What is journalism? Journalism is the occupation of reporting, writing, editing, photographing, or broadcasting news or of conducting any news organization as a business. Journalist provide the people in the world with insightful information about what's going on in our daily lives. I their weren't journalist people would be dumb founded about what's going on in society. They tend to be a good reliable source. Critics can and usually blow up a situation and make it look more serious then it really is. There are hot new topics occurring in the news everyday. Each news topic may not say exactly the same thing. Often articles vary from each publisher.
One of the most recent topics in the news today is about church members who protest at funerals. According to the USA Today in the article "Church liable for protest at funeral" by Alan Gomez states the jury gave a Marine's family nearly $11M in damages. (Gomez, 2007) So this article is basically about church protesters who were sued for speaking cruel phrases during the funeral of Lance Cpl Matthew Snyder who was a former Marine killed in Iraq. These protesters created signs saying "Thank God for dead soldiers" and "God hates fags". As you can see these actions are not appropriate for funeral settings definitely coming from church members.
I feel that these church people went a little over board with some of the stuff they said at the funeral. Thats just mad disrespectful towards peoples families. Some of the things they were saying about God isn't true. The church people were saying like God hates fags and God hates you is not correct. First of all God doesn't hate anyone, they would know this if they read the bible. Haven't those people ever heard that song yes Jesus loves me for the bible tells me so. God doesn't condone any ungodly acts. I'm not about to get into any of this bible stuff right now. Just looking at the pictures and reading about the things these protesters are doing and saying is upsetting me and I'm not the type to really get upset. The more I think about it the more I get upset.
The article basically broken down in full descriptive detail. They writer of this article clearly breaks down who was sued, how the money from the law suit was distributed, describes past protesting incidents, talks about states passing laws against protesters, the way some of the people felt, and and the location the incident happened. The journalist who wrote this article also has a picture in the middle of the article of the protesters which shows the types of signs they were holding. On the website the chicagotribune.com , the article called "The church behind the protesters" provided by Tribune news services, gives little description behind what happened. The article on the website does not have a picture like the article in the newspaper. The write up on the website is very brief; it basically just states who was involved and how much money was won in the case. It also goes into depth about why the protester are taking their actions. This article is more focused on how the protesters feel compared to the one in the newspaper which is more about how the victims of this situation felt. Newspapers usually have tiny print and big bold headings. Online is more colorful. People are starting to get their news from the internet instead of leaving their homes to go buy a newspaper. Internet news is becoming more convenient.
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