Obama Replaces Costly High-Speed Rail Plan With High-Speed Bus Plan
This news story on the Onion News Network, although fake, has a serious critique in regards to President Obama and government spending. The Onion story doesn't need to gatekeep any information from it's audience because it is fake news, there is no higher up agency telling Onion writers what they should or should not say because its fake. Likewise it will not fall pray to Network agenda setting. The humor behind the fake news is what bring in the audience, but it allows the video to be very critical of Obama and government compromise. Baym states "The Daily Show attracts many of them with its initial discourse of entertainment. But comedy also provides the method to engage in serious political criticism; the label of "fake news" enables The Daily Show to say that which the traditional journalist cannot" (Baym 273).
The Fox News article on the other hand must struggle with gatekeeping and agenda-setting from the higher ups. I don't find this article really falls into those categories but unlike the Onion video that points out the hipocracy of Obama's recent compromises and failure to take action on our countries infrastructure, the "real news" article must stick to the facts.
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