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What Halloween Candy is the Best?

In the articles that I watched and read, NBC News and LA Times debated what was the best Halloween candy. They both had the same candies, although there where some differences in the ranking.

These articles had different leads, the video stories lead was more focused on the candy itself. However, the written article talked about Halloween, and the fun aspects of it. The written story went into more detail, even giving the ranking of the best candy, and the video story just had a bracket of the candies. Overall, these stories were closely the same, but the written article was more focused on results, and the video story was more focused on the viewers attention/participation.

https://www.nbc.com/today/video/whats-the-best-halloween-candy-vote-using-our-bracket/4252415

https://www.latimes.com/food/story/2020-10-20/halloween-candy-power-rankings

1 Comment

  1. fuglsang

    So you decided to have fun with this assignment? Way to go.

    They pretty much have the same goal: Interactivity. The Today Show wants to get people onto their site to vote. The LAT wants to get people talking (or more likely arguing and threatening death to those who disagree).

    There is a difference in depth of content, which is central to a comparison of print and video.

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