Lesson 02.04 Broadcast—Television

       I watched America's Newsroom on Wednesday, March 20th, 2013. The two news anchors are Bill Hemmer and Martha MacCallum. This type of news covers everything that's happening across the entire country of the United States. For the most part, FOX News allows people to view the facts and then make up an opinion of their own. However, Within the first 7-8 minutes, each news anchor had already uttered an opinionated remark. 
       News anchor Martha MacCallum was discussing the voting going on in the House and the Senate that dealt with the resolution that would avoid a government shutdown. The voting was said to be done yesterday. After MacCallum finished reporting on this topic, she said, "Yeah, we'll see where they get with that, right?". The words she said and the tone that she said them in implied that this was an opinion. However, I don't think that she said it in a way that people would believe that her opinion was a fact. 
       Next, MacCallum reported on the fact that the government was still hiring  new people even in the state our economy is in. New positions are popping up that are paying over 100,000 dollars a year. These new positions will possibly cause Native American schools to close or just make their class sizes larger. After MacCallum finished talking about this subject, Hemmer said, "Government's still hiring. Even under the sequester. Government's still getting bigger. No white house tours though." It's more about the tone that he said this in than what he actually said. 
       However, I don't believe that these opinions inhibited my ability to separate fact from opinion. The topics that they reported on were mainly political or economical. I think that the news anchors were able to effectively report the topics and provide the nation with facts. 

2.01 Print--Newspapers

      Daily newspapers are quite different from weekly newspapers. One obvious difference is that one newspaper will be published every day and the other will be published every week. Because of this difference, the production of the daily newspaper will be more time consuming. The average daily newspaper will spend more time searching for the latest stories than weekly newspapers do. 
      Also, weekly newspapers are more likely to expand on news and give an overview on everything that has happened. Daily newspapers are more interested in finding the top stories of the day. Breaking news is more likely to be found in daily newspapers. Also, because of the rush of daily newspapers to meet deadlines, weekly newspapers will probably have more detailed news since they get to spend more time writing. 
      People tend to have a preference of either the daily newspaper or the weekly newspaper. I would guess that the readers of the daily newspaper typically have a bit more time in the day to review the latest news. Weekly readers might have a day that they set aside to read the newspaper and see what's going on in the world. 



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2.00 Introduction: What is News?

      News is something that comes different to different people. News can be heard on the radio during the drive to school or work. News can be viewed in videos on the television or on the Internet. News can also be read in newspapers or on the Internet. To me, news is simply the latest information. News is not defined by the source that it comes from, but rather by the information being given. 

      News can also be given through friends. For example, if a friend watches television or sees the latest video on YouTube, they can easily relay the information to another friend. From there, that person might tell many other people or post this information on a personal blog they have. News has a way of coming from almost anywhere, as long as it begins from a reliable source. 

      News and communication fall hand in hand with each other, but differ at the same time. For example, two friends or colleagues can be communicating about the latest story on the late night news. Also, in order to get a news story with different perspectives from each side of the story, communication is necessary. Communication is needed to interview each person and gain their views. However, communication between friends is different than news shared with the whole world.