The News of Today.

So to commemorate the very first blog post of this humble blog we present the news in pictures.

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 We start with the news farthest from us: Al-Jazeera. A trusted source for info usually mentioned in the same breath as BBC and La Monde. When looking at the headlines for the site, I realized that they were all very Middle East and European specific; many of the headlines having to do with Libya and Egypt. As you can see, the only thing having to do with a protest on Wall Street.

From far far away to close to home (well, at least for me) we have the local paper of my hometown of Podunk Woodbridge Virginia; News & Messenger. Every single headline has to do with the events of my little town (which as rich in culture as it is, it's still a bit dull). Seeing as one of the big headlines is about a high school football game, I wouldn't consider these a  good source for getting your world news fix.

These are the headlines for my "new" hometown, The New York Times. The main story of the site being the deaths at the Airshow in Nevada. Compared to the News & Messenger, there is a considerably larger amount of news having to do with National and international news. It also gets closer to Al-Jazeera's coverage of things going on around the world, however doesn't go as in depth with international news as the Arabic site does.

And last but certainly not least is my "other" local newspaper, The Washington Post. Looking at the site, the vast majority of the news has to do with the politics of the nation. Which makes sense seeing as the paper is rooted in the nation's capital. This was also the only newspaper out of the more internationally focused that took a lighter note; having news about thing like the Emmy's (as seen above) and other things like health and style.

       Who knew the news could be so different?