Cybercast News Service-CNSNews.com describes their news service as one created in an effort to exist as a service for individuals who appreciate a balanced news source without biases or omissions. i chose this site to see if their stories would differ from the mainstream sites that they claim are bias. Their site states that their parent research center, Media Research Center, has found liberal biases in many news provider. Their organization was formed in an effort to provide an alternative news source. Most of their headlines are concerned with politics and foreign policy. Further down the page can be found more national coverage concerning the economy, culture, and entertainment. Many of CNSNews's stories are made up of hard facts. It is difficult to uncover connotation or opinion in their stories. One story concerning Obama's decision to reverse his decision to release photos taken in Iraq, however, shows a feeling of disappointment. The author seemed to show her opinion when she comments, "The move represented a sharp reversal from Obama's repeated pledges for open government, and in particular from his promise to be forthcoming with information that courts have ruled should be publicly available". The article even went on to compare his decision to previous experiences with former president Bush. In conclusion I found this site to be very factual but without offering a variety in its story choice.
MSNBC- I chose this site because it is one I usually turn to when I searching for news. I have found that it coveries a variety of stories and subjects. While this site also puts alot of focus on polictics, many of its headlines cover wider topic choice. This site also covers the Obama decision to reverse his decison to realease pictures, however, the author showed stronger negative connotation, for instance, "Obama's reversal on the photo release set off immediate reactions from bloggers, liberals who decried that he was buckling to political pressure and conservatives who agreed with the decision but said it proved Obama was inconsistent". Unlike the CNSN site, however, MSNBC went on to describe details from what the pictures contained and even had links to some of the disturbing pictures that had been released in the past.
Between the two sites I browsed, I found that they were both more advocative of conservative beliefs. Each article showed a disagreement with the Obama decision. MSNBC was actually less discrete in covering their opinions. While I was hoping to find greater differences between the sites, I concluded that while news services claim to be less biased, it seems hard for them to not implace their opinions within their writing.
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