To help prepare for our next topic -- editorial writing -- pick up a newspaper. Don't do this online -- grab a SP Times, Tampa Trib, NY Times or USA Today. Locate the EDITORIALS -- most likely near the back of the main news section. An Editorial reflects a newspaper's editorial boaard's position on an issue. What topics are the editorials discussing?
Be sure to locate the EDITORIAL -- not an individual columnist's opinion story. Editorials are unsigned and may be prefaced by a header such as "Our View" or "Editorial." See you on Monday.
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Health insurance, Iran, and ACORN are some of the topics I have seen in editorials recently.
ReplyDeleteMatt D.
I picked up USA Today and found an editorial labeled Debate. The editorial prefaced “Our view: Abusive overdraft charges target vulnerable customers.”
ReplyDeleteImmediately I started reading about how banks have been going too far with their overdraft charges. The editorial mentioned Bank of America in particular. This was very appealing to me because Bank of America recently charged me a monthly maintenance fee for transferring money between accounts too many times and for not having the required amount in one of my accounts. Both of these problems were not to my knowledge.
The editorial said, “Overdraft service is often foisted on consumers without their permission. Some report having trouble when they try to opt out.” I related to this because I did not know what the required amount needed to be and felt left in the dark as each month Bank of America squeezed 12 dollars out of my account. Even when I confronted the problem to the bank tellers, they claimed there was no way to change the minimum balance I need in my account.
Since when are we not in full control of our hard-earned money?
The editorial closed with, “Now it's time for permanent safeguards to ensure that people who open checking accounts are treated as valued customers, not as easy marks who can fill bank vaults with cash.” This could not be truer because every time a person needs to open a new account, there always seems to be some rules and regulations regarding fees for the customers.
I want to feel that my money is safe in my bank; not fear that they are trying to manipulate as much as they can from my accounts. I should be able to take out and transfer money as many times as I want!
Rachel Yonkunas
In the editorial section of The New York Times from Tuesday, September 29, there were stories about a German Chancellor Angela Merkel winning an election, a democratic nominee winning for the spot of New York City comptroller, how the Bush administration left the country in such a mess and how it’s not Obama’s fault, and one about an Australian island where 75,000 acres of trees were being harvested for a paper company.
ReplyDeleteI can understand why the New York City comptroller one was included because it’s The New York Times, so the story was relevant to the citizens of New York. All of the stories examined events which took place recently and were all basically opinion on why things went the way they did, and how the author would’ve wanted it to happen and what they think will happen in the future based on that event.
I didn’t really understand why the story about a German Chancellor winning an election made the editorial section. The author somehow relates the issue to American troops being in Afghanistan and how this new leader may affect if Germany will send troops over.
The Australian island story was interesting, it was based on the author’s experience travelling to Australia and witnessing these 75,000 acres of trees being grown for a company which went bankrupt, leaving the native islanders with these trees and nothing to do with them. He talked about how this personally affected the islanders, and how they’ll most likely never trust outsiders ever again.
The editorial section was only one page long, I was surprised to see that as I expected at least 2 pages to be dedicated to that section. I guess there just wasn’t that much to write about for Tuesday.
John Jacobs
I knew it is fairly common to botch a boob job, maybe even lipo, but executions? In the editorials of Saturday's New York Times there was an article about Ohio's disgusting attempt to kill Romell Broom.
ReplyDeleteA team of executioners poked and proded Mr Broom's arms and legs for over two hours before they called it quits and sent him back to death row. Ohio's sloppy execution is not the first, in fact there has been three in the past four years.
The editorial suggests we rethink capital punishment, or at least improve the current technique. If we cant sanely kill a human should we be doing it at all?
Other editorial topics included President Obama' s questionable attempt rally for the 2016 Summer Olympics to be held in Chicago and Iran's hesitation to reveal their nuclear facilities.
Kayla Dorland
An editorial found in the New York Times is very relevant to journalism class because it talks about President Obama’s past promise to “protect the public’s access to essential news from inside government.
ReplyDeletePresident Obama, in the past, has co-sponsored a “proposal to protect journalists and their sources that rely on confidentiality to reveal abuses, scandals and other inner workings of government agencies.” However this editorial is explaining how certain White House officials are now trying to organize a bill that will lessen the protections journalists and reporters have on keeping confidential sources.
