This assignment requires an analysis of one news story seen from multiple perspectives. You will look at the same news story from three different ideological perspectives. In 3 pages, you will observe the following questions:

1. What are the sources and titles of the articles?

2. What are the key facts of the story? (Who, What, When, Where, How)

3. Do the news outlets largely agree or disagree with each others’ assessments?

4. Do the news outlets give historical/political context for the story?

5. How do the news outlets differ in their coverage, if any? Do they focus on different facts or lines of argument?

6. Is there evidence of editorializing (aka spin) toward or against a particular political/ideological agenda?

The following are the list of news sources to be compared. Please select one source from each group.

Mainstream-New York Times,Washington Post,CBS,LA Times, CNN,Fox News,Wall street Journal

Alternative-The Huffington post, Daily Beast, Buzzfeed News

International-BBC (UK),The Guardian UK,The Japan Times,

*pick any article that can be found on all 3 sources