Post 3
Ok to be completely honest…I haven’t been regularly reading the New York Times, partly because as discussed in my previous post I read my news through my phone and the app doesn’t work like the web site where you can just keep loading to get it for free and since I don’t have a subscription….well you get the point!
However, I did just pop open a new tab and went to nytimes.com and WHAT DO YOU KNOW Eli Manning’s face is what pops up. So terribly disappointing. I did switch to the global version hoping for some relief, but holy hell there he is again! Really world?! If I had wanted to see “news” about football I’d go to ESPN. I expect “news” sites to cover newsworthy things, there is a sports tab for a reason. But to be fair most news sites at the moment are probably covering the super bowl.
To talk about recent stories I’ve noticed though, most of my apps have focused a lot on the Republican candidates, as well as issues we’ve discussed such as the captain who abandoned ship! One that I have personally noticed and now continued to follow was the Susan G. Komen Foundation’s decision not to fund Planned Parenthood because the new assistant director (something like that) is pro-life. I think I noticed this because I have many people in my life who have passed from cancer, are cancer survivors, or are still today battling and frankly the article and decision pissed me off. Thankfully, due to the negative response they reversed their decision, however Planned Parenthood still will not get money this year but will have the opportunity in future years (meaning miss pro-life realized she shouldn’t have made her decision so public). Hopefully Planned Parenthood WILL get the needed money from the Susan G. Komen foundation next year but no guarantees! This issue was very close to my heart because it is important to realize that Planned Parenthood does so much more for young girls and women than just provide the option of abortions, they give free tests that can prevent breast cancer to women in need something the Susan G. Komen Foundation should have thought of and realized before making such a rash decision. Also being from Nebraska (republican republican republican) Planned Parenthood’s were picketed and given less funding as well as ridiculed because people can be narrow minded, but I have also seen through work with women in need in my local community how helpful and necessary Planned Parenthood is in this country.
Now that I’m off my soap box J My reading of different news sources and articles hasn’t had much of an effect on my reading or writing but it has broadened my thoughts and I have learned a lot by simply keeping up with the news.
The Komen story is a really interesting one and could be worth following. I wonder how the story is retold, for example, in the NY Times, on anti-abortion sites, and on sites that support funding breast cancer screenings through Planned Parenthood. There is more to the story, too, with the recent resignation of one of the Komen execs. These are the kinds of stories that could work well for your next essay.
ReplyDeleteFunny, too, that Eli made prime coverage in the international edition. I didn't realize American football was quite that popular.