Media Coverage
Google/Go to NYTimes Online, Washington Post Online, CNN, FOX, Google News.
• What common stories appear on each of these sites front pages? Provide examples.
• Are there differences in the types of stories appearing? Explain
• Which sources would you turn to, and why?
• What other sources do you go to for news? Locate at least three. What stories are they featuring today?
• Would you consider this/these sources “traditional” or “new” news sources. Why?
We've discussed changes in the news media over the past century. What changes do you foresee in the next decade or two?
12 comments:
Hayley Bryden
Period 4
Throughout all of the websites there were major similarities between the stories that were shown. One common story is about how the leader of Yemen was recently injured. Headlines such as "Yemeni Leader Badly Burned" (NY times), "Yemeni President is Said to be Badly Injured" (Washington Post), "Tribal Fighters Take over Yemen City" (CNN), and Yemen facing humanitarian catastrophe: UNICEF (google), are what most sites are focusing on. There are also stories concerning Rep. Weiner and his recent actions, issues with "Obamacare", and what NATO has been doing. Although there are mostly common news stories there are also a few that only one site seems to be covering. For example on CNN there are reports of a recent fire in Arizona, and on FOX news there is an article about a Syrian lesbian blogger that was recently kidnapped in Syria. If I had to choose between these sources to get my news from I would most likely go to google because it seems to be an unbiased site. I have heard that CNN and FOX news are sometimes very biased towards certain things which would make it difficult to decipher what was news and what was opinion. I do not usually follow the news, but when I do I usually get my information from places such as the news on the television, Yahoo! news and whatever stories my dell homepage pulls from various sites. On Yahoo! news today there are stories about President Obama and the recession and the pop culture news. On my dell homepage it pulled stories from the NY times and from US weekly. On the news today I heard a story about the Yemen president. Getting news on the internet is definitely a new form of getting information but watching the news on tv is more traditional and has been like that for about fifty years. In the next decade or two I think most news companies will focus more on getting their stories to cell phones using various apps and will use social networking sites as well.
Michael Yavorek Period 4
When searching these websites some common articles reappear. On the CNN website, the first article shown was about pro Ghadafi forces in Libya. This was also seen in the Washington Post website where the article was about rebel forces waiting to attack Ghadafi at the right moment. Then there are other articles such as job growth in the U.S. which are seen on the Fox News Channel website and CNN website. There are also some random articles seen on these websites, for example Google News has one about Michele Obama doing a cameo on I Carly. There is also an article in the New York Times that talks about the Iran government starting a new program involving high levels of enriched uranium. Personally I would use Google News because it is unbiased unlike some of the other websites such as Fox news or CNN. It is hard to tell whether the article is leaning towards a particular issue which is better to use Google News to get world wide information that seem to be unbiased. When I am on the computer I get my news from Yahoo News which is the default browser on my computer. This usually takes articles from different places such as the associated press. One of the articles that is featured today is called, “OPEC leaves output on hold, causing oil price jump”. Sometimes I will look at the New Haven Register, but this is a rarity. In today’s article on the front page is, “ A little pot no longer a crime”, which talks about how Connecticut is the 14th state to legalize pot. The last source I use sometimes is the Reuters website, there main article is talking about the new office building Steve Jobs wants to build. I believe that these ways to access the news is going to be old soon. I believe that soon enough most people would get news sent to their I pad directly or phone. This would happen through like a text message whenever a new world event happened. By doing this people would get the news as fast as possible and wont have to search the web to find new articles.
Nikki Crose
• What common stories appear on each of these sites front pages? Provide examples.
1. Weiner’s story
2. Flee to Turkey
3. Panetta Hearing
• Are there differences in the types of stories appearing? Explain
1. Yes there are differences.
In one it states that “Leon E. Panetta is likely to be confirmed to lead the Pentagon,” (http://www.nytimes.com/?adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1307636119-gzKqNDSp+DlwYtfTec8JKg)
In another it states “No major obstacles emerge as Senate hearing for defense nominee begins.” (http://www.washingtonpost.com/?reload=true) and another state “Friends say Panetta, 72, couldn't have turned down president's request to stay on” (http://www.cnn.com/2011/POLITICS/06/08/panetta.confirmation.hearing/index.html?hpt=po_bn1)
• Which sources would you turn to, and w
1. The NY times
2. Washington Post Online
3. Google News
• What other sources do you go to for news? Locate at least three. What stories are they featuring today?
1. CBS “Wounded warriors confront painful past”
2. MSNBC “Casey Anthony jury sees graphic photos of tot's skull”
3. ABC “Boyfriend accused of killing girlfriend's father”
• Would you consider this/these sources “traditional” or “new” news sources? Why?
