COULD I GET SOME FACTS PLEASE?

Up until this point, I had no idea what I should be writing about. However, as I was brainstorming, I came to the conclusion that I have recently been presented with an interesting article posted by a friend on my Facebook page. In this article entitled, “Super Bowl Halftime Show: Time For Baby Boomers to Release Their Cultural Death Grip”, Daniel Kalder tries to show that the Super Bowl halftime show is just some elusive plot by the baby boomers to try to push some sort of cultural agenda down our throats. Unfortunately, this man’s argument falls apart almost before it begins.
First of all, the whole article is based off of the man’s opinion. There is little in the way of statistical or factual support. What factual support this man does offer does not show, in any way, that the live performances or musical ability of these artists is lacking talent. Further more, it seems as though the factual evidence he uses is backed up, again, by his own opinion.
Lastly, this man is a foreigner, which should automatically discredit any personal opinion he has about what Americans do or do not like. Because his whole article is just his opinion, it has no reliability to it. I just felt this article would be appropriate to analyze seeing as how it uses most of the elements we have been told to avoid.
Seeing as how this man is not a professional on American entertainment, I don’t see where he should is allowed to tell me what I should enjoy. I’m not saying that I enjoyed this latest performance by “The Who”, but it wasn’t the worst thing I’ve watched on television, either. Further more, I would have to say that the performances by Paul McCartney, Bruce Springsteen, and Tom Petty were among some of the better shows I’ve seen during halftime. I’ve also had some friends tell me that the “Rolling Stones” performance was pretty good as well. I don’t have any statistics to back it up for certain, but I’m sure if you asked any American if they like the “CSI” theme song, they will say yes. Ironically enough, no matter what season you say “yes” to, they all use theme songs written by “The Who.”


If you would like to read the article at hand, here is the link:

http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/dkalder/2010/02/08/super-bowl-halftime-time-for-baby-boomers-to-release-their-cultural-death-grip/