Nick's Journalism Blog

The articles we read told the stories about Stephen Harper refusing to take communion, and another story about Jimmy, an eight year old heroin addict. both of these stories were lies, and both of the journalists that told these stories were caught in their lie. I have before considered that the news I'm reading may actually be a lie. I sometimes think this because sometimes I read a story that I don't believe could possibly be true. Sometimes the story seems a little too far fetched for me to believe that it could have actually happened in the real world. It doesn't surprise me that professional journalists made up news, because since they are professional journalists they know the makings of a believable news story. Also, it doesn't surprise me that they would lie if they couldn't find a suitable story, because since it's their job to make stories, they can easily just make something up so that they can meet their deadlines. My reaction to the articles were

This article  on Vice is about how weed smokers have 20 percent more sex than the normal person. It is definitely a soft news article, because the topic itself is sort of amusing in a way, and the article isn't about anything that's exactly hard hitting. This article would be interesting to people who are avid weed smokers, and maybe it's hard news to them, but to the average reader, this article is just an entertaining read. This article  on Vice is about how Canada payed 31 Million dollars to three Canadians tortured in a Syrian prison. I think this article is definitely hard news, because it invokes a lot of emotion, especially for a Canadian reader. It's an interesting article that is about very serious topics, such as torture, so I think that makes it a hard news article. This article on CBC is about twins that were conjoined at the head. This may seem like just a soft news article, but I honestly believe it has sort of a blurred line between hard and soft new