per·spec·tive

pərˈspektiv/

noun

a particular attitude toward or way of regarding something; a

point of view.

"most guidebook history is written from the editor's

perspective"

synonyms
Our next step is integrating news stories with perspective, so as to have
a deeper understanding of how different news sources
handle a story. Is it possible to remain unbiased? DIRECTIONS:

1.Open a word document

2.Below you will find three paired stories, labelled by number

and letter.

ie. story 1 a, story 1 b.

3. Read each pair carefully, noting language

usage and tone

4. Copy and paste the story headlines and author

into your word document
THEN

5. Write a comparison paragraph of approximately

100 words for each of the paired stories that explains how

each of the news sources handled the story.

Use specific textual examples to support

your analysis. (You will have three paragraphs in total.)

Within each of the paragraphs, conclude with an

evaluation as to what extent the story was written

objectively, or has demonstrated bias.

6. Rubric: demonstrates accurate understanding of the

articles; textual evidence; evaluation of the two news

sources and language conventions (grammar, spelling,

syntax.)
7. There are three paired articles. DUE BY MIDNIGHT ON TUESDAY: OTHERWISE BY
Thursday.

STORY 1 A

Melania Trump cuts bloated first lady payroll from Michelle Obama days

By Alex Pappas, Fox News

Melania Trump is embracing a more active and public schedule as first lady – but she still runs one of the leanest East Wing operations in recent history.

According to a Fox News analysis of White House personnel reports, Melania Trump has significantly reduced the number of aides on the first lady's office payroll in comparison to her predecessor, Michelle Obama.

During then-President Barack Obama’s first year in office, 16 people were listed working for Michelle Obama, earning a combined $1.24 million a year.

This year, just four people were listed working for Melania Trump as of June. Their salaries totaled $486,700.

The details are contained in an annual report the White House sends to Congress showing the names, positions and salaries of all its personnel. Both the Obama and Trump administrations acknowledged several additional staffers beyond those listed in the report with the term “first lady” in their titles. But even counting all those employees -- 24 for Michelle Obama and nine for the current first lady -- Melania Trump's office is relatively small.

It's an approach her spokeswoman says is intentional.

“As with all things that she does, she is being very deliberate in her hiring, focusing on quality over quantity,” communications director Stephanie Grisham said in an email. “It is important to her that the team is a good fit for what she wants to accomplish as first lady, and that everyone works well together. She also wants to be mindful and responsible when it comes to taxpayer money.”

STORY 1 B

MELANIA TRUMP IN THE WHITE HOUSE: HOW SHE COMPARES TO MICHELLE OBAMA DURING FIRST 100 DAYS

BY CHRIS RIOTTA Newsweek

Just like "the girl from the south side" who came before her, Melania Trump’s rise to first lady was entirely unprecedented, and no less fascinating to witness in its own right.

Nearly 100 days into her new role, the Slovenian former model is still finding her footing as first lady while balancing the demands of motherhood, as well as her own desire to stay out from under her husband’s political shadow. Trump has so far fallen on her promise to tackle cyber bullying and online harassment and the new first lady has only hosted a handful of events at the White House, whenever she’s decided to take the 90-minute helicopter commute from her $100 million penthouse in New York City’s Trump Towers into the U.S. capital.

Melania Trump's office in Washington, D.C. remains virtually empty, while White House crews and staff typically overseen by the first lady have been left unmanned and without order. While hosting the nation’s governors and the capitol’s most influential women for soirees and luncheons earlier this year, the new first lady asked her guests to leave "political labels and partisan interests behind" while in her presence.

Her public appearances have otherwise been somewhat brief. Due to a reported scheduling miscommunication, Melania Trump was only able to catch the tail-end of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's trip to the U.S. with his wife, skipping their time in D.C. to take her counterpart to a Japanese garden in Florida. She also visited an all-girls public charter school in Washington with Queen Rania of Jordan. Other than that, Trump has largely stayed out of the public eye, avoiding any interviews while living with her 10-year-old son Barron Trump as he completes his year of school in New York City. The local operation to protect the first family in their expensive abode and during school commutes costs taxpayers nearly $1 million each week.

