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a particular attitude toward or way of regarding something; a point of view.
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| synonym | outlook, view, viewpoint, point of view, POV, standpoint, position, stand, stance, angle, attitude, frame of mind, frame of reference, approach, way of looking, interpretation Our next step is integrating news stories with perspective, so as to have a deeper understanding of how different news sources handle a story. Is it possible to remain unbiased? Assignment due by midnight, Wednesday, October 28 DIRECTIONS: 1.Open a word document 2.Below you will find three paired stories, labelled by number and letter. ie. story 1 a, story 1 b., story 2 a and story 2 b 3. Read each pair carefully, noting language usage and tone 4. Copy and paste the story titles into your word document 5. Write a comparison paragraph of a minimum of 100 words that explains how each of the news sources handled the story. That means you will have 3-100 word responses. Use specific textual examples to support your analysis. Finally, conclude with an evaluation as to what extent the story was written objectively, or has demonstrated bias. What do you mean by handled the story? Look carefully at the text. What word choices did the author make- adjectives? verbs? Consider tone? Where is the focus? When you answer these, ask yourself why the author made these choices and then you'll be able to respond to the bias evaluation.)6. Rubric: demonstrates accurate understanding of the articles; textual evidence; evaluation of the two news sources and language conventions(grammar, spelling, syntax.) Paraphrasing the above: you have a total of 6 articles below. They are paired by subject, but come from different news sources. You will need to read these carefully and write three paragraphs (do not send separately!) that compare and contrast (alike / different) as to how the news sources / writers handled the stories. STORY 1 a Hurricane Patricia dissipates in Mexico; flooding, mudslide concerns remain(CNN)Patricia, the strongest hurricane ever recorded at sea, approached Mexico's Pacific coast with such ferocity that one official predicted it would become the most dangerous storm in history.
Thousands were evacuated from luxury beach resorts and impoverished hamlets long before the powerful Category 5 storm touched down Friday evening near Cuixmala in southwestern Mexico. Its crushing 165-mph sustained winds uprooted trees and toppled power lines. Heavy rains unleashed mudslides.
By late Saturday afternoon, however, satellite imagery and surface observations from northern Mexico indicated Patricia had degenerated into a remnant area of low pressure, according to the U.S. National Hurricane Center.
The hurricane center's final advisory on what had been described as a potentially catastrophic storm came hours after Patricia had been downgraded to a tropical depression, sapped by mountainous terrain, with 35-mph sustained winds.
Mexico apparently dodged a bullet. For now, there are no confirmed reports of storm-related fatalities or major damage.
"We are fortunate the hurricane ... went to the mountainous areas," Communications and Transport Minister Gerardo Ruíz Esparza told reporters.
"That lessened the impact. The wind and water hit us but our infrastructure was able to withstand that hit. The worst went to the mountains."
Patricia plowed through a sparsely populated and mountainous stretch of the coast but avoided the resort city of Puerto Vallarta and Manzanillo, home to the largest container port on Mexico's Pacific seaboard.
'God helped and watched over us'
Two people died and four people were reported missing in Autlán in Jalisco state, Red Cross representative Andres Gomez told CNN. One death was the result of a heart attack, the cause of the other is unclear, according to Gomez.
It's not known whether the fatalities are storm-related, Gomez said
Still, Mexican officials remained cautiously optimistic throughout the day, with President Enrique Peña Nieto saying in a tweet Saturday afternoon: "So far, there are no reports of major damage from Patricia."
Serious flooding and mudslide threats remained.
"We as government are not supposed to mention faith and God but the only thing I can tell you is that God helped and watched over us so this monster of a hurricane did not hurt us here in Nayarit and in Mexico," Roberto Sandoval, governor of Nayarit state, told CNN en Español.
In the coastal municipality of Cihuatlan, not far from where Patricia made landfall, Dr. Antonio Abad tended to more than two dozen patients who suffered cuts from falling branches and chunks of rooftops. But he marveled there weren't more serious injuries.
Two babies were delivered at the small hospital in Jalisco, a boy on Friday night and -- at 5 a.m. Saturday -- a girl whose parents refused to name Patricia.
"The parents were asked about naming her after the storm," Abad said, "but they said they had gone through too much trouble with Patricia already."
'Prevention has saved lives'
At a small clinic in the neighboring community of Melaque, nursing chief Luis David Ramirez said workers spent the morning removing mud and fallen branches.
"We expected a much bigger disaster," he said. "We believe God helped us through this monster hurricane. We're still here."
