Evaluation of News Magazine Stories

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In this blog post I will be analyzing two stories, one from The Atlantic titled "The NRA Strikes Back In Virginia" the other one is from New York Magazine titled "Trump Overtakes Cruz and Clinton Holds Her Lead in Final Survey from Top Iowa Pollster"Even though I want to go to medical school, I do not know what major I am choosing but I know I want to be involved in politics later on in life. This is why I chose these two stories as both pertain to a major I am potentially interested in.

The first story is about the Virgina declaring it would no long recognize concealed carry permits of firearm owners in the 25 states with laxer gun laws than its own. e The NRA responded to this by calling it “the biggest setback” that gun owners had suffered politically in all of 2015. lli And interestingly enough on Friday the state reversed itself.

A week before the ban was to have taken effect, the governor announced that  "Virginia would keep granting reciprocity to out-of-state gun owners, so long as they had not been specifically denied a permit in Virginia. In exchange, GOP leaders agreed to change state laws to prevent domestic abusers from possessing guns and to make it harder for private dealing from skipping a background check when selling at state gun shows. " v This deal enraged gun-control advocates as they see it as a step back.

The most sympathetic character of this story is gun-control advocates in Virginia. They had just had a huge victory for their cause and to see it be reversed just a week before it was to take effect is heartbreaking. Many of the advocates see it as practically a give away by the governor but will continue the fight for stricter gun laws not only state-wide but nation-wide.

The least sympathetic character is the NRA who clearly came out victorious. Although this debate will continue to rage  on in the country, Virginia should be seen as a huge victory for them. They reversed a measure that would make gun regulations much more strict and at the same time dealt a heavy blow to gun-control advocates. They have nothing for me to sympathize seeing as how big this victory is.



The second story is about Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump passing candidate Ted Cruz while Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton expanded her lead on candidate Bernie Sanders in a Iowa survey on January 30, 2015. The entire presidential race is a big debate between who would be the best person to lead the country when President Barrack Obama's term expires next year.

The most sympathetic character of this story is Bernie Saunders. Iowa is a key swing state and him losing in the polls is not a good sign. Although there is still plenty of time until the election night, Hillary Clinton was recently endorsed by the New York times to represent the democrats. I am sure Bernie will be looking to bounce back from this defeat in the following polls.

The least sympathetic character is Donald Trump. Often referred to as the most controversial candidate for this election Donald Trump continues to lead the Republicans. There is nothing I sympathize about Donald Trump seeing as I completely disagree with some of the measures he is proposing during his campaign.