CE #6 (Week 12) - Brandon C

The Washington Post (WaPo) is an established source of news in America. They have a political leaning in their coverage and they put a focus on the government. It is published daily in Washington, D.C., where it is circulated the most. Behind the New York Times, the WaPo has the second highest number of Pulitzer Prizes—47 at the time of writing. A particular note about the WaPo is that it is currently owned by Jeff Bezos, the CEO of Amazon. The headline for my post this week is, “Amazon in advanced talks about putting HQ2 in Northern Virginia, those close to process say.” It discusses some of the details from their confidential source that claims Amazon may have picked a final choice for their second headquarters. They are careful to highlight some of the rhetoric surrounding the decision, including that some people believe it could be a controversial move. My analysis is that the WaPo is in a particularly interesting place to be owned by the CEO of Amazon, Jeff Bezos, and to be exclusively reporting on a story that involves a company that is run by him. While they do a great job of including some of the concerns from the critics about the potential move, by Amazon, they are in a position of potential bias, due to their affiliation with Bezos. The article itself has a lot of great detail that, if true, would prove to be a vital source of news. Ultimately, the article uses a great balance of sources along with outside information to back their reporting. My opinion is that the article does a great job of summarizing and detailing the details behind the story, but I would hold it in a higher regard if it was from a source other than one that could be more biased. Considering that they are technically a biased source for this subject, they did an overall great job at crafting the article.

Article link: https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/amazon-in-advanced-talks-about-putting-hq2-in-northern-virginia-those-close-to-process-say/2018/11/02/9be831d6-d7c0-11e8-aeb7-ddcad4a0a54e_story.html?utm_term=.c7cbe3c6378b

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