Bad Lead

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110415/ap_on_bi_ge/us_gop_candidates_budget

To be honest, it was kind of hard to get past the lead of this story.  I am not afraid of big words or technical language, but this was a little excessive. I have found that a ongoing trend in print as well as broadcast media's coverage of the budget show down.  Let's just be real the American budget problem is a little too complicated for John Doe off the street to understand.  The good journalist would seek out a way to figure out how to

D.C. Mayor Arrested...I Say Good Job

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110412/ap_on_re_us/us_budget_dc_anger

This was a good article that seemed to depict both sides of the argument very well when it would have been easy to sway to one side or the other.  The author was keen to point out the validity of the mayor as well as the reasoning behind why Congress did what they did.  I liked this story because too often we find political figures arrested or in trouble for doing stupid stuff.  This was just an old school protest that made a modern day statement.  Good job, Mr. Mayor.  I, though it doesn't really matter, approve.

Japan, What a Mess

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110401/ap_on_bi_ge/as_japan_earthquake

I think this author does a really good job of keeping things as simple as possible.  There is a lot of stuff going on over there and the reporter gives as concise and put together information as they can.  In a tragedy that involved a tsunami, an earthquake, and now a nuclear disaster there are so many different, multifaceted angels to cover.