Will H1N1 Vaccine Shortage Lead to More Deaths?

Will the lack of Swine Flu vaccine lead to more deaths in children and adults? Sites such as MSNBC.com, FoxNews.com, and ABCnew.com have emphasized the great scare of the lack of H1N1 vaccine. The rise in death rates, especially in children, due to the swine flu epidemic is crucial in the world today. In addition to all of the other early season illnesses developing this season, the swine flu has contributed significantly to many of the increasing deaths. The scare across the nation continues as the vaccine for the H1N1 virus has been delayed. Doctors are troubled by the promise from federal health officials that there will be enough vaccine to go around. People are demanding they get their shot when there isn't even enough vaccine to make it to the end of October. Should we be scared of what this might do to the nation? MSNBC, FoxNews, and ABCnews have chosen different aspects of the lack of the vaccine to emphasize. Which one do you think pertains most to today's society and is most effectively portrayed as a reliable source of news?

Gay Rights Protest Coverage (or lack thereof)

Thousands of protestors met at the Nation's capital to demand equal rights for gays and lesbians. The Daily Show with Jon Stewart covers the issue and also raises questions about the lack of coverage it got from the different news agencies around the country. Is their a reason behind why some stations gave the protest little to no attention such as FOXnews? (unfortunately, the video of their coverage is unavailable on their website) I wonder why..... MSNBC was one of the few stations to give extensive coverage to the story while other stations like ABCNEWS let the people do the talking. To cover the rally, CNN used an "ireporter" to get the story and opinions of the demonstrators taking part. What do you think of the way this story was covered? Which kind of news do you prefer to watch? Let us know!

Dow Closes Above 10,000

It's been over a year since the Dow closed above 10,000. Consequently, cheers went up as the Dow closed at 10,015.86 today, thanks to the help of JPMorgan Chase and Co. and Intel Corp. I feel like The LA Times had the best story. Short, sweet, and too the point. None of the politics. Yahoo! News and ABC News both had the Associated Press story, which means no inside commentary. The New York Times would have been my second choice, their story was pretty short too. Fox News, on the other hand, was incredibly long and lost my interest very quickly. I also think that Obama might get some credit for this change in the stock market. Politics aside, let's hope that this is a sign that the economy is picking up from what has been called the worst recession since the Great Depression. Comments welcomed!

Obama Wins the Nobel Peace Prize

Many were shocked to find out that President Obama had won the Nobel Peace Prize but others were pleased. The same basic story is presented in different ways with different viewpoints. Fox News and Townhall.com both give a conservative side of the story, stating that the Nobel Committee was just making a political statement. The Associated Press presents a fairly unbiased version of the story on Citizen-Times.com. CNN provides a complete story, but only highlights the positive comments given about Obama receiving the award. What about countries overseas? BBC seems to agree with CNN that Obama has done something to deserve the award. Which story do you agree with?

What's going on with Letterman?

With all of the stories in the news concerning David Letterman, which one can be trusted to give the most complete and truthful story? Yahoo! News and CNN seem to be taking the side of Robert Halderman. Fox News and CBS News (the company that both Dave and Robert work for) place Dave in the "good guy"position. While ABC News offers a fairly unbiased story and E! News frankly says, "Who cares?" So which story is the best? Which one gives the information needed to understand the story?

The Olympics!

2016 heralds the new Olympic games! Check out the upset--Chicago gets beat out by the winner Rio de Janeiro. What about the opinions? Yahoo, reported the news with Chicago depressed. CNN has more of a reporter view, maybe? How did this story get your attention?  Check out these sites and see which one is most appealing to you!

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Not only that, but how does this news affect the news and approval of President Obama worldwide and locally? Maybe some news stories will come from this too.

Jon Gets In On It

 

TONIGHT: Jon Gosselin

Larry King, from Larry King Live, is going to host Jon Gosselin tonight on the Larry King Live show.  It will be interesting to see the way this interview goes.  Let's look at how Larry King adds to this story.