Sunday, October 2, 2011

"Cain says he should have spoken up for gay soldier:"

THE BOSTON GLOBE vs FREE REPUBLIC

The Boston Globe
The article written by Douglas Birch flows very nice from beginning to right about the end.  The lead is good with giving the who, what, where, and when.  How did this get started? Well what is the article about?

The article in question is about Republican Presidential hopeful Herman Cain.  When he spoke at the Republican Leadership Conference in New Orleans on June 17, 2011.  

At this confernace the "Don't ask, don't tell" policy was brought up and a gay soldier that had served in Iraq was booed off the stage, while Cain said nothing.  'Separately, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., said that the GOP candidates at the debate should have defended the soldier. ‘‘The fact is we should honor every man and woman who is serving in the military and should in no way treat them with anything but the highest regard,’’ he told CBS’ ‘‘Face the Nation.’''
Free Republic
**This website is a Republican blogging website.  On the page this article is located, this website is asking for money to "Fuel the tank".  

Back to the news about Cain...

On this website bloggers responded negatively to Cain's actions. Below are some of the responses he got:

-"First he plays the Race Card, now the Gay Card."
-"It's becoming clearer everyday that Cain's endorsement of Romney was no fluke.I'm done with Cain...and disappointed."

Also as I read more about what ppl are saying on the blog I am starting to notice how different I am with my views verses their views on the matter. 

The article on this website is not in full as it is on The Boston Globe.  I think that this was done intentional so that only key points were highlighted. Such as this "short" article only focus' on what Cain said and no one else. Though thinking from the poster of this blog I can see how he/she was selective with choosing what to post so that they could manipulate someone's opinion on an other. 

Still I would have to say that I still prefer The Boston Globe over this blogging website.  Newspaper, either digital or not, still have news for both sides of political issues and from there you can make your opinion.  Most of the time articles are not bias.

The Boston Globe wins!



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