Nov
10
News Critique #11
November 10, 2011 | | 1 Comment
Penn State up Rise
For my news critique, I decided to go with the masses and write about the upheaval with the firing of the Penn State football coach, AD, and president. To get a different opinion, I went to the Penn State newspaper online, titled “Collegian Online”- Published independently by students at Penn State. The title of the article is, “Board of Trustees fire Joe Paterno, Graham Spanier.”
I was expecting to get negative quotes and opinions from this website, because the students writing this article are affected by this even first hand. It was to my surprise that they were unbiased when it came to writing this article. They said only good things about the coach, and the president, quoting only positive things that they said. Although what the coach did was disturbing and highly uncalled for, the article definitely gave a different spin on the whole situation than other online newspapers did.
“The decision—which trustees said was made in the best long-term interest for students—comes five days after the release of the grand jury presentment describing alleged incidents of sexual abuse of children by former Penn State defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky.”
I thought it was an interesting quote to include. It makes the situation seem positive for the students and faculty at Penn State, but also comes around with a negative comment about the incidents of sexual abuse that took place.
http://www.collegian.psu.edu/archive/2011/11/10/bot_fires_spanier_paterno.aspx
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It is a positive reflection on the staff that they were able to stand back and offer an objective report of the situation. You might look at the editorial pages for a different response.