Critical Thinking 2

For this assignment I chose to compare an article from MSNBC.COM with an article from FOXNEWS.COM both articles deal with Gov. Perry's tax plan.

Perry’s Flat Tax Plan Seeks Major Tax, Spending Overhaul
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/10/25/perrys-flat-tax-plan-seeks-major-tax-spending-overhaul/#ixzz1bqwtfQMs

and

Perry pitches his 20-20 optional flat-tax economic plan

http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/10/25/8481131-perry-pitches-his-20-20-optional-flat-tax-economic-plan

 

Firstly, without reading anything MSNBC published a much smaller article than FOXNEWS did. Both sources give the basic information of Perry's proposal. Both articles also compare Perry's plan with the other GOP candidates, FOXNEWS however goes on to include a comment made by the Obama campaign. The MSNBC site promotes liberal or leftist politics and appears to cover the article because they have to. Where as the FOXNEWS site promotes conservative or rightist politics and because of this, Fox felt the need to include the inflamatory comment made by the Obama campaign. The nature and relevence of this article require that all news sources run the story, however, how much space and what is included in the article can tell an educated reader alot about the source of the article. Everybody has a bias, whether its across political party lines, or preparing to try to swing one primary candidate or another into a better light all come into play in the publishing of any article.