U.S.A Today & Washington Post Online Edition Discussion

On Tuesday, both USA Today and Wahington Post had a head story on the stock market and how it is still plummeting. On Wednesday, USA Today and Wahington Post yet had another head story on the economy about the Feds cutting some rate of something to 1%.On Thursday, USA Today and The Washington Post News both had a story about how the economy shrinks at 0.3% Pace in third quarter( whatever that means). Basically, throughout the course of three days both news sources had similar stories of significance. I can tell what USA Today considers the most important news because the important story has its title in bold lettering--bolder than the other stories. Also, the most significant story is usually in the "Top News" section. I can tell what stories the Washington Post considers most important by the stories being in the "First Story" section. I think that the Washington Post reports its news in a more dramatic way than USA Today. For an example, on Wednesday, both newspapers had a story on Barack Obama and his 30-minute infomercial. USA Today's headline for it was, " Obama set for primetime infomercial.," a headline that sets a serious, non dramatic tone. On the other hand, the Washington Post's headline for Obama's infomercial was, " Obama takes to the air." In my opinion, the Washington Post's title sound pretty dramatic. That title reminds me of an announcer of some sort announcing an astronaut about to take off in a rocket. Also, what adds to the dramatic title are the contents in the story that follows it. Somewhere in the story, the Washington Post says, " Obama aims to be everywhere a TV signal can reach..." I think that statement sounds like a semi-critical, dramatic opinion. Although both USA Today and the Washington Post are reliable sources of news, I think that USA Today represent the stories that the reporters cover in a (as said before)more serious, not dramatic style.