Analyzing Local Media Coverage of Gun Violence in Chicago over the Weekend
On Monday, the Chicago Sun-Times reported that 42 people were injured and 6 people were killed by gun violence over the weekend. As it does every weekend, the Sun-Times published a tally of people injured or killed in shootings and updated the article over the course of the weekend. The headline of the article posted […]
Analysis of CWBChicago, Citywire, and the Chicago Contrarian
CWBChicago (Crime in Wrigleyville Blog) is a website that puts out articles covering local news in Chicago related to crime, the police, and the justice system. In general, CWBChicago publishes stories that slant conservatively. The website’s content employs law-and-order rhetoric and utilizes certain incidents to further their agenda. For example, a story from the blog […]