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  • For this paper, pick a day during the 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s or early 2000s (no later than 2005) and read the issue in The Washington Post or The New York Times for that day.
  • Your response paper must be 4-5 pages double spaced, 12 point font in times or Arial.
  • You must have a minimum of 2 primary sources cited (bonus: the paper you pick is a primary source) and 2 secondary sources.
    • You must cite in MLA or Chicago/Turabian
  • You must read a minimum of 10 pages of the newspaper you select
  • You must pick up a newspaper from 2017 to compare
  • You must upload a copy to CANVAS or submit via email/GoogleDocs. No hard copies accepted.
  • Read both the newspaper from the past and the newspaper from today
    • Consider the following as you read your papers:
      • What are some common themes? Are most the articles about politics? Science? World news?
      • What was on the front cover of the paper from the past? What does that say about the political climate in the US during that time? What about the economic and social climate? Can you determine what that was like just from reading the paper from the past?
      • How has the format of the paper changed from your paper from the past to a paper from today?
      • Newspapers reflect the time period in which they were created and provide a glimpse into American Society at the time. What can you tell about American society from your paper from the past?
      • How can your paper from the past serve as a useful primary source for research?

    • Your paper should be written in the third person. You should reflect on the questions about and form a paper based on those prompts, your readings, and other outside research materials.
      • Consider how newspapers are used in research
      • Why do we continue to use newspapers in research?
      • Why newspapers are still valuable today or are they no longer as important in today’s society?
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Attached.

Comparing The Newspapers of the Past and Today’s
Thesis statement: Newspapers are one source of information that helps to provide people with
information.
1. Introduction
2. Comparison of the Two Newspapers
3. Common Themes of the Two Newspapers
4. The Information about the Past newspaper of 1979
5. The changes of the past paper compared to the present paper
6. The American society depicted by the past newspaper
7. How the paper can serve as a primary source for research
8. Conclusion


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COMPARING THE NEWSPAPERS OF THE PAST AND TODAY’S
Introduction
Newspapers have been there since the past years as they help to inform the people of the
country of the various events that take place in America and both in the other countries of the
world. However, the newspapers have evolved over the years since there have been
technological advancements and hence the newspapers have changed and there are elements that
are there today which were not there in the past years. The famous newspapers in the country
such as the New York Times and also the Washington Post have evolved and there are changes
that can be viewed in today’s papers that were not there in the past.
Comparison of the Two Newspapers
The newspapers that will be compared are the New York Times newspapers of different
years. The first newspaper was the New York Post of 25th June 1979 which mostly focused on
the utterances of President Jimmy Carter who had stated that he would whip Ted Kennedy if he
ran for the presidential office. This newspaper was written during the term when Jimmy Carter
was the president of the country and the time for presidential nominations was near and he feared
that Ted Kennedy would vie for the nominations. The other newspaper of the New York Times
is of 20th January 2017 which focused on the swearing in of the current president of the United
States, President Donald Trump. He was inaugurated on that particular day after President

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Obama served the United States for two terms and hence it was time for him to retire and a new
president to take this office.
Common Themes of the Two Newspapers
The two newspapers both from the past and the present have some common themes in
them. Both of these newspapers have taken a political nature. This is because both of them are
talking about the United States politics especially about the presidents of the country. The
newspaper from the year 1979 talks about the abusive statement that president Jimmy Carter
spoke towards Senator Ted Kennedy who also wanted to vie for the presidential nominations of
the country. The other newspaper also talks about politics of the country because it entails
information about the inauguration of the current president of the country. It talks about how the
nature of the inauguration will be as the country is receiving its 45th president who is a famous
and known business man, Donald Trump.
The Information about the Past newspaper of 1979
The New York Post on 25th June 1979 had some information on their front page which
showed the statement by Jimmy Carter which stated that he would whip the ass of Ted Kennedy
in the presidential nominations that were present in that time (Denham, 2014). The political
climate at that time of the publishing of the newspaper was a little tense because the country was
going in...


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