Election articles, especially from a widely read, and respected newspaper such as the New York Times, are always: timely, relevant to the American public, and do us as citizens service. The election trail will continue on until November, and then once we have our President, it will only continue with more highlight on him or her. This is relevant to all people, controversy about Bush has been going on since he took office, and now with McCain's strong background and support, it all depends on what happens over time. As citizens, we need to know these things about the people we chose to vote for. As a democracy, we elect this person to office, and we need to know all the facts before we do. The people as a public have large amounts of human interest in stories like this. Election candidates want to win. Simple as that. They want to be this countries President and they will fight to get there, this is the humanity, good or bad, that we want to see.
A California meat company ordered the largest recall of beef in history, 143 million pounds. The recall was due to new the discovery of animal-abuse with the help of an undercover camera that showed the abuse of animals, to the point where they could no longer walk or stand. The sickness of these cows brought up the scary and very real idea of mad cow disease striking our nation. Officials say that the infection of the cattle is "unlikely" because they have to pass inspection before they become meat products, but the treatment is of course, unacceptable. The last recall this big was in 1999, and there were 35 million pounds of meat recalled, this is almost 4 times that large. Because the cattle has been determined to be not "properly inspected," it's not suitable for humans to eat. This story has lots of drama in it. Meat eaters and vegetarians/vegans alike will undoubtedly be, for lack of a better word, disgusted by this article, and with new ideas coming out of the woodwork such as vegan eating, meat will be coming out of the American diet and being replaced with healthier alternatives. This has proximity to the max. This meat is not just in California, this meat travels all over the country, and could be the Rib-eye, or T-bone in our supermarket.
Children playing recreational sports are now putting their health at risk, with broken bones and soar joint at such an early age (NewYorkTimes.com/Health/pg.1). Studies nation-wide have unrevealed proof that uninsured people and those with Medicaid are more likely to get a cancer diagnosis than those with private insurance (NewYorkTimes.com/Health/pg.1). People's want for the new Apple iPhone is driving people's hunger for this phone worldwide (NewYorkTimes.com/Business/pg.1). Primary elections in Pakistan begin this coming Monday, February 25, 2008, while candidates such as Musharraf are showing violence (NewYorkTimes.com/International/pg.1). A large British bank is to be nationalized and gives a huge blow to the current Prime Minister Gordon Brown (NewYorkTimes.com/Business/pg.1).
