I believe that this conflict would not have happen if reporters had warned the Hmong guests on what exactly would be discussed on air. After hearing all the invited parties, the Yangs had no idea that there would be other invited guests in order to find the truth about the yellow rain story. Moreover, one can simply understand Mr. Yangs bitterness and resentment. Who, in fact, was an eyewitness to the events of the story. Nevertheless, Mr. Yang was not given a full opportunity to address how it all happened before his eyes. Mr. Yang expectancy of the program could have been prevented. Yangs thought they were summoned to give their take on the story. It is difficult to say who is right in their beliefs about the yellow fluid – if it was a really poison or bees poop. However, the story could have been handled with a different approach. Mr. Yang was not given the chance to effectively present all pertaining facts of the story. Additionally, he did not get a respectful and direct position as a witness of those events on the story.

Today, to remain successful, valuable, and to get ahead of competitors, the news have to adjust to various tricks.

The New York Times made an unsuccessful attempt to print a sensational story. In pursuit of ratings, the reporters did not pay enough attention to verify the information they had received and the reliability of their sources. On top of that, to drive readers’ attention, they used a catchy headline, “Criminal Inquiry Sought in Hillary Clinton’s Use of Email.” However, the effect was quite the opposite. The story, based on data from anonymous sources only displeased the readers and tainted The New York Times reputation and credibility.
To avoid a future situation, journalists and editors must check the incoming information more thoroughly, relying on qualified sources as much as possible and paying special attention to the word choices on the article. So, it was not only catchy and provocative, but to truly reflect the essence of the matter.

In my opinion, journalists had to publish the documents they had received from Snowden. Since the main idea of journalism is to keep the public informed of what is happening. The media duty is to monitor the political forces of the country, uncover injustices and corruption. The media support democracy. In the film “Citizenfour”, Edward Snowden said that now we live in a world where our everyday step is literally being tracked by the government. Items that are ordered online, google searches, emails, bank records are all being watched and stored. The government deliberately keeps track of its citizens, on the idea that is for security reasons. And even though many people possibly would agree to sacrifice their freedom to feel secured, by doing so, the government is violating the law, intruding into the personal lives of its citizens without their knowledge. “We all have a stake in this balance of power ‘the ruling and the ruled’, which is opposed to elected and the electoral,” said Snowden.
At the same time, journalists have to be very careful when publishing classified information. It is important to note that such publication will not harm a country’s foreign policy and its security.

I think both articles are written well. There was definitely an effort to present a problem from a different angle. In the first article most space was given to quotations from athletes and coaches. Moreover, people who are familiar with the issue and the most credible to speak about it. That gives a reader the opportunity to address his own perception. Some criticism of the article was fair. I agree that the topic was not fully disclosed and there was no in-depth analyses. However, experts and athletes’ voices could as well serve as the beginning of more detailed leads on the subject. Nonetheless, the way the author organized the story (the author’s voice rarely heard) and quotes, create the impression as if the author opposed Serena Williams and her body type of the rest of tennis players. Furthermore, it’s the weakest part of the piece. On the other hand, the author has tried to highlight the problem from all sides and to give the reader the fullest possible picture taking into consideration all interviewed athletes with different physique and stressing that the problem has a place to withstand.
The article about Taye Diggs has also received a lot of negative comments. Doing a profile story on someone is more difficult than writing about something generic and vague. To write about a straight black actor taking the role of gay on Broadway is very difficult. James Hannaham could expect a strong reaction of the audience. And, perhaps, taking this into account, he had to work on his approach more carefully. He tried to be funny and make the article interesting and not trite. But sometimes, too much is too much. Read “If you start to salivate when you hear the phrase ‘black men with jobs,’ then Diggs is your guy,” – and I can see why people got mad and offended at Hannaham. In my opinion, editors had to take few sentences out of his text.
In general, in America today, it is hard to find a chemistry among people. Different mentality, race, sexual interests cause resentment and rage even in minor things.