4/22/19
As many of us are aware, on April 15th, the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris caught on fire. This was a tragic event that I heard about on many platforms of media: radio stations, instagram, snapchat, the news, and pretty much all over the internet. I saw posts of people saying how sad it was, people trying to raise money to rebuild it, but most interesting to me people criticizing those trying to spend millions of dollars to rebuild it. The point is valid, that there are many other problems in the world like starving children, shortage of water, and climate change that could definitely put the millions of dollars to a more valuable cause. This event has caused a lot of controversy and drew attention to some of the issues our planet is suffering. I looked into two news sources that had articles on the Notre Dame fire: Infowars and AP.
Infowars, according to the infographic, is nonsense and damaging to public discourse. Their headliner for the article on the fire is “Notre Dame Fire: a symbol of Eurabia.” The language is not specific, nor does it give any reasoning behind it’s claim. The article did not give much detail on the fire itself, and simply jumped to the conclusion that, “Europe is becoming more unstable every day.” From this article, I can’t see any connection with the fire and the fact that Europe is becoming unstable. This fire was the first big tragic event that Europe faced in years, and there was no evidence given that Europe is unstable. This article left me confused on the topic because of the lack of information.
As I was reading the AP article, I had a much difference experience. The AP website provides factual information, is not bias, and original reporting. The article was titled, “Worth the Risk? It’s not easy to put a value on a cathedral.” The language of the article was much more informative and reasonable. There was background information given, then reasoning behind both sides of the debate: should the cathedral be rebuilt. The language seemed much more professional and easy to follow because it was backed up with quotes from professors and specialists. As a reader with little knowledge on the Notre Dame Cathedral, I was much more informed on the event from this source. Ultimately, there was a huge difference in language used between Infowars and AP, which affected my views and knowledge on the topic.
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