This article, titled “The first presidential debate: Catch up on what happened” on usatoday.com, covers what happened at the first presidential debate and includes what others thought about it on other forms of social media.
The article starts off with a video of the closing statements of both Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. The article goes on to share a link to another USA Today story titled, “Trump touts ‘winning’ temperament, calling it his ‘strongest asset’. Then, the article lists the top 5 issues discussed on facebook after the debate. Next, there are screen caps of tweets sharing the most discussed topics about the debate on twitter. The article discusses each topic brought up at the debate in great detail, adding corresponding links and tweets about each subject, along with pictures and video. The article concludes with a poll on the electoral votes: either total Democrat, total Republican, or a toss up.
I liked how this article used the top issues discussed from social media and the tweets posted by the people, because the opinion of one reporter is not always the most informational thing to read. This way, whomever reads this article can really get an idea of what the American people really thought about the presidential debate. Also, including video not only of the debate but also things like Trump supporters chanting asinine things and a video tweeted by Hillary Clinton created a larger atmosphere for this story. I also really liked the poll at the end because it gave me a slight idea of how this election would turn out, and that is all the reader wants to know.
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