1. Your maximum word count should not be over 1000 words. So if
you're running way over that, remember, the real point of the assignment
is to describe and characterize the news coverage, not to describe the
events of the story.
2. It is okay to generalize where
appropriate. One of the points of this assignment it to try and identify
and recognize the specific tactics used by different TV outlets in how
they approach different kinds of news (political, tragedy, celebrity,
disaster, etc.). So discussing the commonly-held impressions of the
outlet ("Fox News is usually very conservative" or "The Daily Show
scours archival footage to find ways to point out the TV hypocrisy of
pundits") is an acceptable way to introduce your points of analysis.
3. If you find yourself getting bogged down in details, think about the "big picture." What kind of basic features do you notice about your chosen outlets?
Is there a certain aspect of predictability to how they cover your
chosen story? What is the "brand" they seem to be presenting? Remember: this is about the TV news sources more than it is about the news story.
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