[Villages PL]

Sometimes the news is "managed" in subtle ways.

Yesterday, in the Daily Sun business section I read the following large headline: US economy grew briskly at 4.2 percent rate in Q2

And the subheading read: Around 3 percent growth expected for rest of the year

So everything looks fabulous, right? Well, if you read the long article down to the 14th paragraph it states: "....economic growth has averaged a meager 1.1 percent for the first six months of this year."

So the name of the game is to accentuate the positive with big bold headlines and downplay the negative deep within the article.

How could this benefit the newspaper? Splashy, positive headlines could influence local businesses to spend more on advertising. Any local businesses that haven't been doing well might think: "Maybe it's just that I haven't been doing enough advertising."

So I think the news can be managed, sometimes in subtle ways, to the benefit of the newspaper.

[graciegirl]

Originally Posted by Villages PL

It might have helped if I was familiar with "Wesh2". Is that the name of an internet news site? I don't think it's fair to assume that everyone will know.

Thanks, now I understand that you were asking a trick question.

I forgot you don't have a television. Wesh2 is the local affiliate of NBC News.

It is based in Orlando and does have an internet site.

Here is the link to their internet site. http://www.bing.com/search?q=wesh2+n...ORM=QBLH&ghc=1

And this is a later story on the same topic that I posted about earlier on this thread;
http://www.wesh.com/news/deputies-su...788560#!bMWtSm

[Villages PL]

Originally Posted by graciegirl

I forgot you don't have a television. Wesh2 is the local affiliate of NBC News.

It is based in Orlando and does have an internet site.

Here is the link to their internet site. wesh2 news.com - Bing

And this is a later story on the same topic that I posted about earlier on this thread;
Sheriff: Man shot, killed by Orange County deputies serving warrant | Local News - WESH Home

That was an interesting story; I just read about it on your link. At first I wondered if he just had a gun in his hands, but now I learned that he actually pointed it at police.

[Villages PL]

Can anyone provide information about how the AP news service works? I believe a newspaper has to subscribe to the service in order to use it. Is it all or nothing? Do all AP stories have to be used? Can editors at the Daily Sun edit an AP story or change a headline?

[DruannB]

Any newspaper can subscribe. There are different rates depending on your circulation. You can subscribe just to the news feed or assorted packages, including features. You can pick and choose daily what you want to use. AP doesn't care. Headlines are suggestions only. Most are written or re-written by the individual papers to fit the page layout.