Comparative News Analysis ..Assignment #4

CNN- NFL: We're looking at report about Favre
http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2010/10/10/nfl-were-looking-at-report-about-favre/?iref=allsearch

1. CNN is run by Turner Broadcasting System Inc. which is owned by Time Warner Company. Time Warner is a global leader in media and entertainment, including television networks.

2. Sources used are "The National Football League", and the website "Deadspin". A person quoted is the supposed voice of Brett Favre saying "Love to have you come over tonight".

3. Some major keywords that give importance and strength to this report are: naked pictures, text and voice messages, allegations, "Love to have you come over tonight," MySpace, pictures of himself, naked from the waist down.

FOX- Favre Meets With NFL Over Allegations of Lewd Photos, Messages
http://www.foxnews.com/sports/2010/10/19/favre-facing-nfl-meeting-messages-photos/

1. FOX News is run by the Fox Entertainment Group. It was created by Australian American mogul Rupert Murdoch.

2. Sources and authorities used are the NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, NFL vice president for security Milt Ahlerich, the Associated Press AP, ESPN, and the website Deadspin.

3. Some major keywords that give importance to this report are: Lewd Photos, Messages, TV personality, high-drama, extra pressure to succeed because of the controversy, jeopardy.

ESPN- Brett Favre, NFL meet Tuesday
http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=5702815

1. ESPN is owned by the Walt Disney Company. It was founded by Bill Rasmussen and his son Scott Rasmussen. The Hearst Corporation also owns a share of the network.

2. Sources and authorities used are the NFL vice president for security Milt Ahlerich, the NFL, NFL spokesman Greg Aiello, the Deadspin website, and the Associated Press.

3. Some major keywords that give importance to this report are: lewd photos and inviting text messages and voice mail, investigation could hit a dead-end, pressure, frustration, uncertainty, stress, and professional.

These three reports are have similar sources, but they all have their own input on the subject. These inputs can be based on their beliefs. For example, the CNN report was short and to the point. It gave the specifics but not detailed. The CNN report had the following quotation that neither FOX and ESPN had, ""Love to have you come over tonight," a man can be heard saying in one of the voice messages posted by Deadspin".The FOX News report on the other hand is longer, more detailed, and more harsh. Many people know that FOX News is a network that is very truthful and sometimes hurtful. CNN tries to keep the truth a little less hurtful. ESPN is more like a primary source. Since it is a sports news network, it explained the subject as though they witnessed it and CNN and FOX News are just secondary sources that published their report based on ESPN's report.