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Journalism Class - Wednesday November 9
The cat has a frog, Spider has his coffee and all's well with the world, apparently. Spider's sprawled behind his desk, bare feet resting on the blotter and his laptop propped on his legs.
"Morning, class. Today we have an interesting exercise as well as the announcement that I've decided to expand our activities a bit. There'll be some shifting of computers and other technology this weekend as I have this entire department to use and we've been more or less keeping to this room. I felt it might be more productive to change things around a bit. More on that later."
Lighting a cigarette for himself, he waved to the students. "Today I want you to choose an article from today's or yesterday's headline at the The New York Times website. Again, the login is jerusalem_s and the password is fandomhigh. Once you've chosen an article I want you to go on-line and search for two other articles on the same topic. Please be certain they are not merely re-postings of the same article, by the way. Compare all three articles as far as differences and similiarites. As a great many sources simply lift from the wire services, you will get more credit for this assignment if you choose independant reports."
Grinning, he concluded, "I want to hear what you think about the various reports, how they could have been improved on or what you might have said in their place."
"Morning, class. Today we have an interesting exercise as well as the announcement that I've decided to expand our activities a bit. There'll be some shifting of computers and other technology this weekend as I have this entire department to use and we've been more or less keeping to this room. I felt it might be more productive to change things around a bit. More on that later."
Lighting a cigarette for himself, he waved to the students. "Today I want you to choose an article from today's or yesterday's headline at the The New York Times website. Again, the login is jerusalem_s and the password is fandomhigh. Once you've chosen an article I want you to go on-line and search for two other articles on the same topic. Please be certain they are not merely re-postings of the same article, by the way. Compare all three articles as far as differences and similiarites. As a great many sources simply lift from the wire services, you will get more credit for this assignment if you choose independant reports."
Grinning, he concluded, "I want to hear what you think about the various reports, how they could have been improved on or what you might have said in their place."
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The original source focused more on the measures themselves and the failings of the governor. It emphasized how much money and time he spent to pass these measures. The second source focused on what the opposition had done to defeat them. The unions spent millions of dollars to keep these measures from passing. The third source, like the first, emphasized Schwarzenegger's failings, but as a whole, not just this election. His Year of Reform, which these referendums were a part of, is focusing on the wrong issues. The Governor is realizing that, and the article implies, will be changing his tactics soon.
Each article made a different aspect of the campaign the main one. The first two seem to be the most biased, either in favor of or aginst the governor. The third is much more evenhanded, focusing on the issues, and quoting Democratic leaders who want to work with Schwarzenegger to make California a better place.
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