Articles Comparison

For Aljazeera, many of their front page stories are concerned with the middle east or the east completely. As mentioned in class, violence around the world is normalized and top stories are focused on that as well as politics. Despite that fact, there was a coverage focused on the well-being of the blue-fin tuna in the Mediterranean and the issue of overfishing. Evidently, there is some variety in their news but only a minute part. Their news coverage, do cover media in Africa, the Americas, Pacific Asia, Europe and the Middle East but again it deals with violence so information towards those stories are biased. Coverage of other media is quite limited compared to The Guardian and The New York Times. Throughout the three news source, few of the same stories are in unison. For example, the NATO investigation of a jet bombing was mentioned in this source and NYT. What could be pointed out is Aljazeera is biased against many other countries along with the U.S.

As for The Guardian, they give a more diverse set of sub-categories of media and they are not as biased toward one section of the world as Aljazeera (Middle East) or The New York Times (U.S.). The Guardian's coverage is very global; covering from the Congo's children to Russia's battles to a global stimulus package to something as insignificant to many as the death of an author/playwright/ journalist. With one of the few stories such as the sinking of a boat in the Macedonian Lake. Whats interesting is, these sources have limited similar stories. Nonetheless, this source seems more varied, unbiased and globalized than ALjazeera and The New York Times.

The New York Times, similar to The Guardian, has a variety of sub-categories of media but with one set back - many of the stories are U.S. related which leads me to believe they are biased. For example, one of the top stories is about Roger Federer's victory, which is not at all significant compared to what else is going on in the world. Their coverage - Africa, Americas, Asia Pacific, Europe, and Middle Eat is limited compared to The Guardian but the other sub categories are quite informational but also biased towards the U.S.'s perspective.