Today’s news had a turn of events as things are amping up with the corona virus, an anti-lynching law is finally passed, and as per usual a variety of celebrity gossip.
In wake of the spread of the Corona Virus, the United States has been in decision over who to place as the coronavirus chief. President Trump has since decided to place Vice President Mike Pence as the chief overseeing this. Due to recent spread, the need for a head has become even more apparent. This article broke down the reasons of consideration for the chief, such as the wider spread of it all. Currently Alex Azar, the Health and Human Services Secretary is leading this charge. On top of this, Congress is considering a larger budget toward public health crisis management, which would be the first time for their greater involvement. Recently as well, the DOW has experienced a major drop due to the spreading virus around the world. One big discussion as well looks at the spending of the US on various medicines and the overall budget. A lot of the information gained here was from various tweets, press conferences, and information gather from other sources into the melting pot of the story. It was approached in a sort of narrative style stating facts, but giving a timeline to it. In concern to the roles of journalism, one major one applied here was the role of data miner. They had a solid variety of sources and evidence, while also mining through to find legitimate data and what exactly is going on.
A new anti-lynching bill has finally been passed after 150 years of attempts at this law. The bill is called the Emmett Till Anti-Lynching Bill. The article, written by the New York Times, does a great job of incorporating other sources and applying a variety of ideas. It does a great job of showing the spread of views and facts on this topic. Through explaining both the Emmett Till story and the background of lynching stories, the reader is able to understand a broader importance of this bill passing. There’s also understanding of where the fight has gone and how this point has come about. They do a really great job of also giving a variety of sources with the quotes as well.
That’s a wrap folks, until next time.
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