This Saturday on the 29th, thousands in Washington march to protest against Trump's use of fossil fuels and his administration's ignorance against global warming. I looked at this story on two different news sites, CNN and Huffington Post. Both news sites cover on this story are similar but there is an obvious bias and more use of emotional appeal in CNN's cover, while the Huffington Post uses more a authoritative and credible tone.
CNN starts with an overview of the situation, telling the audience what the march is about, why, and what protesters want. They also include images from the march as well as comments. CNN also uses numerous times throughout the article that the celebrity Leonardo DiCaprio marched along side other protesters. This use of eathos makes the article more credible as we see famous people supporting the cause. CNN also recalls past protests such as the Women's March, protests against the travel ban, and protests against the Trump Care act. This is done to show the liberal movements and successes, prompting the audience to conclude that all the liberal acts will succeed and are just causes.
The Huffington Post offers a detailed overview of the situation similar to CNN's. Both news sites use tweets from protesters, images, and commentary to support their argument. While subtle, Huffington Post does seem against Trump's cause, quoting others support for the betterment of the Earth through stopping global warming and also using Trump's tweet about fake media (which would include Huffington Post) to make it so that Trump's words contrast against the positive commentary offered. Huffington Post's article has a more logical tone instead of appealing to emotions like CNN did.
In conclusion both news sites are most likely against Trump and covered the story similarly, the main difference being CNN wanted its audience to feel more against Trump while Huffington Post does a better job of just reporting news as well as offering logical ideas towards climate change and why its bad for everyone.
http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/29/us/climate-change-march/index.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/climate-march-2017_us_590371e1e4b0bb2d086e12ff
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