So it is the day after the midterm elections. When I woke up this morning, I wanted to see the results of the elections nation-wide. Being that I didn't have time to turn on the TV before work, I was forced to scan the web. Looking at a few sites, the search reminded me of the extra credit project we had in class comparing the sites of the Democrats and Republicans. Instead of comparing those two, I was forced to compare the focus on the election results from both FoxNews.com and CNN.com.
Looking at CNN.com, the results are at the very top of the page... all you have to do is click. It took me less than a second to realize where to go for the results. They also have additional information linking this election to other historical elections and even how many African Americans hold seats in the Senate (0).
When I went to FoxNews.com, it took me a few seconds to find the results of the midterm elections. Unlike CNN, the very first page was a lot of political commentary. The results of the elections were not the main focus of the page. The link to get to the results was smaller than everything else.
Being that the elections are extremely important in times like these, I would expect every single news outlet to focus on the results. Oh well.
Some "news" outlets are a little too busy spewing their continuous 24/7 ideological narrative to have time to actually report the news as it happens. I'm just saying...
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