Newspapers

The New York Post and the New York Times are well-known recognized newspapers. But what doesn’t appear to stun readers is how different they both can be. The New York Times is very serious with its matter and gives all the information the readers are looking for from officer quotations to highly creditable sources. The New York Times also has an International Section for foreign affairs. The New York Times sets up its newspaper to grip the readers attention by putting the leading top stories on the cover page and leaving readers with a cliffhanger to continue on to the guided page. By putting this on the first page, attracted customers will look to purchase this newspaper. The articles in the New York Times have every single detail about the topic especially when compared with the New York Post.  

Unlike the New York Times, the New York Post can sometimes be mixed up with a magazine. The New York Post may have serious matter within its articles but it definitely has celebrity gossip as well. While flipping through the pages in the New York post, articles on Ashton Kutcher’s love life occupy one whole page on the famous newspaper as well as Selena Gomez’s outfit at a premiere. Although both newspapers are widely famous, the real question is… Are there customers who realize this difference? If so, is this why they may prefer one newspaper over another?It also seems to me that the New York Times is more organized as well as it splits up its newspaper into International, Business, Art, Sports … etc. Meanwhile, New York Post is more scattered around.

The article I read in both the New York Post and The New York Times was about the terrorist plot that was planned by Manssor Arbabsia. This plot was aiming to kill the Saudi Embassador, Adek Al-Jubeir , in a Washington D.C. bombing.  The New York Post got straight to the point as it was describing the terrorist incident where on the other hand, The New York Times had every single detail including quotations from several officials and even statements from Senator Hilary Clinton. After putting both articles together I know both the details and the overlook on the whole situation. Manssor Arbabsia was looking to kill the embassador by offering 1.5 Million Iranian blood money to anyone who would be willing to kill him and it is believed that it was a Mexican Drug-Cartel Hitman. Manhattan Attorney Preet Bharara stated, “Todays charges should make crystal clear that we will not let other countries use our soil as their battle ground.”  Arbabsia was arrested as he got off the plane at JFK airport. He has agreed to follow any orders until October 5^th where he was recorded on a telephone call with Gholam Shakuri using secretive language as he states the code words to assisinate the Saudi Embassador. Arbabsiar appeared in a Manhattan federal court where he is agreeing to be held under custody without any bail until his next hearing on October 25^th.

Both Articles had very well descriptions in informing the reader with the topic. But if I was looking for details on the topic I would have definitely read The New York Times opposed to the New York Post. If I was looking for a quick story that I could read minute ride into the city I would have read the Post.