Airports reopened in Manzanillo, Puerto Vallarta, Colima and Tepic, according to Ruíz Esparza. There was no major damage to regional ports. Schools are expected to reopen Monday.
"Prevention has saved lives," he said.
More than 10,000 people, including local residents and tourists, were evacuated to safe areas on Friday but most had returned, officials said.
Mexico's meteorological agency reported that more than 11 inches of rain had fallen by early Saturday near the inland Nevado de Colima volcano in Jalisco, and forecasters said 8 to 20 inches of rain could fall in several Mexican states.
"It is very important that the population stays in the shelters, the security forces will be patrolling to protect their homes," Peña Nieto said. "I repeat, we still can't let our guard down."
'The rain is intense'
Patricia landed 55 miles west-northwest of Manzanillo. It touched down near Cuixmala, a 25,000-acre private estate of beach, jungle and nature reserves that was once home to the late British billionaire James Goldsmith, according to the estate's website. Its Moorish-style villas, with rates starting at $900 a night, have hosted visitors such as Richard Nixon and Ronald and Nancy Reagan.
"I'm a little worried," said Carlos Cisneros, an estate worker staffing the phones Friday night. "The rain is intense and the wind picks up at times for about five minutes, then subsides. It comes and goes."
Cisneros said there were mandatory evacuations in nearby communities where landslides were possible, but he and others at the sprawling estate had to come to work.
"It's not so bad right now," Cisneros said. "I took a risk."
'Losing everything'
Patricia was expected to be a huge challenge for the nation, said Anthony Perez, a representative of Save the Children in Mexico City.
"We have these wonderful luxurious tourist destinations, but then there's half the population that's living in different degrees of poverty," he said.
"A lot of these homes, especially in the rural areas, are made of flimsy materials. With the wind being so strong and then there being so much rain ... many of these families will probably be losing everything."
Ahead of landfall, Patricia spun in the Pacific with sustained winds of 200 mph -- the strongest cyclone ever recorded in the Atlantic or eastern North Pacific.
By landfall, the strongest sustained winds are estimated to have dropped to 165 mph -- still stronger than 1992's devastating Hurricane Andrew, which hit south Florida with estimated sustained winds of 145 mph.
Patricia's intensity at landfall appears to have been lower than that of Typhoon Haiyan, which hit the Philippines in 2013. More than 6,000 people died in Haiyan, due largely to enormous storm surges that rushed through coastal areas. Haiyan had 195 mph sustained winds when it made landfall.
Mexico Spared Major Damage by Giant Storm
CIHUATLÁN, Mexico — A day after Hurricane Patricia all but destroyed his home, Roberto García López took the unusual step of going to work.
He left the wreck of shattered doors and windows, broken columns and splintered trees, filled a cooler with shrimp and began selling his wares on the street on Saturday afternoon.
A short while later, Sabina Montes, a fruit vendor, joined him to peddle cut pineapple, papaya and slaw. Carlos Agustín Manzo, the owner of a store selling bootleg videos and cellphone accessories, also declared himself open for business.
“Yesterday there was so much fear, people thought they were going to die,” said Mr. García, cracking a broad smile as he eased the cooler’s lid over the seafood to keep it from the blistering heat. “We’re all just relieved that nothing happened. I can’t tell you how happy I am.”
It might seem odd for a man like Mr. García to call himself blessed the day after a hurricane swept away most of his earthly possessions, items he cannot afford to replace or repair. But throughout some of the hardest-hit areas of Mexico’s Pacific coast, the refrain was the same: feelings of euphoria outweigh whatever grim work lies ahead.
Having weathered the worst storm to strike the Western Hemisphere, many Mexicans felt relieved that they suffered only financial damage. For now, there have been no reports of deaths.
“I’m just so grateful,” said Mr. Manzo, 47, holding his infant son, as a rush of people passed on the street, ducking in and out of the stores that opened their doors the morning after the storm. “People are getting on with their lives.”
In the end, Hurricane Patricia left as suddenly as it came. After roaring to life in the warm waters over the Pacific, transforming practically overnight into a Category 5 storm with winds of 200 miles per hour, it had all but dissipated by Saturday morning, little more than 12 hours after touching land. By 4 p.m., it no longer ranked as a tropical storm.
That is not to say the damage is not severe. While the hurricane spared the densely populated centers of Puerto Vallarta and Manzanillo, it appears to have done the most damage to villages between the two cities. For many in these impoverished communities, it could take much time to recover from even moderate damage.
