I chose a story that was current, and interesting: the First daughter dolls. A couple of months ago the TY company came out with 2 dolls of colored skin named Sasha and Malia. The company claims that they are not replicas of Obama's girls. They were however quite a hit.

When listening to a talk show radio I heard the host talking to Michelle Obama. She was very apauled that the TY company when behind their backs and made replicas of the girls. She commented that yes their father is now the pressident but the privacy and safty of the girls needs to come first.

When watching Entertainment Tonight they merely focused on the coming out of the new TY dolls. They said nothing about Michelle being offended. It seemed that they were focused more on marketing the new dolls than showing the true emotions behind the whole situation.

ABC news commented on this story as well and they delt more with the legal aspect of this situation. They talked about the TY dolls and the TY company and what they had to say. Never once mentioning the feelings of the Obama family. ABC said that TY claimed they were not marketing the dolls after the Obama girls. ABC thinks differently however when they note the girls mere quincidence of the dolls having darker skin dark hair and the names Sasha and Malia.

This is a fairly popular sotry therefore there were many sources that I was able to find that I was able to collect data from.

Gaza strip confusion

After reading 4 or 5 news web sites (including FAIR) about the current bombing for the Gaza strip it is clear that the media does not know exactly what is going on. The FAIR web site seems to be pointing fingers at Hamas for firing rockets into Israel. There is no reason that Israel should be blamed for the bombs that are being sent into Gaza because those are merely retaliation bomb. Israel is only trying to protect their people.
I think that the media is handeling the incedent well. They are attempting to find the truth and reporting on what they know at the moment. They are getting critisies for spreading rumors and not telling the truth but I do not beleive that that was ever their intention. They are trying to gather information as quickly and as acuratly as possible so that they have the newest and most updated inforatmion.