New York Times Readings

New York Times, Wednesday November 18, 2009

The front page of the New York Times today had a wide variety of stories. I thought that they were all covering different aspects of the news, world wide and in the US. They had a story about drunk driving in New York that may require already convicted drunk drivers to install a device in their cars that tells them their blood alcohol level. Also the state wants to pass a law that states any person who is caught drinking while intoxicated with a passenger 15 years or younger, could face up to four years in jail. When I read this, I thought that it is a law that is needed to keep children and others safe. I think that all states should adopt this law to keep drunk drivers off the road and to show people that drinking and driving is a serious matter.
After reading the front page and serious stories about the economy and national affairs, I love to read the other sections, especially the dining section. In today's paper they had a whole section on Thanksgiving meals and different recipes to prepare. I love the language that they use when writing about food and cooking because it is so different than hard news writing. It gives me something to aspire too and I do take something with me after they have the Dining section.

New York Times, Thursday November 19, 2009

With the past couple days of articles on the new breast cancer screening policy, I was relieved to see an article that gave a positive outlook for women who still want to receive mammograms every year at the age of 40. The article stated that the governments insurance policies will still cover mammograms for women at the age of 40 and “emphasized that they were no binding on either physicians or insurers.”I was glad to see that the government separated themselves from the researchers and doctors who put the recommendations forward because I believe it will calm fears of women. The article also stated that the private insurance companies would most likely not change their own policies about mammograms.
Another story on the front page that caught my attention was the one about the young boy who shot a young girl on accident while trying to kill member of another gang. I think that the reporter who wrote this did a good job playing into the emotions of readers because while reading I just kept thinking how sad it is that violence like this happens and that it is really difficult sometimes to hear about it. I was glad the NYT put the article on the front page because I believe people need to be more aware of what is going on around the country and how devastating teen violence and these issues are.