The government has not come up with a total for how much the recovery will cost, but a drive through the affected areas paints a clear enough picture: mangled telephone wires; shards of trees and brush and palm blanketing the street; all manner of street signs, from 30-foot-tall billboards to traffic signs, upended.
It was a scene repeated up and down the coast, as nervous residents and frazzled tourists awoke to flooded roads and widespread power failures. Rescue workers were sent up and down the western coast to assess the damage.
Luis Felipe Puente, the director of Mexico’s civil protection agency, confirmed Saturday that there were no reports of deaths. In a phone interview as he was traveling to Manzanillo to begin a tour of the hardest-hit areas along the coast, he said his reports included some from remote mountain villages where there had been fears of mudslides.
One reason there were apparently no fatalities was that people paid attention to warnings. Schools shut down, stores and businesses closed and people heeded the advisories to stay indoors or move to shelters. When trees and lampposts fell, there was nobody outside who could be hurt. “The final result is a recognition that everybody paid attention,” Mr. Puente said.
He also noted that the storm lost much of its force when it made landfall and changed its path away from heavily populated areas.
STORY 2 a'We can't take any more!' Germany stops ALL trains from Austria as they reintroduce border controls and temporarily suspend Schengen Agreement
Germany’s open-door policy to refugees appeared to be unravelling tonight following the country's reinstatement of border controls to curb the overwhelming influx of migrants.
Europe’s top economy halted all trains from Austria and, in an historic move, temporarily suspended the open borders Schengen agreement in response to the arrival of tens of thousands of Syrian refugees in recent days.
The decision marks a dramatic shift away from the current abolishment of passport checks throughout Europe's Schengen zone.
German Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere said: 'At this moment Germany is temporarily introducing border controls again along [the EU's] internal borders. The focus will be on the border to Austria at first.
'The aim of these measures is to limit the current inflows to Germany and to return to orderly procedures when people enter the country.
Mr de Maiziere added: 'This step has become necessary. The great readiness to help that Germany has shown in recent weeks... must not be overstretched.'
The Interior Minister did not specify how long the border controls would remain in place or give details of exactly how incoming migrants would be handled. He said there could be disruption to rail travel.
Most migrants have been arriving by train, with 800,000 in total expected to arrive this year.
Germany's national railway, Deutsche Bahn, said it had halted service between Austria and Germany for 12 hours at authorities' orders.
Tonight, officials were seen carrying out the first passport checks at the country's border with Austria.
Three Syrian migrants were stopped at the Freilassing crossing and told to remain on the side of the road in the Bavarian commune close to Austria's Salzburg, after German officers looked at their papers.
Mr de Maiziere's announcement came on the eve of tomorrow's meeting of EU interior ministers in Brussels, where European Commission proposals to redistribute about 160,000 asylum seekers across the bloc will be discussed.
But there are deep divisions between member states and no sign of a solution.
The Schengen agreement – allowing passport-free movement across much of the European continent – is now under real threat following Germany’s temporary opt-out, although the European Commission said rules do allow countries to reintroduce controls in exceptional circumstances.
In a statement the EU executive said: 'The temporary reintroduction of border controls between member states is an exceptional possibility explicitly foreseen in and regulated by the Schengen Borders Code, in case of a crisis situation.
'The current situation in Germany, prima facie, appears to be a situation covered by the rules.'
It added that the executive would keep the situation under review and said the aim would be to return to the normal situation of no border checks between member states of the Schengen zone 'as soon as feasible'.
The European Commission added: 'The German decision of today underlines the urgency to agree on the measures proposed by the European Commission in order to manage the refugee crisis.'
The Czech Republic also said it would boost controls on its border with Austria following Germany’s decision.
It is not yet clear exactly what the temporary measures include, but the move comes as German authorities have warned they are at 'the limit' in coping with the migrant crisis, with locals claiming Munich is on the brink of collapse.
German newspaper Bild cited security sources as saying the state government in Bavaria had asked the federal police to help deal with the task.
The newspaper said the federal police would send 2,100 officers to Bavaria to help it secure its borders.
STORY 2 b from BBC news
Why is EU struggling with migrants and asylum?John Sweeney
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Europe is experiencing one of the most significant influxes of migrants and refugees in its history. Pushed by civil war and terror and pulled by the promise of a better life, hundreds of thousands of people have fled the Middle East and Africa, risking their lives along the way.
