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This document compares and contrasts the presentation of a news story on three different websites: MSNBC, Fox News, and CNN. It discusses the strengths and weaknesses of each site’s approach to news reporting. It is for the Hum 176 module.
What's inside
- The Penn State scandal as a news story
- Comparison of MSNBC and Fox News
- CNN's approach to news reporting
- Bias and reliability in news sources
- Personal preferences in news consumption
Who it is for: Students taking the Hum 176 module. (Undergraduate)
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Summary
Three major news websites are compared for how they report breaking news. A student gets an analysis of the strengths and weaknesses of CNN, MSNBC and Fox News.
The breaking news story
One news story is found on all three websites. The student describes the story and the reactions of the three news websites to it.
Cnn.com compared with MSNBC
The student analyses how CNN and MSNBC tell the story. Both are seen as reliable without bias. The student praises CNN for telling the story in full.
How Fox News reports
Fox News is judged not to tell the story fully. A preference is shown for more background before the events.
Which website tells the story best?
The student chooses the website that tells the story best. Reasons are given for this choice.
Key terms
- breaking news
- The most recent news, often reported as it is happening.
- biased
- Showing favouritism or prejudice.
- reliable
- Consistently good in quality and performance.
- allegedly
- According to someone, but not proven
- the person in question
- The person who is the subject of the story
Questions this document helps with
- Which news website is best at telling the story in full?
- How does CNN report news?
- Which website tells the story of the person in question best?
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