News Article Comparison
You will compare the same
news story in four different publications: The
NY Times blog, The Washington Post, Huffington Post, and a UK publication.
Topic:
Mark Zuckerberg gets
married
Answer this: 1. Is this
news? Why? Why is this story relevant?
Next: Read the following articles:
a.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/reliable-source/post/mark-zuckerberg-and-priscilla-chan-how-they-pulled-off-their-surprise-wedding/2012/05/20/gIQAQVK1dU_blog.html
b. NY Times
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/05/19/mark-zuckerberg-ties-the-knot/?ref=style
c. Uk Newspaper
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/news/second-best-day-of-his-life-mark-zuckerberg-surprises-friends-with-secret-wedding-7769678.html
d. Huffington Post
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/22/the-curious-timing-of-mar_n_1535698.html
2. In the chart below,
summarize each article in detail. Do they cover different content?
NY Times
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Washington Post
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Huff Post
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The Independent UK
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3. WHY do they cover different
content? How is the slant or bias of each news source conveyed in the article?
Write your answer in paragraph form addressing each news source.
4. Do you detect any of
these types of bias?
▪
Advertising bias, when stories are selected or slanted to please
advertisers.
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Corporate bias, when stories are selected or slanted to please corporate
owners of media.
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Mainstream
bias, a tendency to report what everyone else is reporting, and to avoid
stories that will offend anyone.
Sensationalism,
bias in favor of the exceptional over the ordinary, giving the impression that
rare events, such as airplane crashes, are more common than common events, such
as automobile crashes.
categories from wiki.
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