The scale of the crisis has put huge pressures on some destination countries, particularly Greece, Austria, and Hungary. At least 350,000 migrants crossed the EU's borders in January-August 2015, compared with just 280,000 during the whole of 2014.
And that 350,000 figure - an estimate from the International Organization for Migration (IOM) - does not include the many who crossed a border undetected.
Among the forces driving people to take such risks are the conflicts raging in Syria and Afghanistan, and human rights abuses in Eritrea. The majority - 62% - of those who have reached Europe by boat so far this year are from those three countries.
There are also people setting out from Libya, Sudan, Pakistan, Nigeria, Kosovo, Iraq, Iran Darfur, Somalia and other countries in the hope of a new life somewhere like Germany, France or the UK.
What routes are people using?
The most direct routes are fraught with danger. More than 2,600 people have drowned in the Mediterranean this year trying to reach Greece or Italy in flimsy dinghies or unsafe fishing boats.
Most of those heading for Greece take the relatively short voyage from Turkey to the islands of Kos, Chios, Lesvos and Samos - often in flimsy rubber dinghies or small wooden boats.
There is virtually no infrastructure on these small Greek islands to cope with the thousands of people arriving, leaving local volunteers providing vital assistance.
Many people travel by boat from Libya to Italy, a longer and more hazardous journey. Survivors often report violence and abuse by people traffickers, who charge thousands of dollars per person for their services. The chaos in Libya has given traffickers freedom to exploit migrants and refugees desperate to reach EuMany attempting to reach Germany and other northern EU countries go via the perilous Western Balkans route, running the gauntlet of brutal people traffickers and robbers.
Faced with a huge influx of people, Hungary has built a controversial 175km (110-mile) razor-wire fence along its border with Serbia. It has also urged EU partners not to send back migrants who have travelled on from Hungary.
Some of the worse tragedies in 2015 include:
- Two boats carrying about 500 migrants sank after leaving Zuwara in Libyaon 27 August;
- The bodies of 71 people, believed to be Syrian migrants, were discovered in an abandoned lorry in Austria on 27 August;
- A shipwreck off Italy's Lampedusa island killed about 800 people on 19 April;
- At least 300 migrants are feared to have drowned after attempting to cross the Mediterranean in rough seas in early February
Where are they going next?
Under an EU rule known as the Dublin regulation, refugees are required to claim asylum in the member state in which they first arrive. But some EU countries, such as Greece, Italy, and Croatia, have been allowing migrants and refugees to pass through to countries where they have families and better prospects.
Germany receives by far the most asylum applications in the EU and says it is expecting 800,000 refugees to arrive this year.
In order to match Germany's 2015 projection per population, France would need to accept more than 650,000 people and the UK nearly the same amount. But France has pledged to accept just 24,000 and the UK 20,000 over five years.
Between 2,000 and 5,000 migrants are camped around Calais, which is just 1% - 2.5% of the more than 200,000 who have landed in Italy and Greece.
Hundreds of thousands of people are somewhere along the route to Germany, in Hungary, Croatia, Austria, Serbia, and elsewhere.rope.
Are EU countries doing their fair share?
Germany has been critical of France and the UK over the countries' relatively meagre commitments to take people in and called on all EU members to do more.
Earlier this month, European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker set out proposals for 120,000 additional asylum seekers to be distributed among EU nations, with binding quotas.
Mr Juncker's proposals were criticised by the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland and Romania.
For years the EU has been struggling to harmonise asylum policy. That is difficult with 28 member states, each with their own police force and judiciary.
Championing the rights of poor migrants is difficult as the economic climate is still gloomy, many Europeans are unemployed and wary of foreign workers, and EU countries are divided over how to share the refugee burden.
More detailed joint rules have been brought in with the Common European Asylum System - but rules are one thing, putting them into practice EU-wide is another challenge.
How do migrants get asylum status in the EU?
They have to satisfy the authorities that they are fleeing persecution and would face harm or even death if sent back to their country of origin.
Under EU rules, an asylum seeker has the right to food, first aid and shelter in a reception centre. They should get an individual assessment of their needs. They may be granted asylum by the authorities at "first instance". If unsuccessful, they can appeal against the decision in court, and may win.
Asylum seekers are supposed to be granted the right to work within nine months of arrival.
Nearly 104,000 got refugee status in the EU last year, nearly 60,000 subsidiary protection status and just over 20,000 authorisation to stay for humanitarian reasons. (Austria was not included in the data.)
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Trump: 'I will be a great unifier'
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