The Wenatchee World

I immersed myself in my hometown paper, the Wenatchee World to analyze the balance between soft and hard news. I noticed that most of the main section was filled with hard news. For that specific day, topics included the Iraq War, the 2008 election, the stock market crisis, Russia's economic problems, Canada's election, and Al-Qaida developments. The only real soft news in the main section was about text messaging elephants in Kenya... it was actually very entertaining. Soft news is mainly featured in other newspaper sections such as the entertainment or life sections. Some examples include comics, a feature story about Indian weddings, and Dear Abby letters. I would say that newspapers are definitely still the watchdogs they used to be. Many corruptions or issues are featured in newspapers on a daily basis. For example, there was a featured article about an error in John McCain's "Joe the plumber" example that he presented in a national debate. Newspapers never fails to report any small error or mistake.