Tuesday, February 5, 2013

New York Times Unit 2-Post 2


One of the most famous daily newspapers in the U.S. is The New York Times, which has lasted over a century and a half as America’s most popular news website, while the print newspaper remains the “largest metropolitan newspaper” and the third largest newspaper behind USA Today and The Wall Street Journal.  The newspaper is split up into three main sections all including different aspects of the paper; news, opinion, and features.  Within the news you can find articles on subjects such as international, national, Washington, business, technology, health, sports, the metro section, education, weather, and obituaries.  In the opinion section, well, people share opinions such as: editorials, op-eds, and letters to the editor.  Within the features section readers will find interests such as arts, movies, theatre, travel, dining and wine, home and garden, fashion and style, etc.  Even though The New York Times is very critically acclaimed and has won multiple awards and prizes rewarding their excellence in journalism in a range of categories, I still find myself not being very amused by the articles I come across.  This could be that I have no interest in aspects of the world outside my bubble, but I disagree with that because I am still very concerned with what is going on in my motherland of Venezuela and how they are dealing with the situation of their dictator.  To stay updated with the news in Venezuela I most commonly browse Latin news websites or primarily Venezuela broadcasting companies, rather than the opinions posted by The New York Times.

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