In contrast, Michelle Obama steadily paved her own way from the very beginning of her husband's presidency, embracing the responsibilities of the White House and moving her daughters from the family's hometown of Chicago to Washington, D.C., soon after their father became the leader of the free world. She used her first months in office to slowly introduce her goals as first lady, a campaign including new fitness, nutrition and other health goals for the nation’s future generation.

Whereas the Trumps–or the president alone, for that matter–have yet to visit a single country, the Obamas toured Europe upon taking office, though the first lady returned to see Malia and Sasha Obama off during their first day of private school at D.C.’s Sidwell Friends. She made herself at home in the capitol, making her family more comfortable by planting an organic garden at the White House and adding a new family member to the people’s house: Bo, a six-month-old Portuguese water dog. Michelle Obama also spent time in her first months in Washington visiting federal agencies on behalf of the president to boost morale and usher in a new era of politics.

Of course, Melania Trump is not Michelle Obama and Donald Trump is not Barack Obama. Previous first ladies have said the unpaid job of White House hostess is a tough road to navigate, one nobody can truly be prepared for. "The role of first lady is whatever the first lady wants it to be," Laura Bush once said.

STORY 2 A

Trump incorrectly suggests link between terrorism and rising UK crime rate

By James Masters and Richard Allen Greene, CNN

London (CNN)President Donald Trump incorrectly suggested there is a link Friday between rising crime rates in the United Kingdom and the "spread of Radical Islamic terror."

"Just out report: 'United Kingdom crime rises 13% annually amid spread of Radical Islamic terror.' Not good, we must keep America safe!" the President tweeted.

But although Trump was correct in asserting that there had been a 13% rise in "victim-based crime" in the UK in the year ending June 2017 compared to the year before, there was no evidence that the rise was linked to "Radical Islamic terror."

The Office for National Statistics -- which compiled the report, "Crime in England and Wales: year ending June 2017" -- told CNN it did not draw any link between the rise in "victim-based crime" and "Radical Islamic terror."

Even counting the 35 people killed in the Manchester and London terror attacks over the past 12 months, the murder rate was down 2% on the previous year. However, the number of attempted murders rose by 59%, the report found, with 69% of that increase a result of the two terror attacks.

The greatest rises came in the categories of "stalking and harassment," robbery and motor vehicle theft.

ONS statistician John Flatley said the numbers probably represent both an increase in crime incidents and improvements in police recording of crimes.

"We judge that there have been genuine increases in crime -- particularly in some of the low incidence but more harmful categories," he said in a statement accompanying the report.

ONS also notes that overall crime figures are down from where they were a decade ago, including an 18% fall in victim-based crime.

UK politicians were unimpressed with Trump's tweet.

Opposition Labour party lawmaker Tulip Siddiq simply wrote: "Delete your account."

STORY 2 B

Trump links UK crime rise to 'spread of Islamic terror'

In latest Twitter outburst US president makes terrorism link even though annual figures cover all police-recorded offences

Guardian News (no writer listed)

Donald Trump has erroneously linked a rise in recorded crime in England and Wales to the “spread of radical Islamic terror” in his latest outburst on Twitter.

“Just out report: ‘United Kingdom crime rises 13% annually amid spread of Radical Islamic terror.’ not good, we must keep America safe!” wrote the US president.

The UK Office for National Statistics (ONS), in its quarterly update on crime on Thursday, reported a 13% increase in all police-recorded offences across England and Wales.

The ONS said police had recorded 5.2m offences in the year to June, including gun crime, knife crime, robberies, sexual offences, stalking and harassment, burglary and car crime.

The report barely mentions terrorism other than to refer on one occasion to the impact recent terrorist attacks in Britain had on the headline murder rate. Thirty-five people were killed in the incidents in London and Manchester.

The president’s attention to the crime figures will not please Downing Street, as there were aspects of the ONS report that would have sounded political alarm bells, namely the acceleration in the rise in the number of police-recorded incidents of violent crime in the past two years. There were double-digit increases in certain types of violent crime, such as gun crime, knife crime and sexual offences.

