky they might even be upfront as to what their criteria actually is! I think it would be interesting for you to read the piece and then offer an informed critique. In fact, you might be able to connect with the writer of the article and/or local reporters on the subject.... Listen to me, turning into your publicist....
ReplyDeleteBTW, remember that you get credit for one blog post / day--so spread out your writing so that you get credit for Bruno too! (You might post a follow-up on that, thinking through your comments in terms of our discussion of THIS FILM IS NOT YET RATED....