Second-day story lead on missing Angela Melissa Norton

As the search continues for the missing 4-year-old streches into the second day, police start to question neighbors.

International News with a focus on Al Jezeera English on Livestaion

1. How effective do you think the internet will be for Al Jazeera as it attempts to reach a U.S. audience?

Due to the bias and stereotypes most Americans make towards the middle east, I feel that the internet is the most appropriate method to reach out to the United States audience. This is because most Americans would probably reject the television station that would broadcast Al Jazeera. The internet has integrated into a place where most people find their news, because it's quick and easy. Just look at youtube and livestation, their popularity and number of viewer are exponentially rising each day. The internet is a great way for Al Jazeera to reach the U.S. audience.

2. Based on your own observations, do you think that Al Jazeera English should be allowed to broadcast in the U.S.?

Considering the first amendment of our constitution is the freedom of religion, press and expression, I feel that the U.S. should allow Al Jazeera right to broadcast. After viewing over an hour of Al Jazeera, I did not see anything indicating a bias towards hating Americans. We have all been misled to assume that Al Jazeera broadcasts support Anti-American efforts. In fact, they do a good job of just sticking to the facts.

3. What, if anything, do you notice about Al Jazeera's approach to telling news? How is it different than U.S.-based TV news outlets that you have experienced?

Surprisingly, Al Jazeera does a better job of keeping to the fact than most American stations. Just look at CNN news, the news words their broadcasts in a way that leads towards the network's liberal persona. For the most part, the broadcasting is unbiased. I mean I'm sure that had I been watching this station several years I'd see more of the bias. It's also fascinating to me that the actual footage of the broadcast are far less glamourous as they are in the United States. If you watching KING 5 new, you will see the news anchors and reports fully done-up in makeup and the sound and picture is perfect. However, watching Al Jazeera you can see that the broadcasts are much less informal and not as "hollywood". The clips seem to lack the perfect sound and picture that the United States news stations have.

4. While on the Al Jazeera site, be sure to check out the network's published Code of Ethics. Based on your observations, do you think they are adhering to them?

I feel that Al Jazeera does follow most all of their Codes of Ethics. The one thing that I noticed was that a lot of the reports interviewed victims. As a result, we see more of the victims side. This goes against their commitment to be entirely unbiased. However as we all know, it is nearly impossible to be ENTIRELY unbiased. But overall, I feel that Al Jazeera adheres to the majority of their Codes of Ethics.

NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Police and FBI agents searched the home of a Yale University animal research technician Tuesday night and led him away in handcuffs to the cheers of neighbors in a search for evidence that might tie him to the slaying of a graduate student.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,550622,00.html?test=latestnews

The news story directly above is a strong example of what a summary lead should look like. Each of the five W's are clearly stated.

News Flash... Three Story Ideas That Will Captivate Pullmanits

Topic Number One: "Will Tom, Travis and Mark disappear in a blink of an eye or reunite for the long-hall?" In the article I will talk about the possibility of Blink 182 coming out with a new album or what their future plans will be. I will discuss their concert and recap on it. My sources will be their manager, a VIP from the concert, and hardcore fans.

Topic Number Two: "Nordstrom or Neiman Marcus... who will be victorious?" In the article I will talk about the competitive retail stores and what is happening to the sales of each due to the new addition of a Neiman Marcus in Bellevue. My sources will be managers/employees from the stores as well as customers.

Topic Number Three: "Are the actions Pullman police have been taking legal?" In the article I will talk about the complaints of students from Washington State University with regards to unfair treatment from the police in Pullman concerning alcohol and drugs. My sources will include several victims of police assault, police officers, and witnesses.

Chev-wrong or Chevron?

Although Chevron may be a household brand, its name has become increasingly popular over the last 10 years, especially in Ecuador. After over two decades of oil refining in Ecuador, Chevron allegedly left behind billions of dollars worth of damages to the Amazon Rainforest. After viewing the two opposing videos on the topic, it is very hard to say who is correct.

In the first video, a 60 Minutes special, it contained an eclectic group of interviews. These interviews included views from Chevron consultants, Steven Donziger (the Plaintiff’s lawyer), Sequoyah Indians, the judge for the case, the EPA, and residents from the surrounding area. The video showed many vivid images of the damages that were left behind. It also stated that Chevron thinks it’s only responsible from 40 percent of the clean up. This is because Chevron was 40 percent partner with Ecuador’s oil company, Petroecuador. However, scientist proved that a near 100 percent of the oil that was being used was from Texaco, which was bought by Chevron. In response, Chevron denied the claim and stated that it was the “biggest falsehood they’d ever heard”. After being asked who made the pits, Chevron said that the consortion was responsible and that Texaco was the operator but the Consortion partners had selected Texaco to operate the oil fields.

In the second video, a video constructed by Chevron employees, it contained a marginalize group of interviews. All of the people, excluding one person, that were interviewed were Chevron consultants. This misinforms the public due to the obvious biases. The video showed many images of the areas that Chevron had cleaned up. The video claims that most of the health problems from the people are due to the widespread bacteria in the drinking water from raw sewage. It also claims that all the pipes leading into the Rainforest were analyzed by a toxicologist and determined to be nothing unnatural to the environment and harmless. The Chevron employees believe the Ecuadorian government is trying to “re-write the past” and that the judge has a bias towards Chevron to begin with. The validity of the arguments is skewed because Chevron consultants presented all of the information