Media Comparison

The two articles here talk about the allegations on Texans QB Deshaun Watson. Watson had requested a trade from the organization prior to these allegations. While there is not enough evidence to put Watson on the exempt list, he has not yet played this season. There is a lot of news with Watson between allegations and the trade rumors.

Both of these articles take a dive into the allegations and the trade rumors. The sports illustrated video talks about the allegations prior to the trade rumors. The sporting news article also leads with the allegations. I think that this is a smart way of doing it because without updates on that, there is no point in talking about the trade. If more news comes out about the trade, they need to be taken with a grain of salt until the sexual assault allegations get sorted out. The stories do contain the same content. They talk about the allegations and then the trade rumors. The sources aren’t sited very much because the allegation news have been floating around for a long time. The trade rumors come from Adam Schefter who is an an NFL insider. The video does show more pictures, but the only sound used was the voice of the narrator. The pictures used do help illustrate what is being talked about.

I noticed the articles were very similar in content and style. The news is interesting to for a lot of sports fans.

https://www.si.com/nfl/2021/10/26/5-things-to-know-about-deshaun-watson-trade-rumors

https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nfl/news/deshaun-watson-lawsuits-sexual-assault-explained/s6wzqeubsd7s12b9h4aq6bqqz