Late Night News

The newscast I watched was CBS news. The values that defined the news were impact, human interest, and prominence. The news kept repeating how the weather on the north east was getting worse throughout the night. After a few stories, the news kept going back to how the weather was, updating the viewers. This represents impact, it was affecting the viewers lives because it was happening currently. If the news tells viewers to stay off the roads, as it did, viewers are more likely to take their advice because they are informing them that it is dangerous. Another story talked about was how a lady was forced to give birth on a jail floor. This news value is human interest. The way they portrayed the story made me feel sympathy for the woman even though she was in jail for a reason. They kept mentioning that she was very scared, and she was afraid of her baby dying which made me feel sorry for her and question the police’s actions. The other story was about Donald Trump and his tweet to Nordstorm. This represents prominence because he is our president now, so every move he makes is something to talk about.