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ESSAY OUTLINE

I. Introduction
· Media: How certain Newspapers such as the “New York Times” and the “New York Post” differ due to ownership; One being a Liberal, and the other being a Conservative Newspaper.

· The Media reports stories in ways that have certain viewpoints. They use certain aspects of the story to entice the reader and sell more copies of their newspaper. Although the stories are exactly the same the ways they are produced differ between magazines.

· In stories such as the Bridge collapse in Minnesota, The Shooting of Sean Bell, and others. The New York Times and The New York Post stories aspects and perspectives differ. They illustrate the story in complete different ways; One using a liberal standpoint and the other a conservative. Quotes can be taken from the articles, and even the use of the headlines can show each newspapers view points and perspectives.


II. Body
Paragraph 1: The History of the New York Post, The Owner, and the company which makes it a liberal newspaper. Also will use The Sean Bell shooting, as an example of how the newspaper uses its power to influence the reader to believe that the accused officers are automatically guilty. They also entice people to read into the story further by making accusations that it was “racism”. Newspapers such as the New York Post use their front covers and headlines to entice readers. The New York Post is very liberal.
· The Sean Bell shooting in The New York Post, the cops are portrayed as the criminals in the story. Although there hasn’t been a trial to decide who is responsible, and if the force the police at the scene used was excessive. They focus on the 31 Shots that were fired by one of the cops. The Media gives us the impression that the cop used excessive force where it wasn’t needed.

· The Media also portrays pictures of the grieving family that suffered a loss. They focus on the family of the man who died. Also reports of “racism” were suggested in the story.

Paragraph 2: The New York Times focuses more on the facts and the purpose of informing the reader about information they want, not on trivial information they don’t need to know. They have a conservative view on the story in whole.
· They don’t use many pictures, they get to the point, such as in

· The New York Times describes the incident in a proper manner. They do not try to lie or misinform any information. They don’t use their headlines as the enticement to get people to read the article.

· The New York Times also uses people of the city such as Rev. Al Sharpton to help provide their conservative standpoint. They don’t take the liberal side of the story and blame or accuse anyone of any crime. They just provide information about the story.

Paragraph 3: The Bridge Collapse in the New York Post, as an example, portrays how the media uses its power to influence the reader to believe it wasn’t just an accident, and that there should be someone to blame. They also use their
· The New York Post uses its headlines to entice the reader.

· The New York Post uses quotes from people in the story to help the reader relate, and uses to liberal viewpoint to express the horror of what occurred at the scene, such as when they write “I slammed on my brakes and saw something in front of me disappear…”

III. Conclusion
a. The owners of the newspapers put their own viewpoints on every story. The New York Times is a conservative newspaper.
b. The New York Post is a liberal newspaper. It has a very unique way of addressing the issue. They use pictures and other forms of “wow” to entice the audience.