Anthony Alaniz
Member (since September 2010)I am currently a junior at Eastern Michigan University. My major is journalism and my minor is creative writing. I am an online production assistant at Car and Diver magazine in Ann Arbor, Mich. I joined NewsTrust to aid in my understanding of good journalism and aid in my own writing.
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I thought Julian Assange did a wonderful job at fielding the questions that were presented to him. This is clearly an insightful piece of work.
This feels as if it was just poorly written and the message just gets lost in the jumble. I had to read the opening paragraph twice just to comprehend what he was saying. just horrible
Wow, this article is an eye opener. I love the points that were brought up and the author is correct. I would choose YouTube over Bruce Willis any day. Of course there are flaws in the thinking, but at least it is opening up discussion about the issue as copyright and the internet usage are two very prominent issues today.
I felt this was an informative article about a new, emerging, alternative energy technology. It presented both the good (eco-friendly) and bad (visually distasteful) but overall did a good job of promoting the technology as something new.
I thought this article was very straight to the point, and was well written. I did not know anyone was threatening the President and this article was informative about that.
I would have never read the article if it wasn't posted on NewsTrust. I did not know about the methane in Siberia and, along with being well written, was an enjoyment to read.
Even though the story is not the most well written or thought out article on the situation, and could be potentially biased, it does bring up a few good points about due process.
I thought the article was not very relevant to much, but did offer a few bits of info I did not know that made it engaging.
This was a very relevant article, seeing I just moved on from a community college, I understand the importance it is for many as a stepping stone to a better life. Like the article said, state budgets don't put higher education first and that is a major issue with enrollment increasing.
I thought this article did a great job enlightening on the fallout of the articles release, I wish the article would have portrayed more of WikiLeaks motives as to why they are doing this, because I believe that angle should have been presented in the story as well.
I think this article helps present something that most major media has left for the wayside. Even though the article is very informative, it does seem to present more crime statistics than actual facts about U.S. guns heading into Mexico.
A very simplistic and well written article that covers the health care bill as it makes its way through the supreme court. Well done!
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Tentherism: The Bizarre Ideology Behind Tea Partiers' Plans to Kill Social Security and Child Labor Laws
The piece comes off as attacking more then informing, and it looses any trust of the reader halfway through, though what information is in there, can be helpful to some readers.
I thought the article presented a good balance between both sides of reporting. Also, the tone, and form also make the article easy to follow.
This brings up not only issues with legalizing marijuana, but also a growing disagreement between the states and the federal government over certain laws and bills. This is something of a grander scale in this country as opposed to just people smoking pot. Granted this article fails to enlighten on other state/federal feuds.
The first thing that drew me in was the title. It was catchy and made the piece worth checking out. After I got past that, the rest of the article seemed to bring up many points most of us already knew, yet there is still the issue of fixing them.
The article is well presented and supported. The one thing that upset me the most was the cry to "fight corruption." In Puerto Rico? Really? What about the corruption here? The FBI is just as corrupt as any other government organization. Where is the story about the corruption here? Sadly I do not see it.
I see the article take a very unbiased approach to presenting the information, granted the campaign's message was in good light, it was portrayed in the wrong way and I agree that it will have the opposite affect of the campaign itself.
Good article that brings up many issues with Boeing's current operation procedures, but suggesting that Mulally needs to return to Boeing is ridiculous. He is in a golden position at Ford and would never leave. Also, Boeing may already be too far gone to save like Ford was.
This piece shows that there could be many unintended consequences with the new health care coverage. The article points out many issues that are going to arise, and it may actually kick people off of coverage that had it prior to the passage of the law. The article was well written, balances, and brings up very valid points.
Good article that brings up some very relative points. As a nation we should be past this and just accept.





This story is well written and informed, but feels like a bit of fear-mongering. I think what would have enhanced the article would be to explain what happened between the initial crash test and the fire. After the Volt was wrecked, the NHTSA turns it on its side for five minutes, then the roof, then the other side. This is completely unnatural, and hence, fluid leaked onto the battery, eventually causing a short and starting the fire. What the NHTSA didn't do was follow its own ... More »