The news stories in my freedy board today mainly covered the topic of corona virus again. I had an article that went over President Trumps press conference about the first US patient passing away from the virus. This is one of the biggest stories in the nation. We can constantly see news stories about the virus. This is what everyone wants to see in media so that is what is constantly being reported. I had over 5 articles in my news feed that solely talked about the corona virus. Journalists have a duty to report these things to the American and world wide public
This virus has shut down almost all of the media cycle. We have event going on like the democratic debates but we’re just seeing articles about the corona virus. Journalists are constantly using headlines in these stories that are scaring the public into clicking the stories. They include death totals and the total number of cases. These things are scary at a glance but are honestly not as bad as they seem. Most of the people who have passed away from this virus are older people with pre existing medical issues. Younger healthy people are not dying from this disease. They typically get the disease and can then be cured from that disease.
My news feed for today was very interesting. While many of the stories were about one subject it is important to be informed about these things. It was also interesting to see different news outlets takes on the subject. You could see the different authors voices shine though with the way they are reporting about the virus. Feedly is a very beneficial tool to see news articles from many different sources. You are also able to cater your feeds so you are only seeing content that is important you. Overall, I will definitely be using feedly as an outlet in the future
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