Rena Adler- Introduction

Although newspapers such as The New York Times argue that their portrayal of news is accurate, “in a world of second opinions, get the facts first”, in reality newspapers are politically slanted and display differing points of view to meet their readers needs. As illustrated by Davidson and Lytle in Where Trouble Comes, even when regarding a news story, “the report of the morning’s story becomes distorted, not only by height but by distance…” The above assertion can clearly be seen through news coverage by The New York Times, New York Post and The Guardian regarding the tragic bridge collapse in Minneapolis, Minnesota.