Sunday, January 31, 2016

Evaluation of News Magazine Stories

For the article called "The Epic Fail of Hollywood's Hottest Algorithm", posted by Vulture, a branch New York Magazine...

1. What is the debate, disagreement or argument in the story about? Explain cocisely, but with
specificity and precision. Name specific people, places, things, events, dates, times and/or other identifying details.

The discussion of the article is based around the business practices of Ryan Kavanaugh, a man who claimed to have cracked the code on how to make high profit producing movies in 2003. Kavanaugh is extremely integrated into the movie industry and is known to be friendly with Bradley Cooper, Christian Bale, and many other famous actors and figures in the business.

2. Who is the most sympathetic character in the story? Who are they? How are they involved? Why do they evoke feelings of sympathy from you?

The most sympathetic characters of the story would be all those who were let down and effected by the failure of his formula especially Relativity Media because they were invested heavily in his algorithms. I feel sympathetic towards all those effected because they all suffered great loses.

3. Who is the least sympathetic character in the story? Who are they? How are they involved? Why can't you easily sympathize with them?

Ryan Kavanaugh was the least sympathetic character because many suffered because of plan's failure. He posed as a prophet of movie success and led many to believe that he was the "boy genius" of Hollywood. I have a hard time sympathizing with him because of all the people he harmed out weighs his own suffering as his plan failed.

For the article called "Bernie Sanders Is Getting a Surprising Amount of Donations", posted by Fortune Magazine..

1. What is the debate, disagreement or argument in the story about? Explain cocisely, but with specificity and precision. Name specific people, places, things, events, dates, times and/or other identifying details.

The story was questioning the ability of Bernie Sanders's campaign to beat Hillary Clinton in the primaries of the 2016 presidential election without the support of the wealthiest people in the country.  Many believe that Sanders has found a way around needing the support of wealthy lobbyists as his donations increase and more polls are won in his favor.

2. Who is the most sympathetic character in the story? Who are they? How are they involved? Why do they evoke feelings of sympathy from you?

The most sympathetic character of this story is Bernie Sanders because he is essentially the "little train engine that could"of the 2016 primaries. The New York-born presidential candidate is also trying to win the election without accepting money from the 1%.

3. Who is the least sympathetic character in the story? Who are they? How are they involved? Why can't you easily sympathize with them?

Hillary Clinton is portrayed simply as the anti-Sanders in the article. I find her hard to sympathize with because she is doing everything to win the election that Sanders morally refuses to do.
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