Presidential Debate News Story Analysis

News Analysis on the First Presidential Debate

Source Information      

Date:  October 4th, 2012

What news organization (or individual) produced this?:  Fox News

What is the type of news source?:    online article

 

Content
 

What is the main headline?:  Fact Sheet: Tax Break For Shipping Jobs Overseas? Well, sort of

What facts (statistics, important events, etc.) are included?:   There is a statistic saying that the Joint Committee of Taxation said established that $168 millions dollars will come in within the next decade if you close tax breaks for those companies moving overseas. 

Is anyone quoted? If so, who? What did they say?:     Mitt Romney was quoted, two times, saying he didn't know what Obama was talking about when he stated talking about tax breaks when shipping jobs overseas. Another person quoted was Doug Holtz- Eakin, a former director of the Congressional Budget Office, about how any cost of doing business is deductible. Obama is quoted from the debate on how American's with businesses in American do not get tax breaks, but the businesses with companies overseas do get tax breaks and he wants to change that. 

What information or ideas might have been left out?:  The whole article was all based around one statement that Obama said and Romney's reply to it. The rest of the debate about ways to get jobs in America. and the aspects of the economy and budget and tax cuts was left out of the article. 

 

Message

Who is the intended audience?:    The intended audience was anyone who watched the debate and people who are interested in the presidential election. 

Does the author seem to have an opinion? If so, what is it?:    For the most part the author seems objective, but the writer seemed to favor Romney more, because of the topic he picked for the article it was more in favor of Romney than Obama. 

What is the tone of the source?:   The tone of the article was informative and seemed to be made to clarify the part of the debate where Romney did not know what Obama was talking about with the tax breaks for shipping jobs overseas. 

What words or phrases create the tone?: "... that Obama could have been referencing." "Technically companies can claim a deduction..." 

   

Is any one person or group discussed positively? Negatively?:    No one specific group or person was discussed in the article.