Comparing media

This past year, the media has been covering issues about the economy. Our economy has become at its worse since The Great Depression. With the economy affecting every single person, we tend to hear about it in various types of media such as: television, online news, and newspapers. One particular story that caught my eye was an article titled “Obama cites economic growth, but not enough new jobs”. This particular article caught my eyes because I have been looking for jobs non-stop and it’s literally going no where. Television covered this particular story in about 2 minutes. Oddly enough I don’t remember the news anchor quoting any sources. The way television described this story is different to a newspaper because with television they don’t add the details like you would read on a paper. Television gets straight to the point and moves on to the next story. Online news is almost similar to a newspaper. The length, details, and sources are almost the same. Online news might only be noticeably different depending on where the reader found the story online. For example, there could be more credited sources if the story was on cnn.com where as yahoo.com might’ve had less. The newspaper is almost similar to online news. The newspaper isn’t like broadcasting because it likes to add detail. Newspapers give their stories in a particular order. The article goes straight to the point in the beginning and later gives facts about almost unnecessary parts.