UPDATE: What not to say.

So after a nice gripe with some friends about local "journalists" (usually college-level,) that like to push their illogical opinions out to the masses, I decided to actually read more articles on Front Page Milwaukee, the very cool UWM news site that I am featured on.
I regret to say that it was a mistake.
Here are prime examples, all of which I put in my two cents by commenting back on each article. I'll admit, there are some flaws in some of my opinions I give back, but I stand by my rhetoric. Especially in comparison to these:
Smoking Ban on Campus
Anti-Facebook and Myspace
Milwaukee Men Aren't Gentlemen

Please, someone tell me with valid and logical explanation in a well-thought out and thorough manner, that I'm wrong.
I would love to see less articles on campus like these, ones that weren't written in a stream of thought (questionable) and were proofread less than one time. It is a crime to call this journalism, in my opinion. I have yet to speak with a single individual who believes that the dominant campus newspapers actually have great writing staffs. In fact, most I speak to read the papers, and articles like I've linked, to laugh at them, and shake their heads in disbelief.
I can't say I entirely agree with them. It is great to have firm enough belief in a topic to put yourself out in the public eye. It is wonderful to belief in what the media and journalism can do for us as a public, to gain insight into new ideas in a very fast manner.
But the ideas matter too. Some curse blogs and the internet for its lack of a filter, for its perverse and vulgar content that anyone has access to. "Vulgar and perverse" includes illogical and moronic. "Access" includes the authors of such content, like the writers of such articles.
Some days, I feel like the greatest parts of modern technology and the advancements of communcation are being misused, misrepresented, and taken for granted.