1. I would consider these sources traditional because they heave been around forever since TV was invented.
We've discussed changes in the news media over the past century. What changes do you foresee in the next decade or two?
1. No news papers at all it will come to us via computer. TV will be virtually obsolete.
Samantha Ragusa
Period 4
-All of the sites featured stories about Newt Gingrich’s campaign and his staffers resigning. All of the sites except the New York Times had stories about Congressman Weiner, the Caylee Anthony trial, and Libya.
-Fox tended to have more entertainment related news. CNN featured stories about topics that would affect the average person, such as food and college. Washington Post only featured stories that had to do with politics and international affairs. The New York Times seemed to have a little bit of everything.
-I would turn to the New York Times most likely. They offer a wide variety of news. I could find out events happening in my country and around the world. I could also find out things about pop culture.
-Other sources I turn to are
- http://twitter.com/?lang=en&logged_out=1#!/download- Today people are talking about Charles Clarke, a candidate in the UK election, Winnie the Pooh, and Clembuterol, a drug that 5 Mexican sports stars tested positive for.
- http://www.people.com/people/ - Stories about William and Kate are featured. There is also a story about Casey Anthony’s trial.
- http://www.ap.org/ -Stories on the Royal wedding, Syria, and Newt Gingrich are featured.
-All of these sources are on the internet so that would make them untraditional. However, People Magazine itself would be a fairly traditional source since magazines have been around for over a century.
Samantha Ragusa
Period 4
**** I didn't see the last question, please disregard my previous post****
-All of the sites featured stories about Newt Gingrich’s campaign and his staffers resigning. All of the sites except the New York Times had stories about Congressman Weiner, the Caylee Anthony trial, and Libya.
-Fox tended to have more entertainment related news. CNN featured stories about topics that would affect the average person, such as food and college. Washington Post only featured stories that had to do with politics and international affairs. The New York Times seemed to have a little bit of everything.
-I would turn to the New York Times most likely. They offer a wide variety of news. I could find out events happening in my country and around the world. I could also find out things about pop culture.
-Other sources I turn to are
- http://twitter.com/?lang=en&logged_out=1#!/download- Today people are talking about Charles Clarke, a candidate in the UK election, Winnie the Pooh, and Clembuterol, a drug that 5 Mexican sports stars tested positive for.
- http://www.people.com/people/ - Stories about William and Kate are featured. There is also a story about Casey Anthony’s trial.
- http://www.ap.org/ -Stories on the Royal wedding, Syria, and Newt Gingrich are featured.
-All of these sources are on the internet so that would make them untraditional. However, People Magazine itself would be a fairly traditional source since magazines have been around for over a century.
In the future I see people using the internet and social media more and more to get their news. People will most likely watch clips of news shows on YouTube rather than tuning into Fox or CNN to watch the news.
"Lunna" is getting a very narrow view of the news. NYT, WaPo, ABC, etc. main stream media, very biased, carry water for Obama admin. Fox will appear biased, because it may have the same stories, but different verbs--not as prejudicial--if one is accustomed to the other with opinion always mixed in with facts. Fox has many opinion columns but tends to keep them out of the news stories.
Weiner's fiasco has actually had little coverage in the MSM compared to how they would treat a similar moral failure by a Republican. Probably 10 times more if he'd been a Republican (and one AP story actually identified him as a Republican.
This obviously isn't my assignment, but it's interesting.
For Saturday, June 11th, the news that appeared on the front page of these news sources included "1998 US Embassy bombing suspect reported killed." On the site, The New York Times, the biggest breaking news is about Syrian refugees fleeing to neighboring towns. The Washington Post focuses more on political news stories, for example, news stores about Sarah Palin and other political/public figures.
None of the sites has identical stories. The Washington Post Online focuses more on domestic issues and political figures. CNN focuses on international and domestic breaking news and news on unusual events (i.e. an injured sea turtle gets help to lay eggs, a bunny born without ears in Japan). Google News has a broader range of news stories, from international and domestic news to technology news, and business news.
I would turn to CNN news and the New York Times to read news because I like their layouts and the reportoaire of stories. I like GoogleNews too, because the news stories may be customized according to one's preference.
Occasionally, I read the USAToday, BBC news and ABC news.The USAToday news site features stories such as "Clinton: Embassy bomber's killing is a 'just end,'" "Weiner: Online contact with teen not indecent," and "Afghan officials:21 killed in string of attacks." BBC news features "Somali minister killed by niece," "Mexicans demand end to drugs war," and "Chile volcano wreaks fresh havoc." "Nothing Inappropriate in Weiner Tweets," "Candid plain emails unveiled" and "Casey Anthony: Could Body Tampering Allegation Shake Case?" appear on the front page of ABC news.