This writer explains the balance of security and public's rights.
Another topic includes the Supreme Court starting to hold cases that can "reshape the law in campaign finance, gun control and sentencing for juvenile crimes, and with the first new Democratically appointed justice in 15 years."
Today in the editorial section of The Tampa Tribune I read about how the public is mad about the fact that the NFL is selling Michael Vick jerseys for pets to the public.
ReplyDeleteIn the editorial it explains how the NFL tries to defend themselves by saying how making jerseys for pets is nothing new and that they have been doing it for over a year now. However, the public believes that considering Vick's track record it is totally unacceptable.
Due to the jerseys being made, many are beginning to believe that Vick’s second chance in the NFL was not for remorse or forgiveness, but simply for money.
Other editorials listed were Hope in Obama and the GOP Convention in Tampa in the year 2012.
Arielle Hochman said...
ReplyDeleteI grabbed Friday’s New York Times. The day’s editorials touched on issues like corruption at a University, a court case ruling likely to go to the Supreme Court, a Senate bill regarding greenhouse gas emissions, and the aftermath of war that took place last year.
I tried to examine what they have in common. I think they bring attention to matters that are likely to turn into something larger in the future. After reading about subjects discussed in an editorial, I would definitely pay more attention to them if I were to see them in the news again.
I read in the New York Times editorial that Obama was working on the promise he had made about how journalists would have more protection when it came to reporting about the White House or any other government related issues. Reporters would not be forced to reveal their sources and would still be able to report the news, however the Congress has been working on weakening this proposal stating that the Journalists will have to reveal their sources no matter what. I don't believe that this is a fair statement, journalists all over the world almost sacrifice their lives to bring the news to the general audience, if they are not comfortable enough to reveal their sources then they shouldn't have to.
ReplyDeleteCharu Bahl
I came across an interesting article concerning football injuries in the editorial section of USA Today. The article was entitled “Our view on football dangers: NFL drags feet as evidence on head injuries mounts.”
ReplyDeleteThe article addressed the issue of players that are sustaining serious injuries being encouraged by coaches, teammates and fans alike to continue playing. This issue seems even more prominent after University of Florida Gators quarterback Tim Tebow sustained a concussion during last weeks game against Kentucky.
Tebow must now face the highly anticipated decision of whether or not to play in the next game. While fans anxiously wait to find out whether or not Tebow will be participating in the game, one highly debated question still remains: has Tebow fully recovered enough from the concussion to play?
This is a decision that players face very often in both the NFL as well as college football, and this decision can not only affect their career, but the well being of their health in the future.
Just recently, studies have shown that retired players have a higher chance of suffering from problems such as dementia. This poses the question of if football sustained injuries are to blame for causing these issues later in life.
Players who sustain injuries are encouraged and maybe even expected to play through the pain. This can cause the injury to worsen and can also lead to more problems later in life both physically and mentally.
I personally found this article very interesting because I am a huge fan of the game of football. This article made me ask myself the questions posed in the article, and I was compelled by the problems faced by a sport that I enjoy.
Some other articles that seemed prominent throughout many newspapers and many editorial sections were focused on topics such as Federal Spending, the Olympics, Iran, cancer, and so on.
One of the editorials in the New York Times talked about the supreme court. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor is getting a lot of attention lately. She is the first democratic justice in fifteen years. It brought up many controversial issues such as proper punishments for crimes and gun control. It also talked about people violating amendments.
ReplyDeleteAnother editorial talked about a possible Senate Judiciary Committee bill that would weaken protections against forcing reporters to reveal their sources talks about how much information is leaked out from the government.
Alex Guerra
The New York TImes editorial section consisted mostly on the current political issues: Corruption within ACORN,
ReplyDeleteSeeing as the New York Times is a left-leaning newspaper, to say the least, there is much liberal rhetoric coming from its contributors, such as criticism for any public dissent regarding President Obama and the Democratic Congressional Majority... specifically when discussing the ever-mounting number of failed healthcare reform bill. One final common occurrence in the editorials are that many o=f the authors will fall back on blaming the Bush administration for every problem that currently plagues our country.
Hershel Fried