The Haiti Earthquake has dominated many major news sites over the past month. Time magazine declared the U.S. involvement in Haiti a compassionate invasion. There are certain websites that do not share the same optimistic outlook on the Haiti dilemma. Recently there has been less frequent updates on the situation in Haiti, which is still in need of massive assistance. It is not considered breaking news so its not really covered as widely. There are however certain websites covering less popular subjects. The website democracynow.org tackles many issues left out of most mainstream media, such as who will reconstruction deals, damage cost estimates, and the slippery slope you approach when you militarize a country in a situation such as Haiti.
The New York Times has spawned a page with stories solely based on the Haiti situation as it develops. The site has articles on the rising problem of gangrene, education, and even Voodoo.
A website such as the Edmonton Journal will only really run stories that involve Canadians directly, as that is what the users who log into the site are interested in. Smaller scale websites will often focus on more localized issues, which gives a bias on what they will cover.
Image courtesy of Rolling Hots.
In paragraph 2 there is a line that says,'who will reconstruction deals' either this sentence is missing the word 'get'as in who will get the reconstruction deals, or its only suppose to be 'reconstruct'.
ReplyDeleteParagraph 2: The sentence, "It is not considered breaking news so its not really covered as widely" contains two errors: 1) There should be a comma preceding the word "so," and 2) "Its" should be written as "It's."
ReplyDeleteParagraph 2: The sentence," There are however certain websites covering less popular subjects" should have commas both before and after the word "however." It should look like this: "There are, however, certain websites coverling less popular subjects."
These were the only two errors I could find in your blog post. Overall, I thought it was very original, and clearly addressed the issue of bias. You have A TON of links, some of which are beneficial, but I think that you could have cut down on how many you included. I like the picture too!
"It is not considered breaking news so its not really covered as widely."
ReplyDeleteYou need to use an apostrophe to show that "its" is supposed to be the contraction "it's"
"Recently there has been less frequent updates on the situation in Haiti, which is still in need of massive assistance." This is an opinion of yours in a blog about being biased...
ReplyDelete"...news so its not really covered as widely..." You forgot the apostrophe in it's.
"...who will reconstruction deals, damage cost estimates, and the slippery slope you approach when you militarize a country in a situation such as Haiti." I know that these are links but perhaps it should read with no "who will".
Your post is fabulous though!