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The media is the main source for informing us about government, politics, worldwide events, etc. I am finding the differences and similarities of the articles from 3 dominant news sources – CNN, NBC, and Fox – to see how each of them framed the anniversary of Gettysburg Address in their articles. How these 3 dominant news channels frame their stories are how people are going to shape their opinion on the event. The textbook definition of framing is “the power of the media to influence how events and issues are interpreted” (Lowi 423). I think the media uses framing to make people think a certain way about a subject, person, event, etc. News sources are going to frame stories so they can influence their viewers to think and feel the way they do by choosing what news stories or events they want to cover. News sources can use framing to distract or inform us on important problems and think in a biased way (Lowi 423).
CNN‘s article “Gettysburg Address: The lost art of the quotable speech” is the longest article and has the most pictures; it has original photos of Lincoln when he delivered his famous Gettysburg Address speech on November 19, 1863. It also has a video of an Abraham Lincoln impersonator reciting Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address speech, slides that show which top 5 states quoted Lincoln’s speech the most on Facebook, and two stacked bar graphs showing statistics obtained from Facebook data. “Dennis Baron, a professor of English and linguistics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign” and “James Cornelius, curator of the Lincoln Collection in the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum” are quoted in this article (Saida). Baron believes that Lincoln gave a powerful speech because he wanted to leave a powerful...

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... Lost Art of the Quotable Speech." CNN. Cable News Network, 19 Nov. 2013. Web. 06 Dec. 2013.
"Thousands Gather to Commemorate 150th Anniversary of Gettysburg Address." Fox News. FOX News Network, 19 Nov. 2013. Web. 06 Dec. 2013.

Works Cited

Lowi, Theodore J. ., Benjamin Ginsberg, Kenneth A. . Shepsle, and Stephen Ansolabehere. "Chapter 10: Public Opinion." American Government: Power and Purpose. 12th ed. New York: W.W. Norton, 2012. N. pag. Print.
Roth, Jeffrey B. "Lincoln's Gettysburg Address a Powerful Second Act: Author."Nbcnews.com. National Broadcasting Company, 18 Nov. 2013. Web. 06 Dec. 2013.
Saida, Nicole. "Gettysburg Address: The Lost Art of the Quotable Speech." CNN. Cable News Network, 19 Nov. 2013. Web. 06 Dec. 2013.
"Thousands Gather to Commemorate 150th Anniversary of Gettysburg Address." Fox News. FOX News Network, 19 Nov. 2013. Web. 06 Dec. 2013.

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