I do consider these news sites as "traditional" news sources because they have been around for a very long time now.
I'm predicting that the news media will be dominated by social network sites such as Twitter and Facebook for the next decade or two.
There are so many different news stories on each of these websites, it makes you think how much is going on in the world at like every second. Some common stories between CNN and Washington Post are about the Syrian Protests. Fox news and Washington Post news also revealed new pictures of Representative Gifford’s recovery after her shooting. There are also individual stories on each of the sites, and interesting one on Google News was on discoveries about E Coli. Each website has different stories appearing. Fox news front page articles were mostly about conservative issues like the Republican Party and representatives, and Rep. Weiner’s wiener. Washington Post’s homepage was much more divided between local, national, and worldly news. I think this is the main reason I would use Washington Post because the information is well organized and seemly unbiased. I also really like that there is a comment section for each article, which lets me not only post my own views on each topic but also read other people’s viewpoints giving me a wider perspective on it. I use google reader and subscribe to RSS feeds from different websites on topics that interest me, like world news on Washington post, local news in the New Haven register, and pop culture from various websites like Vogue, Seventeen, and etc. I also subscribe to blogs for things like cool discoveries in science. In the New Haven Register the main news is about the decriminalization of Marijuana. In the Vogue culture there is an article about the movies X Men and Super 8, along with sneak peeks of music festivals this summer. From Washington post, my RSS feed picked up an article about iCloud. This way of getting news and information is relatively new, because instead of searching for sites it pulls it together into one source so I could read it at once. The internet sites are also somewhat new and I think has become really popular the last decade because they can get it anytime they want. In the next decade or two I think people will be getting their news mostly through their cell phone or Ipads based on their interests. I can’t wait to see what will happen!
1) The common stories that appeared on all of these news sites were about Syrian troops retaking a northern tower, Gabrielle Giffords making significant recoveries after being shot in the head, and Congressman Weiner taking leave and seeking help. For example, in terms of the Weiner story, the New York Times said “Weiner to seek treatment and a leave from House”, the Washington Post said “Weiner to take leave, seek help”, and FOX says “Weiner opts for treatment as new self portraits emerge”. The others didn’t have this as a front page story, but it was still there on CNN and Google News.
2) Yes there are differences in the types of stories appearing because different sites have different opinions as to what kinds of stories are “front page news”. For example, New York Times’ front page story is about Syrian troops retaking the northern tower, but on CNN, the front page story is about Giffords’ healing progress. It’s all about the site’s opinion and what they feel the public wants to hear and read about.
3) I would turn to CNN. I feel that CNN offers a lot of stories that range from entertainment to natural disasters to criminal activity. I also like how it’s very organized and easy to find information. Plus, it seems very unbiased, which makes me feel like the news I find is believable and trustworthy.
4) Other sources I go to are Eyewitness News on Channel 3, Google search engine, and the local newspaper. The local paper and Eyewitness News all have local news concerning criminal activity concerning the state as well as, especially now, the devastation of the tornado. Google is a good source for finding really anything that I want to learn about. Google News has stories on Giffords and Weiner and much more.
5) Eyewitness News and Google would definitely be “new” news sources because the Internet and television are much more recent inventions that can provide us with news. Newspapers, however, have been around for quite some time, and therefore are considered “traditional” news sources.
Connor Slade
if this seems like it was done badly, i apologize; i was on the 4th question and my computer froze so now i am pissed.
1. Some common stories featured on the front of all these new sources are 1. Dallas Mavericks beat the Miami Heat 105-95 to win their first NBA championship title. 2. mitt romneys new pitch for his New Hampshire campaign. 3.Islamist extremists emboldened in Yemen
2. Yes i think there is differences between the type of new stories that are appearing on each of these sources. I think this because maybe some sources believe that some stories are more worthy and important than other stories that other News sources might view as important.
3. I would turn to Nytimes.com because it is the closest news source to my state and probably the most prestige newscaster. But if i was looking up a news story i would just type it in on Google and click the first link available.
4. Msnbc.com-Gabrielle Giffords posts first pictures on Facebook since being shot.
Abcnews.com-Weiner and Ginrich have different problems but under the same pressure.
cbsnews.com- Signs of hope grow in the raging Arizona fire
5. I would consider the abc, cbs, msnbc to be "new" news sources, because the other sources have been around for a much longer time then they have, so i think...
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