Friday, April 15, 2016

News Values.

Timliness
This article follows timeliness because this article is recent.
Chibok Girls' Parents see their children for the first time.
http://www.cnn.com/2016/04/13/africa/chibok-girls-new-proof-of-life-video/index.html
They were stolen from their beds in a school dormitory: hundreds of teenage girls kidnapped by gunmen.
Proximity
This article follows proximity because it is near the publication place.
Donald Trump meets with Megan Kelly at Trump Tower.
http://money.cnn.com/2016/04/13/media/megyn-kelly-donald-trump-meet/index.html
Neither person has shared details about what happened yet. But Trump's intense dislike of Kelly -- whom he has called unfair, overrated and even "crazy" -- has been one of the subplots of his run for president.
Prominence
This article follows prominence because this article had to be in the news.
Spate of suicide attempts leaves Canadian indigenous community reeling.  
http://www.cnn.com/2016/04/11/americas/ontario-attawapiskat-suicide-attempts-state-of-emergency/?iid=ob_homepage_deskrecommended_pool
In the beleaguered, isolated community of the Ontario First Nation of Attawapiskat, one of the greatest dangers comes from within

Impact
This article follows Impact because this article is about saving someones life.
Ford F-150 pickup beats rivals in key crash test.
http://money.cnn.com/2016/04/12/autos/iihs-pickup-crash-tests/index.html
Pickup trucks from Toyota and General Motors didn't do quite so well, though, and Fiat Chrysler's Ram 1500 scored worst

Conflict
This article follows Conflict because it hurt people physically and emotionally.
7.0 quake strikes Japan after earlier one kills 9.
http://www.cnn.com/2016/04/15/asia/japan-earthquake/index.html
A magnitude-7.0 earthquake struck early Saturday in Japan's Kyushu island, the same region a 6.2 quake struck two days earlier

Human Interest
This article follows Human Interest because it is emotional for a lot of people.

Kobe Bryant Puts Exclamation Point on Career with Surreal, Epic Finale

LOS ANGELES — The last game of Kobe Bryant’s career—arguably the most lionized in NBA history—began like just about every other game this season: with the Los Angeles Lakers stuck at the bottom of the Western Conference standings, handicapped by a flimsy screen-door defense and a predictable offensive attack. 

Novelty
This article follows Novelty because people like Donald Trump, and he is unusual.

Is Trump right about 'rigged' nomination?

Each year on April Fools' Day I intersperse some false but plausible news stories among the real ones on my Election Law Blog. Last year, I got a number of prominent election-law attorneys and activists to believe a false report that a federal court, relying on the Supreme Court's controversial campaign finance decision in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, held that the First Amendment protects the right to literally bribe candidates.

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