Darian Journalism 120

I have often considered and thought about the news that I hear, see and read on a daily basis.  I also question these articles quite often, especially the ones on the internet and social media. I think this because many articles are very hard to believe, while others are falsified news, but are very believed by the public. I find it very hard to believe those big news companies would have to lie and fabricate stories such as the "Wafer Story". My reaction to these articles was surprised, and shock. Why would a journalist feel the need to lie about a story? Especially one like "Jimmy's World", how would a person make up a story like that, especially when drug problems could bring up a lot of terrible memories for some affected families that have dealt with drug abuse. I do agree with Shafer's assertion because why else would journalists feel the need to lie and make up a fabricated story if they had the ability to write one themselves.  If they had the inte...

Teen Star from 'Stranger Things' Fires Agent Over Sex Abuse Allegations (Hard News) This article is considered hard news because it is about a popular actor in today's society. This is very big and important news that will impact many fans of his. A lot of people will follow up on this story and watch carefully on the outcome of the news. What makes this hard news is that it is a famous well known person who is the star of the news. Sex abuse allegations is a very important topic in news today. http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2017/10/23/finn-wolfhard-fires-agent-tyler-grasham-over-sex-abuse-allegations_a_23252444/?utm_hp_ref=ca-homepage High School Bully Reflects On Her Violent Behavior (Soft News) This article is about a High school bully who regrets, and reflects on her past behavior. This is considered soft news because it is not the most popular and important news going on in the world. It mostly is for human nature benefits, and impacts young teens going through and...

Halifax Boss Who Repeatedly Groped Employee Gets Weekend Sentence As for the timing of this article, I give this a three out of four, it is recent enough to still be in with many other top news articles, but it is still about a year old.  The significance of this article is a  four out of four, I believe that this article is and should be very significant and important to many readers. For proximity, I give it a four out of four, it is in Halifax which is relitively close to our home town. For prominence, I gave it a three out of four, mainly because had the victim had have been famous in any way, the article would have blown up. Human Interest I had given this article a four out of four, I believe many people would be interested in this kind of news because this is getting to be a serious problem that women need to watch out for. This article got an over all score of eighteen out of twenty. http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2017/10/22/halifax-boss-...

Local Riot in Smallsville (headline) What started out as a peaceful protest about equal rights for men and women, turned into a terrible sexist attack. In the rural town of Smallsville, many gathered to support the equal rights protest on September 3rd, 2017. Showing their support for something they all cared about when their lives were all changed. On this terrible day that will surely go down in Smallsville history, their was a brutal attack on many of the protesters who were for equal rights. A group of eleven people who had come together to destroy any chances or a peaceful protest, and to voice their opinion about not caring about equality. Storming in, guns blazing, setting signs on fire, and plowing over anyone who got in their way, spreading their hate throughout the community. We, the public are calling this group the sinners. Having no remorse for what they've done, have done things such as vandalism around the community to further terrorize the people of Smallsvi...

Edmonton Attacks Vice News Canada released a news story on Monday about an man accused of perpetrating a series of attacks in Edmonton on Saturday.  In this news report and exclusive was that the Edmonton attacker was said to have been ordered deported from the U.S. It is said in the report that the man allegeded to have committed this terrorism attack is Abdullahi Hassan Sharif. Sharif has been detained in immigration jails in the past, which is why he is suspected of this crime. He is said to have stabbed a police officer repeatedly, then proceeded to run over four pedestrians with his car, harming many people. There is debate on whether Sharif could make an asylum claim in Canada or not. Some major points that were discussed in the report was his immigration businesses in Canada. Other offences in the past regarding Sharif's immigration, tied him the the Edmonton crime during this time. Many people in the immigration office have said that he was legally allowed into Canada ar...