Example of Comparing Media

Ahmad Khan Rahami made national headlines after a series of bombs were placed around New York City and New Jersey over the weekend, and was apprehended Monday morning in New Jersey after being shot in the leg during a shootout, which also resulted in two injured police officers.

As soon as word got out of Rahami’s arrest, sources like The Wall Street Journal, The Huffington Post, and CNN were quick to report the story.

An article published in The Wall Street Journal titled, “N.Y. Bomb Suspect Ahmad Khan Rahami Captured; No Others Being Sought”, clearly listed the main details of the ongoing investigation.

The 25-column-inches long article quoted four sources, which included quotes from the New York City mayor, NYPD, and the FBI.

The article quickly summarized the shootout, the bombings, and focused on details of these events provided to them by NYPD and the FBI.

It also mentioned the relevance of the attacks occurring just before President Obama’s speech at the United Nations General Assembly.

The article included a map which located the places that were bombed and where the shootout took place.

It also included photos of the shootouts aftermath and a photo of the business owned by the Rahami family.

“CNN Tonight with Don Lemon” covered the story during a two-hour long segment.

The segment included video of Rahami’s arrest and the aftermath.

It also included commentary from CNN’s senior investigative correspondent, chief national security correspondent, and political commentators.

While The Wall Street Journal clearly listed the main points of the story, it did not go as in-depth as “CNN Tonight” did.

The segment included information about the charges Rahami faced, an analysis of his actions, and a look at Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton’s eagerness to use these attacks to talk about the war on terror.

Furthermore, while The Wall Street Journal compared the attacks to the St. Cloud, Minn. knife attack at a shopping mall, “CNN Tonight” compared it to the Boston bombing.

The Huffington Post also published the story in a 795-word article titled, “Police Capture Ahmad Khan Rahami, Manhattan Bombing Suspect.”

The Huffington Post used six sources, among them were the Linden, N.J. and New York City mayors, CBS and the FBI.

It also included three videos of the arrest and the FBI briefing, Tweets from the New Jersey State Police and a CBS news reporter and a photo of the “Wanted” poster issued by the FBI.

Unlike the story published by The Wall Street Journal, this article focused more on the details, giving the blow-by-blow of what happened before, during and after the shootout.

An interesting detail Huffington Post mentioned that other media didn’t was that according to officials, Rahami apparently didn’t even try to cover his tracks.

This was an interesting find because it gives us a different narrative to what has been reported on mainstream media.

I genuinely preferred The Huffington Post’s coverage because it was easy to follow and gave a detailed account of what happened during the shootout, which was the most important part of the story.

While CNN did an amazin job at analyzing the events that led to Rahami’s arrest and included excellent commentary, I prefer reading about the most important and relevant elements of a story. It was like print because it quoted people and provided photos and echoed broadcast coverage by providing key videos and commentary through the use of tweets.

The Huffington Post article seemed to present the best of both worlds.