The tweet was immediately seized on by far-right groups and commentators. It was retweeted by the former English Defence League leader Tommy Robinson.

The newspaper columnist Katie Hopkins quoted Trump’s tweet with a reference to “child rape squads”, which was in turn retweeted by Paul Watson, the alt-right conspiracy theorist.

Trump’s concern to “keep America safe” comes at a time when gun control is once again on the political agenda after the deadliest mass shooting committed by an individual on US soil.

Stephen Paddock killed 58 people and injured hundreds at a music festival in Las Vegas with one of 23 legally purchased guns he had in his hotel room.

Trump has previously exaggerated the impact of so-called radical Islamism on life in Britain. During his presidential campaign, he suggested that police in London feared for their lives because of the significant number of radicalised individuals in the capital.

In remarks made shortly after he called for a “shutdown” of Muslims entering the US, he said: “Look at what happened in Paris, the horrible carnage, and frankly, if you look at Paris, and I hate to do this because the Chamber of Commerce is going to go crazy, but Paris is no longer the same city it was.

“They have sections in Paris that are radicalised, where the police refuse to go there. They’re petrified. The police refuse to go in there. We have places in London and other places that are so radicalised that the police are afraid for their own lives. We have to be very smart and very vigilant.”

The England and Wales data published on Thursday included a 27% rise in gun crime to 6,696 offences, a 26% increase in knife crime to 36,998 offences, robberies up 25% to 64,499, sexual offences up 19% to 129,700, and stalking and harassment up 36% to 243,086 reported incidents.

STORY 3 A

Harvey Weinstein scandal: Who has accused him of what?

no writer listed - from BBC news

Kate Beckinsale, Lysette Anthony and Gwyneth Paltrow are among dozens of women who have come forward with allegations ranging from rape to sexual harassment by movie mogul Harvey Weinstein.

Together, the claims build up a picture of one of the most powerful men in the industry exerting pressure on younger women at the start of their careers, often in hotel rooms and offices.

He has admitted his behaviour has "caused a lot of pain" but has described many of the allegations against him as "patently false".

His spokesperson has said "any allegations of non-consensual sex are unequivocally denied" and there were "never any acts of retaliation" against women who turned him down.

Here are some of those who have made allegations against him.

The Oscar-winning star of 12 Years a Slave has accused Harvey Weinstein of luring her to his bedroom under false pretences when she was a drama student.

In a New York Times article, the 34-year-old said she had been invited to his family home in Connecticut, apparently to watch a film, shortly after they first met in 2011.

She claims he led her into his bedroom and offered her a massage. "I panicked a little and thought quickly to offer to give him one instead," she wrote.

"Before long he said he wanted to take off his pants," Nyong'o continued. "I told him not to do that and informed him that it would make me extremely uncomfortable."

The actress said she rebuffed a subsequent advance and that Weinstein had admitted he had treated her badly when they met again in 2013.

Game of Thrones actress Headey described an encounter with Harvey Weinstein that left her in tears and feeling "completely powerless".

In a series of Twitter posts, she described sharing a lift with Weinstein after he had invited her to his room to show her a script.

"I'm not interested in anything other than work, please don't think I got in here with you for any other reason," she recalled telling him.

Headey said the Hollywood mogul was "furious" and walked her back to the lift, holding her "tightly" by the arm. She went on to claim he told her not to tell anyone about their alleged encounter.

The New York Times reported that in 1997 Weinstein reached "a previously undisclosed settlement with Rose McGowan" after an alleged episode in a hotel room during the Sundance Film Festival.

The $100,000 (£84,000) settlement was "not to be construed as an admission" by the movie producer, but intended to "avoid litigation and buy peace," according to the legal document, which was reviewed by The Times.

At the time McGowan was 23 and had just appeared in Scream.

In an interview with the Hollywood Reporter she called on the Weinstein board to resign immediately, asking "for other men to stop other men when they are being disgusting".

"Men in Hollywood need to change ASAP," she said. "Hollywood's power is dying because society has changed and grown, and yet Hollywood male behaviour has not."

She has now publicly accused Weinstein of raping her. He has denied all allegations of non-consensual sex.

STORY 3 B