Experience with the Times

The news is usually presented in a form that makes us as the viewer immune to what is actually going on in this cruel world we live in. With the recent events that have been occurring and the multiple news sites and sources I have been going to, it is very interesting to me how the New York Times differs from the other organizations not just in presentation, but in method of distributing their work. Personally I am a man of all events, I enjoy the mysteries and state of the world outside of the United States and inside also; there is no favorite of the two and the Times makes sure that there is no difference in organization besides separating the two in the two obvious classifications. I have noticed of course the headlines on the front page whether it is about the Balloon Boy Hoax, multiple bombings and attacks in Pakistan, or about the Northwest Flight 188 who lost contact with the ground for approximately an hour and a half, but also some of the side stories that the Times intentionally sidelines but tries to add emphasis to the piece by bolding the title or allowing more space on the side that the other stories have.

I can admit that I am a bandwagon reader in the sense that I do fall for the webmaster’s tricks and go and read the main stories; if it is in bold and appeals to some sort of sense I have, then I read it. I do not do much searching on the Time’s web page for other stories that relate to whatever I was reading about. Unlike other news organization’s websites, the Time’s organization is awful and not as clear as for example CNN’s web page where the headline is obvious and they group together similar headlines. Nevertheless, I can say that reading the New York Times has allowed me to become more vigilant about the different news stories that are going on in the world. I have become more involved with searching websites for different information as with the New York Times in paper, the site also could provide you with countless of stories that do not make a difference or has no meaning for you to read it until you get to the story you spent so much time looking for. In all honesty, I can say that I do respect some of the smaller pieces that are written as some of them do try to make a point about an issue that is either about to become a major factor for society, or the increase of something that will eventually become personally relevant.