Today I immediately found captivating news in the “most popular” section-that Bernie Sanders was beginning a presidential campaign for 2020. There were actually two article links in the “most popular” section for the story, one for CNN and the other for NPR. The CNN article had the tags “political science” and “politics”. The NPR article had the tags “Bernie Sanders”, “AP”, “Alex Brandon”, “Democratic Party”, “Hillary Clinton”, and “other”. Since this was the first time I’ve seen two articles talk about the same topic on my feed, I decided to compare them too see how the journalism differs. They both describe how, unlike 2016, Sanders is no longer an underdog in the presidential race and has a lot of funding. He is incredibly popular with younger Democrats. However, the CNN article was much longer, even though it discussed virtually the same topics-his monetary funds for his campaign, his political stances, and the possible obstacles of him being elected. The CNN article used a lot more quotes from Sanders and other associates to discuss their points. I didn’t know that Sanders was going to run again until I saw the news on feedly, so I’m glad that I had a place to find it.
Today there are 518 unread articles for my “news” feed, but my actual feed only lists the top fifty or so news stories from today (unless you scroll down to the bottom so that it can load more). Again, I wonder how the news is actually sorted (besides the “most popular” and “today” tag) because it seems impossible to read that many articles. It did, however, provide me with some important news today in the form of the Bernie Sanders 2020 nomination.
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