For
this assignment I analyzed coverage on The Women’s March from media outlets
NBC, FOX, and Breibart News.
NBC’s
coverage of the event was the most descriptive and informative. It also
conveyed the most diversity in opinion in regard to reporting on the reasons
people attended the event. Overall, it had a positive spin on the March, with
the headline, “Peace, Positivity as marchers make their voices heard in D.C.” NBC
dedicated a significant portion of the article to the numbers of marchers
involved in the D.C. event as well as the many others across the country and
world. The article also discussed some of the reasons why protesters had
attended in the many quotes given by socially conservative and liberal women
interviewed in the story.
FOX’s
coverage of the event was very sparse and lacked depth. The article seemed to
focus more on the reporter than the individuals attending the march. The
headline for this article was “Inclusion and Compassion; Watters visits the
Women’s March in Washington.” It began with the reporter’s personal experience
of finding out that his mother and sister were attending the march which presumably
piqued his interest in reporting on it. The article did not mention the size or
the scope of the event but included a tongue-in-cheek reference to “nasty women”
and the fact that someone swore at the reporter during his visit in D.C.
The
article from Breibart News provided the most biased and uninformative coverage.
The headline from this story read “Anti-Trump Marchers, mostly white women who
need therapy after Clinton loss.” This article did not discuss much background
information, and did not have any actual coverage from the event itself. This
story was more an opinion piece on the “types” of women involved in the event,
and the views of the author regarding the reasons why people had chosen to
participate.
All
of the articles included quotes from women attending the event, although the
Breibart article’s quote was pulled from a Twitter feed instead of an on-site
interview. All three stories also mentioned, in one way or another, the reason
why participants were protesting.
Below are photos I took from the Women's March on Austin
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