- 08/02/2013
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This essay is dedicated to the comparison between the professional news source (nytimes.com) and blog articles that cover the following issues: politics, technology, opinion and health.
1. Politics: The Sunday Word: Oil Slick Watch (http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/05/02/the-sunday-word-oil-slick-watch/) vs The Gulf of Mexico oil spill by the numbers (http://green.yahoo.com/blog/daily_green_news/333/the-gulf-of-mexico-oil-spill-by-the-numbers.html)
The topic is dedicated to the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. The article from the New York Times is rather short. It briefly covers the news and gives no additional information. However there are two cited sources and 3 links to other resources that pay more attention to the mentioned problem. No analysis of the problem is presented. The article covers the main facts concerning the oil spill and switches off to the other news. It is not very emotional. But this feature may be explained by the fact that the article is written for the official web-site of the New York Times. The article from the blog is rather different. It is three times larger. It is more emotional, the author dwells on the problem, analyses it and gives the conclusion: the event that took place in the Gulf of Mexico appears to be a real ecological problem of the whole world. The author cites such important official sources as the New York Times, Huffington Post, CBS News, New Orleans Times-Picayune, CNN, Business Week and gives 17 links to other resources. Besides the author presents vivid statistical information. In this case the article from the blog is more respectful. It does not only enlighten the accident, but claims everyone to think over the problem of world ecology. Besides it does not seem unprofessional at all, as the presented information is true and valid.
2. Technology: Audiences, and Hollywood, Flock to Smartphones (http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/03/business/media/03mobile.html?ref=technology) vs Why People Prefer To Watch Movies Online Without Downloading? Its Not Only Easier But Is Safer As (http://www.articlesnatch.com/Article/Why-People-Prefer-To-Watch-Movies-Online-Without-Downloading–Its-Not-Only-Easier-But-Is-Safer-As/1101467)
The topic of these two articles covers the main reasons for using mobile phones to watch movies. More and more people prefer to use their phones instead of Tvs, as phones are smaller and it is possible to watch a movie everywhere you like. In this case the article from the official source (the New York Times) deserves more attention comparing with the article from the blog. New York Times cites eight additional sources and gives twelve links to other resources. The blog article is three times smaller; it gives neither sources nor links. New York Times pays attention to various possibilities to watch a movie, dwells on the problems that arise from this fact, tries to find the solution. But the blog article is of descriptive character and it does not analyze much. In these examples the professional source is trustful, but the blog article is an unprofessional one and not very reliable.
3. Opinion: The New Haven Model (http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/03/opinion/03mon3.html?ref=opinion) vs The Characteristics Of Bad High School Teachers Reveal Avoidable Behaviors For New Teachers (http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3673/is_1_121/ai_n28800377/?tag=content;col1)
The official article from the New York Times dwells on the problem of teaching control. The idea is that something should be done in order to get rid of unqualified teachers and praise those who are professionals. It shows the New Haven school as an example. A new model that helps to control a teacher’s work during a year was introduced. The article from the blog enlightens the same problem that is very pressing at the American schools. The New York Times gives a brief article, though it is very interesting and analyzing. Unfortunately, there are neither links nor other additional sources. The blog article is a very profound one. It gives various researches, vivid examples, gives the cited sources and additional links with related subjects. In this case both articles seem reliable, detailed and analyzing.
4. Health: Long Lashes Without Prescription, but With Risks (http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/02/health/02latisse.html?ref=health) vs How to Grow Eyelashes with Latisse (http://www.ehow.com/how_5156561_grow-eyelashes-latisse.html)
These articles discuss the same problem. Latisse is a drug that makes lashes grow very fast. The only problem is that some people suffer the consequences: discoloration of eyelids. Both articles try to decide whether it is true or not and who is responsible for that. The article from the New York Times is rather large. It gives the problem, shows various sides of it, presents several opinions of the people who are doctors and users of the drug. Besides, more than five sources are cited and seven additional links are given. It has an intensive analyzing character. The article is very factful. The article from the blog is not bad too. It is smaller but the problem is enlightened on a professional level. However there are no links. Professional opinions are not justified with the cited sources. Nevertheless both articles make a reader think over the problem, the New York Times article seems to be more reliable.
To sum it up, both sources (official and non-official ones) are important and irreplaceable. I would buy an access to the official news sites in order to get fresh information in time, though it is not always full and analyzing. Blog articles seem to be more interesting, emotional, and profound. However sometimes they lack reliability which is the main feature of official sites. In order to get the full information on any topic I would prefer to combine all possible sources. Only combining and comparing them it is possible to make logical conclusions and make right decisions.
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