Evaluation of General Sources

Architecture controversy happens on a world stage. The newest event has spurred from the design of a stadium for the 2020 olympics in Japan. I have analyzed two sources that have reported on this controversy.

Source 1

URL: My first source is The Guardian, a "self-described center-left" newspaper from Britain with a .com address. The Guardian reports on topics from all over the world.

Author: Caroline Davies, a journalist exclusively for The Guardian with a twitter account used almost exclusively for The Guardian related opinion and topics.

Last Updated: July 28th, 2015. Nothing has changed regarding the information on the article in a couple of months,

Purpose: While this source seems to have written an informative article about the controversy in Japan, quotes were only taken from sources against Japan's decision to scrap the design for the stadium. Bias is present as readers are only given one side of the story.

Graphics:

Jankowski, Jessica. "Screenshot". 9/2/2015

Both a picture and a video were used in the article. This helped readers understand the stadium surrounding the controversy as a visual image speaks louder than a description.

Position on Subject: The Guardian wrote this article with bias against Japan. While the article contained sufficient use of links and quotes to other sources, Japan's side of the story was not mentioned nearly as equally.

Links: There are several links throughout the article that take readers to other Guardian articles along with the website of the architect
in question Zaha Hadid.

Source 2:

URL: My second source is a popular American news channel as it was the first 24 hour news channel in the United States: CNN. CNN has a .com URL, which is not indicative of reliability as .com sites have a variety of different backgrounds.

Authors: This source has two authors, Will Ripley and Tim Hume. Will Ripley is based out of CNN's Tokyo bureau and has won several awards regarding reporting including a Heartland Regional Emmy. Tim Hume is from CNN's Hong Kong bureau.

Last Updated: July 17th, 2015. The article is only a few months old.

Purpose: The purpose of this article from this source is to inform readers on the controversy happening in regards to the olympic stadium in Japan. The article has insight and quotes from both the architects and also the Japanese representatives.

Graphics: Along with a photo of the stadium, an investigative report in the form of a short video depicts author Will Ripley discussing the topic of the stadium in Japan. Footage from the Japanese Prime Minister is also included in the video.

Position on the Subject: CNN appears to have an unbiased article outlining the controversy in Japan as Japan has decided to scrap the plans for a new stadium for the 2020 Olympics. In the article there is a section dedicated to the "architects' criticism" giving both sides of the controversy a voice in the article.

Links: No links were used when writing the article from this source. This is perhaps CNN's attempt at keeping their readers on the information from their webpage and nowhere else. Not providing any links does discredit CNN's credibility as we cannot easily access another opinion.