State of the Union Media Bias

State of The Union Media Bias

http://www.politico.com/story/2015/01/2015-state-of-the-union-fact-check-114422.html

Politico critiques the State of the Union by highlighting the faults in Obama's political facts. Throughout the article, Politico quotes Obama with an opposing opinion, such as Obama's speech on the Afghanistan War. If one hasn't done their accurate research on political facts, the article will easily persuade one to believe that Obama has been feeding us lies; the negative aspect of this article definitely outweighs the positive. However, the webpage does give Obama a bit of a break by agreeing to five percent of what he had to say. Journalist, Soopermexican, supports Politico's article, stating that the media only wants to support an agenda. 

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2015/01/20/state-of-the-union-reality-check/22065423/

Opposed to Politico's constant shots at Obama, USA Today blames the republicans for many of the facts that Obama mentioned. The article is so bias that it sounds as if someone paid USA TODAY to uphold Obama's plans and mock the republican's anger toward Obama. One of TODAY's journalists, Ryan Carey-Mahoney, praised Obama through his tweets which made Carey-Mahoney sound like a cheerleader for the Democrats. 

Favorite MEDIA Sites

Favorite Newspaper Sites:

1) Huffington Post (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/)- The navigation of the webpage allows a user to easily access different categories such as entertainment, weather, sports, etc. The webpage's design is similar to an actual newspaper, containing a main news lead as well as sub-categories to click on.

2) USA TODAY (http://www.usatoday.com/)- The site is organized in a most important to least important pattern. Navigation is so easy to use on this website that it is almost unnecessary to click on the sub-categories that are located at the top of the webpage.

Least favorite media site:

CNN News (http://www.cnn.com/)- The webpage's design has a collage of different news topics, making it hard for new users to navigate. Most of the page's navigation tabs are too much and unnecessary, such as the "What You're Talking About" tab when there is already an entertainment tab. It almost seems as if CNN is trying to be a news site, as well as a social media site.

Favorite General Site:

Billboard (http://www.billboard.com/)- I am a huge music head, so I need to know what's hot and what's not. The site helps me navigate to the top 200 hits, as well as the top videos. The design is similar to Huffington's where the webpage reflects an online newspaper, giving me the main news leads and sub news leads.

Least Favorite General Site:

Pitchfork (http://pitchfork.com/)- I find this website to be too plain and dull for music fans such as myself. The webpage looks similar to a blog rather than an official website. The main page talks about amateur artists that many people would overlook, and the main page rarely talks about the artists that many people are familiar with. I understand that many artists need recognition, but too many new faces on the main page could confuse a new user.