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1   Gloria Muniz 02/06/11

2   Eng 14

3   Prof. Malinowitz

4   Hum 213 Essay 1 Draft 1

5   Extra, Extra, Extra I Recommend The New York Times

6   Do  you  ever  wonder  which  newspaper  source  is  the  best?  Or  even  which  one  is  more  

7   detailed  or  credible?  Now  in  decent  times  there  are  so  many  newspaper  sources  that  it  is  easy  

8   to  believe  everything  is  true.  I  will  be  comparing  three  different  news  sources  Aljazeera,  

9   AlterNet,  New  York  Times  and  will  recommend  which  one  you  should  read.  

10   To  begin  with,  I  recommend  the  traditional  New  York  Times.  You  should  consider  reading  the  New  York  

11   Times  because  you  will  get  informed  on  the  latest  news  that  is  currently  occurring  in  our  world.  When  I  

12   was  on  the  homepage  of  the  New  York  Times  on  February  3,  2011  and  it  was  interesting  because  the  

13   bold  black  headlines  caught  my  attention.  I  clicked  on  the  headline  and  started  to  read  what  was  

14   happening.  As  I  read  the  report  on  Egypt,  I  could  see  what  was  happening  in  the  Tahrir  Square.  To  even  

15   make  it  better  the  Times  has  amazing  pictures  and  live  stream  video  to  go  with  their  stories.  This  is  great  

16   because  when  people  read  the  news  they  understand  what  is  being  said  but  they  need  to  visualize  as  

17   well.    Sometimes  words  aren’t  enough  to  grasp  the  readers’  attention.  Keep  in  mind  when  reading  news  

18   sources  the  story  could  be  worded  differently.  I  was  reading  about  the  protest  in  Egypt.  The  New  York  

19   Times  has  pictures  of  the  pro  and  anti  democracy  parties  fighting  each  other.  I  could  picture  and  

20   understand  what  was  going  on  out  there.  The  citizens  of  this  country  want  democracy  and  are  tired  of  

21   having  a  dictator.  Not  only  does  the  New  York  Times  have  the  latest  worldwide  news  but  it  has  

 
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22   other  interesting  sections  from  our  economic  system  to  our  sports.  The  front  page  gives  you  an  

23   idea  what  is  happening  through  the  headline  and  also  that  you  can  click  on  to  read  more.  The  

24   purpose  of  newspapers  is  to  inform  the  citizens  of  what  is  happening.  News  sources  have  

25   different  headlines  relating  to  the  same  topic.  So  it  would  mean  that  their  focuses  are  not  the  

26   same.  

27   The  difference  between  Aljazeera  and  the  New  York  Times  is  that  the  same  article  is  worded  

28   different  by  the  news  reporters.  The  Aljazeera  news  said  that  the  two  New  York  Times  

29   reporters  were  arrested  and  taken  into  protective  custody.  The  New  York  Times  reported  that  

30   supporters  of  President  Hosni  Mubarak  attacked  foreign  journalists,  punching  them  and  

31   smashing  their  equipment.  Notice  the  different  statement  between  the  two  new  sources.  Why  

32   Aljazeera  didn’t  not  mention  what  actually  happened?  Although  they  worded  the  statement  

33   different  they  are  very  concerned  with  happens  in  the  Middle  East.  Aljazeera  does  have  news  

34   about  other  countries  but  it  seems  that  they  more  concerned  what  happens  in  the  middle  east.    

35   I  liked  that  they  had  artitechtal  design  as  to  where  the  protesters  were  in  the  Tahrir  Square.    

36   Thirdly,  the  difference  between  AlterNet  and  the  New  York  Times  is  enormous.  While  I  visited  

37   AlterNet  homepage  they  did  not  have  Egypt  as  their  headline  instead  it  was  FBI  Violating  Your  

38   Liberties.  I  actually  had  to  scroll  down  to  see  if  I  saw  an  article  on  Egypt.  Right  away  I  knew  that  

39   AlterNet  focus  was  somewhere  else  rather  than  Egypt.  As  I  read  the  article  about  Egypt  I  didn’t  

40   find  one  thing  about  foreign  journalists  being  attacked.  What  I  did  read  is  that  people  are  

41   getting  injured  and  taking  hospital  but  it  doesn’t  specify  who  is  getting  attacked.  

 
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42   In  conclusion,  I  recommend  that  we  should  articles  from  the  New  York  Times.  They  have  been  

43   around  longer  than  both  Aljazeera  and  AlterNet.  Yes, there may be many news sources but the

44   New York Times has it all. From our latest news that is happening out in the rest of the world to

45   our economy and sports.

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