For each entry, include the following as the TITLE

1) the title of the news article (in quotation marks);

2) the author of the article if one is listed (Associated Press & Reuters count as authors);

3) where you read the story (eg: New York Times online), in italics;

4) The URL of the story if you read it online; the page number(s) if you read it in print;

5) the date the story was published (and if you read it on line, the time you consulted it).

At the end of the summary, write your name!

Richard Parsons                                                                                                                                                11/16/08

English-Outline Paper #4                                                                                          Professor Jamieson

1) Main Point of the Paragraph

·         My main point of the paragraph is to explain that the media can be bias towards a person, a belief, situation, organization, and so forth

·         However I also stated that other times an article is strait up facts and the author is not bias at all

·         Furthermore to discussion about being bias I also stated that reporters will state something that could be bias just because that is what they believe in, and its just human nature taking over

2) The Evidence and Examples I used to support my point

·         I gave examples of articles I used and explained how one is bias and another article is just stating the strait facts. If it doesn’t sound good to one side it doesn’t matter if the facts are accurate

3) Do I include sufficient evidence in each point?

·         I feel I include well thought out evidence but not enough to back up my statement

4) Do you explain the relationship between the point we want to make and the evidence/example that supports it?

·         Yes I do, I state my point give evidence and explain how that is relevant to the point

5) Do I make the same point in more than one paragraph?

·         One body paragraph talks about how an article is bias, the other talks about how one can be fair.

6) Do I include points that seem to support two different arguments?

·         I think my points support one argument, which overall the media is more liberal and bias towards conservative candidates.  But I also say some papers are fair despite the bias attitude.

7) What is the most effective organization?

·         What I did was give my introduction that included my thesis which sets the tone for my paper

·         Following that I give one paragraph about a bias article and another paragraph about a fair article. Then I in my conclusion I state which is worse, and how to know which one is bias or accurate.

8) Have I acknowledged other interpretations and explained why they are not appropriate?

·         First of all its only a rough draft so I will see if anything else is necessary

·         Second, as of now no, I feel my paper gets the job done, nothing fancy, and nice and simple

·         I did state before I needed more evidence which lead me to debate a little whether I should add more body paragraphs or if I should just keep the two and put them all together, but I think for now I just want to be on the right track and I would rather have an essay that starts off with better quality than quantity, and as this essay comes along I will establish more quantity as well.

"Obama details plan to aid victims in fiscal crisis"

By: Jackie Calmes and Jeff Zeleny

(New York Times Online)

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/14/us/politics/14campaign.html?scp=7&sq=Presidential%20Candidates%20on%20the%20Economic%20Crisis&st=cse

October 13, 2008

Senator Obama proposed new deals that addressed the economic crisis according to the author's. These new deals help employers, automakers, homeowners, the unemployed, and the state and local governments. He stated that employer's will obtain a $3,000 for each new hire, which should encourage job creation. He aslo stated that American citizens of all ages may borrow from retirement savings that will not include any tax penalties, and also double $50 billion loan guarentees for automakers. He stated, "We need to give people the breathing room  they need to get back on their feet?" The authors also reported Mr. McCain coming up with new proposals for the economy, but expalined that the details were never mentioned.

I thought this article seemed a little bias, once again praising Obama for everything he does, and making him look ten times better than McCain. I think Obama is qualified for being President, but so is McCain. The author's weren't really bad mothing him but they say how great Mr. Obama is and don't really talk about McCain that much, and don't put any of his great traits on the spotlight like they do with Senator Obama.

-Richard Parsons

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"The Making (and remaking) of McCain"

By: Robert Draper

(New York Times Online)

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/16/magazine/26/magazine/26mccain-t.html?_r=18&scp=2&sq=Presidential%20Candidates%20on%20the%20Economic%20Crisis&st=cse&oref=slogin

October 22,2008

This article explains Senator John McCain's involvment with the economic crisis. According to Robert Draper, Mr. McCain has spoke to his top advisor's about the economic crisis and has only come across bad news. This bad news includes only a few members of the House of Republican leaders support the $700 Billion Bailout of the banking industry. The question is what McCain will say or do, it is stated by Mr. Draper that McCain, "McCain campaign has changed it narrative over and over." With all the rouble that is going on Mr. McCain still seems to have great character, which includes being an experienced leader and a fighter, according to Matt Mcdonald, McCain's senior advisior. In response to the senior adviser's statement, Mr Draper says, "But in constantly alternating among stroy lines in order to respond to changing events and to gain attraction with voters, the "true character" of a once crisply defined political figure has become increasingly murky."  In addition to that, the author praises Obama for sticking to his story, which is being a young candidate, less experienced first term Democratic senator.

Overall I thought the article was fair, however Robert Draper did lean to the side of Obama a little more, and was caught up in critisizing McCain. But he did go speak with McCain's advisor's and he talks more like he is watching from the sideline. He states what people think and then wrote about them. But I also think iwasn't fair to critisize how Mr. McCain has to change his ways from time to time to gain more votes, becasue there are so many problems occuring right now, and everything is very inconsistent, which means his answers have to be inconsistent because Mr. McCain can not predict the future. He is not a wizard that has a crystal ball. I also realized the author never mentioned how Mr. Obama always changes his views as  well.  Overall the article was fair until the end, which did make him a little bias but at the same time that is one of the more fair articles I have read in the NY times.

-Richard Parsons

"Candidates Face off Over Economic Planes"

By:Jeff Zeleny and Elizabeth Bumiller

(New York Times Online)

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/22/us/politics/22campaign.html?_r=politics&oref=sloan

October 21,2008

The economic crisis is still at large and the Presidential election is right around the corner. With that being said Senator John McCain and Senator Barack Obama are still fighting hard to get their messages about their ideas to improve the economy every day the best way. According to authors Jeff Zeleny and Elizabeth Bumiller, Senator Barack Obama initvited several Democratic govenors and supportive bussines leaders to his meeting or speech down in Florida to talk about creating more jobs across America. Senator McCain gave a speech in Pennsylvania, making fun of Senator Obama how he switched from being a Phillies fan to a Rays fan and supposevely the whole crowd booed him. The point Senator McCain was trying to make was how Senator Barack Obama flip flops in his decision making. In response to McCain's statment Obama said that the economy under the Bush-McCain economics was just awful and the economy needs to be fixed. Then stated he is not a fan of either the Phillies or a Rays fan, he is in fact a White Sox fan.

"Rivals' Visions Differ on Unleashing Innovation"

By: William J. Broad and Cornelia Dean

(New York Times Online)

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/17/us/politics/17innovate.html?scp=6&sq=Presidential%20Candidates%20on%20Economic%20Crisis&st=cse

October 16,2008

This article talks about the economy and how both Presidential Candidates stress the importance of up to date advanced technology to help out with the economic crisis. However both Candidates have different views on this issue. Plus our up to date technology has been behind competing countries lately. John McCain's opinion of this is to cut corporate taxes and ending certain regulations.  Senator Obama's views of all this is to have the federal government put more money into basic Math and Science that he thinks could really advance the technology.