Sometimes, the odds are in your favor. Fans of The Hunger Games may disagree, but after three people win the Powerball jackpot, I find this point hard to argue. For my essay, I decided to track the odds of winning the most recent Powerball jackpot to determine if winning is actually luck. To follow the story, I kept up with five different sources-EBSCOhost, CNN, New York Times, Dayton Daily News, and Fox News. After tracking the story, I discovered New York Times was the best source. Therefore, anyone interested in the news should read a national newspaper, like the New York Times. For four days, I closely followed five different news sources all on the same story, the Powerball jackpot. I checked on each news article daily for any updates
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This source was updated daily, and was error free as far as I could tell. The information was the most factual, providing me with information not recorded in the other four sources I analyzed. This source also included interesting facts and statistics, such as the odds of being struck by lightning vs. winning the Powerball jackpot. The New York Times was completely un-biased, and did not try to persuade me in any way. The author, Lizette Alvarez, carried herself in a professional manner with no offending information or opinions. Out of the five criteria, the New York Times received a five out of five. CNN came in close second with a four out of five. The only problem with the source was the lack of updating. I found that CNN did not update this story daily, only when something ‘news breaking’ happened, such as a couple from Tennessee claiming their jackpot prize. Fox News came in third out of the five sources. Fox News received a three out five, because it wasn’t based on true facts and it tended to be non-professional. The author talked to the reader like a close friend, instead of using formal speech. The source also provided phoney information when the story was first released. Dayton Daily News came in fourth due to the bias and lack of information. This local source only provided information from the area, instead of telling the story as a whole. The article only talked about winners in Ohio, and not the
This source was updated daily, and was error free as far as I could tell. The information was the most factual, providing me with information not recorded in the other four sources I analyzed. This source also included interesting facts and statistics, such as the odds of being struck by lightning vs. winning the Powerball jackpot. The New York Times was completely un-biased, and did not try to persuade me in any way. The author, Lizette Alvarez, carried herself in a professional manner with no offending information or opinions. Out of the five criteria, the New York Times received a five out of five. CNN came in close second with a four out of five. The only problem with the source was the lack of updating. I found that CNN did not update this story daily, only when something ‘news breaking’ happened, such as a couple from Tennessee claiming their jackpot prize. Fox News came in third out of the five sources. Fox News received a three out five, because it wasn’t based on true facts and it tended to be non-professional. The author talked to the reader like a close friend, instead of using formal speech. The source also provided phoney information when the story was first released. Dayton Daily News came in fourth due to the bias and lack of information. This local source only provided information from the area, instead of telling the story as a whole. The article only talked about winners in Ohio, and not the