NBC News:
Duration & Genres
The duration of NBC News on the 20th of February 2022 is 15 minutes and 55 seconds. The genres of the news include international, political, economic, social and feature.
Teases & Stories
They are three slots of news for NBC News. There are four teasers on politics, economics, international and nation in the first slot while two teases on the nation and politics in the second slot. Then, the last tease is about a feature story. All of the teases meet the story in the next time slot.
Content
The first political news is about Latimer Putin's March to war with the United States. There are 1500 explosions in just one day in areas held by Russian back separatists. Ukrainian soldiers hurt civilians evacuating as the state department warns it is dangerous for Americans inside Russia. The second political news is that former president Donald Trump is getting back on social media but not on Twitter instead he is trying to compete with it. His own app called truth social is expected to hit the Apple app store.
For economic news, it is stated that the price of gas and other goods will probably spike in the United States and could Russia retaliate with the cyber attack there. The NBC senior business analyst Stephanie stated that the home gas and food prices inflation and investments might potentially bring big impacts for wallets of Americans.
While the international news is about the queen of England now battling covet diagnosed more than a week after meeting with Prince Charles who later tested positive. The palace said the queen had seen her son recently on February 14th who was tested positive but there was no update on the queen's health.
As for the nation's news, two helicopter crashes in the popular beaches just hours apart from the dramatic rescue in the water off the coast of California and the terrifying plunge off Miami beach. The incident raises new concerns about helicopter safety.
Lastly, the feature news is entitled keeping memories alive and it is about the unbreakable bond between one mom and a team of young basketball players who go to almost any game to cheer on the mustangs in Sumner. Eli’s mother, whose son died in a car cush when he was just 14, shared her memories.
Conclusion
The news is well-written, simple and precise so the audience can catch up and understand the content easily. The teases and stories are also arranged in a clear and systematic way. It is great that feature news is included and is arranged at the end of the bulletin which enables the audience to relax and listen to some human stories. However, the bulletin only included a few genres and is not rich enough. Only some crucial information of news is revealed and the bulletin is lack in-depth news.
ABC News:
Duration & Genres
The duration of ABC News on 19th of February 2022 is 57 minutes and 55 seconds. The genres of the news include nation, politics, lifestyle, entertainment, economics and sports.
Teases & Stories
They are three slots of news for ABC News. There are six teasers on nations, politics, lifestyle and entertainment in the first slot. For the second slot, there are three teasers on nation and lifestyle while for the third slot, there are some teasers on entertainment, economics and sports. All of the teases meet the story in the next time slot but the sequence is irregular.
Content
For the nation's news, the first news is about the mother of Dante Wright, whose son was the black man being shot and killed by a Minneapolis police officer, who said that her son was murdered all over again by the justice system. Besides that, there is another news which is about the Portuguese air force rescuing a twenty-two-person crew from a ship near the coast of razors. Moreover, for another nation's news, a Tik Tok star speaking out of her alleged stalker was killed by her father.
The politics news is about president Biden addressing the nation this evening, saying Russia may use false justification to invade Ukraine. There is also political news that there will be more trouble for the former president, Donald Trump. A federal judge is allowing lawsuits, trying to hold Trump accountable for the insurrection to move.
While for the lifestyle news, there is news on the sober curious movement. The last two years have forced many of people to take stock of their drinking habits and if anyone is starting to cut back, he or she might be part of the growing sober curious movement.
There is also economic news on the impacts of inflation and how much more does it cost for a single. Some experts said the inflation is hitting single people even harder because they are not splitting expenses while married people might also be getting tax advantages discounted family raids things like gym memberships or cell phone plans.
The news bulletin also covered entertainment news which the reporters had a conversation with actor Jeffrey. Jeffrey loves the history of the country and loves to dig down to discover those parts of the history that are much more nuanced complicated and interesting.
Lastly, there was also sports news on the major league baseball players association correcting league officials who say they must postpone the start of spring training. They claim to be committed to staying at the negotiation table with the season at risk.
Conclusion
The news is well-written, deep and complete. Various genres are included in the bulletin, making the bulletin rich, interesting and is able to provide a lot of information to the audience. The reporters go deep into every story by providing different perspectives of information. However, all the news is too long which may cause the audience to feel bored and stop watching the bulletin. The arrangement of teases and stories is also complicated and may confuse the audience.
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