Million Dollar Baby?

From looking at the two different sources from Time Magazine and CNN.com, I have noticed two different sides to the same story involving Hillary Clinton’s campaign. The two stories focused on many different topics, but the main contrast came from Hillary’s idea to give $5,000 to every family who has a baby to put in a savings account for college or a first house for each child.

In the article from Time magazine, the reporter seems to write in a relatively unbiased style concerning Clinton’s proposal. This is rather different than the article from CNN. In fact, the CNN reporters are dropping hints like bombshells that they do not agree with the proposal. For instance, right after the “baby bond” is mentioned, the reporter refers directly to a quote from Rudy Giuliani, “That’s real money, Hillary. You and Bill can’t afford that. It’s got to come out of somebody’s pockets. You know who it comes out of?” This quote shows the readers that this idea can be strongly refuted and categorized as an unsuccessful proposal.

In the article from Time magazine, the reporter seems to side slightly more with Hillary than her opponents. This article contains a few quotes from Hillary where she explains her proposal and the meaning behind it. The article does also contain a quote from her rival, John Edwards, in which he explains that she dropped the proposal because of the negative response from the polls. This reporter from Time magazine seems to only explain the overall response from the people, rather than just one person’s response, which makes the article seem more unbiased. In contrast, the reporter from CNN chose a strongly negative quote in response to the proposal, which is more than likely the same view as his or her own, and therefore changes the meaning of the whole story for the reader.