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Media Coverage: Hard News vs. Soft News

Media Coverage: Hard News vs. Soft News. By : Student Critical Thinking 100/9M1 Professor: Cynthia Wiseman Final Project: May 16, 2009. What is hard news?. Hard news is news that is important and needs to be known immediately. Hard news topics include: war, economy, politics, and .

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Media Coverage: Hard News vs. Soft News

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  1. Media Coverage: Hard News vs. Soft News By: Student Critical Thinking 100/9M1 Professor: Cynthia Wiseman Final Project: May 16, 2009

  2. What is hard news? Hard news is news that is important and needs to be known immediately. Hard news topics include: war, economy, politics, and

  3. What is “soft news?” Soft news is news that is light in nature and it usually does not matter when this type of news is broadcast or printed. Topics for this type of news include lifestyle, fashion, entertainment, celebrity gossip, and exposés on politicians lives. Soft news is often sensationalized.

  4. Elizabeth Edwards Edwards, John. Photo. “Elizabeth Edwards attends a house party in Brentwood, NH on October 26th, 2007.” Originally posted to Flickr as “Elizabeth Edwards at a New Hampshire House Party. 27 October 2007: Web. 16 May 2009.

  5. SOMALI PIRATES Photo: 2 Some pirates operating off Somalia’s coast claim to act as coastguards [sic] . [Gallo/Getty: englishaljazeera.net.]

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