Analyzing News Articles and Their Bias

This assignment requires you to critically analyze two distinct news articles. The first article focuses on challenges facing Cameroon, while the second explores the aftermath of the Las Vegas concert massacre. Your task is to evaluate each article for potential biases, considering factors like perspective, selection of information, and language used. You should also assess the articles' ability to support their claims convincingly and identify any shortcomings in their arguments.

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Topic of discussion
The topic of discussion in this paper is the current problems that are going on in
Cameroon and the recent massacre that took place in Las Vegas. These two scenarios have been
very much effective in the recent social conditions and the shaping up of the two countries as
well as their continents. At the first point, the recent social issues that are taking over in
Cameroon will have to be discussed (Bang, Henry and Roger 2012). The second point of
discussion will be focusing on the massacre or the killing of several people in Las Vegas by the
terrorists (Oliver 2017). Two journal articles will have to be chosen in this regard and will have
to be analyzed.
Analysis of the article
Article 1 summary
The first article that will be discussed in response to the first topic is the recent social
issues in Cameroon. Cameroon has been regarded as one of the culturally rich countries in the
African continent. They have a very racism free atmosphere or culture within the country where
several people belonging to the different cultures (Gabriel 2012). Many kinds of ethnic groups
live in the country today. Many people belonging to different religions also live there with peace.
However, there are some problems that have been very evident in the society of Cameroon. One
problem is the unemployment and the other one is too much death because of HIV/AIDS (Mills
et al. 2012). These things are the barriers why they have not been in the same line with the
developed countries of the continent.
It has been noted that more than half of the population in the country is suffering from
poverty as they are well below the poverty line. The education of Cameroon is far behind the

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average in Africa (Doh 2012). This has been one of their major problems because the people
there do not have the proper education and they suffer from losses in most of the areas because
of it. The government is unable to provide the quality education to its fellow citizens. The
HIV/AIDS prevalence rate has been very alarming in the country. The records and statistics
revealed that almost 30000 people die in Cameroon due to HIV/AIDS. Many other diseases are
also very famous in this country like malaria, yellow fever, sleeping sickness, typhoid fever have
been the causes of worry to the people in this country. Some other social and environmental
issues have been noticed in this context as well like the deforestation and cutting down of trees in
a random way (Sonwa et al. 2012). Poor sanitation has been a major problem in this country also
that ultimately turns very harmful in causing health hazards among the people.
Article 2 summary
The second topic of discussion is the strip shooting in Las Vegas that took place a few
days back. An unknown gunman started to shoot in the streets and Mandalay Bay Resort and
Casino and numerous people had lost their precious lives in the midst of the shooting. After the
incident the infamous group of terrorists Islamic State had admitted the responsibilities of this
attack (Barrett 2014). The Police authorities had confirmed that Stephen paddock had assembled
around two dozen guns secretly in his room so that he could plot the attacks properly. The main
culprit Stephen paddock had been finding the motivation for the attacks from sometimes back.
He had gathered the ammunition in his bed room and finally began the shootout. The police
authorities have been searching for the evidences carefully and they had investigated the news
about the guard Jesus Campos had gone to stop him but he too was wounded in this matter.
The Sheriff of Las Vegas, Joseph Lombardo had been interviewed in this aspect and he
said that it was not easy for the authority to trace anything. The police authorities have been

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constant in search of the proper reports on the mass attacks. This is because they wanted to know
if there was any other shooter out there or any secondary attack took place there (Al 2017). New
details had been found in this course as well. The new reports have disclosed the fact about the
shots that took place near the hotel building. The guard during the shooting was injured and he
had been injured very badly. It was clear from the investigation that Campos had been shot in the
process and he had notified about this attack to the hotel security. The police had been searching
for the source of those gunfire sounds and they found that Campos had been injured in the 32 nd
floor. This information had been relayed to the police officers who were searching the hotel
rooms. In this article, the matters about the law enforcement have been discussed about in many
ways. Las Vegas police had been asked about other important things about the interview but they
had declined to answer it and did not want to disclose anything about the certain timelines and
availability of Campos.
Article 1 critique
In this part the topic of discussion is the various issues that make a proper critique of the
article. The first article that has been taken from Africa and the World, This article has stated
about the different social issues in the country of Cameroon (Tchombe et al. 2012). Some major
problems have been notified in this article that can belong to the social and environmental
categories (Pullan et al. 2014). The social issues like poor sanitation, unemployment, poor
education are the burning problems in the country. These issues and problems are serious issues
indeed. It is the responsibility of the government to solve those problems (Tchombe et al. 2012).
The children of the country will be very badly affected if the sanitation problems continue to
remain. The facts have been very well organized in the article and the facts and problems have
been constructed in a constructed manner. The data that have been portrayed have been collected

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from trustable sources and it can be said that the data presented here is true. These problems can
be detrimental for the mankind. If the problems like deforestation continue, the evils like lack of
rain will become an extensive problem that will cause great worries for the human beings
(Lawrence, Deborah and Karen 2015). The government has to make proper arrangements for the
good education of the poor people there. These things have to be tackled in a good manner
because the progress and advancement of the nation depends on this.
Article 2 critique
This article has spoken about the recent strip shooting in Las Vegas and its related issues,
the harms that have been caused and others. This article has also discussed the incident that
happened there in a thorough manner. Many lives were lost and the police are trying to
investigate these issues properly. This despicable attack was committed by Stephen Paddock and
he killed almost 58 people and injured many. After the attacks, the Islamic State had accepted the
responsibility of the attacks and that proves that they are trying to ignite the sense of hatred and
killing of people (Stern and John 2015). The alliance of the powerful countries should execute
strong operations against that terrorist forum who have already taken toll of the lives of
thousands of people. Stephen Paddock had shot himself to die instantly. The connections should
have been collected if he was caught alive.
Viewpoint about the first article
The first journal has put up the burning social issues in Cameroon so it can be said that no
negative points can be addressed for this journal. The issues that have been very much in talk
about Cameroon have been showcased in this journal in a well manner. The points that have
been highlighted in the article have to be supported. These things are social evils and have to be
taken care of. This article has been presented with the intention to denote the problems that have

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destroyed Cameroon to an extreme level. None of the points can be noted as out of the topic. The
problems like poor education, unemployment, poor sanitation, deforestation and others can do
major harms to the environment.
Viewpoint about the second article
The second article talks about the massacre of the Las Vegas. The incident was so
shocking that the entire world was stunned. The second article has reflected the things that had
taken place at that place. However, the links with the Islamic State was not discussed in this
article in a big way. The article has put more focus on Jesus Campos injury and on the person
who was behind these attacks, Stephen Paddock. This is why the viewpoint of the article cannot
be supported from all the angles. This is to say that the article has discussed about the various
factors if the vicious attacks. The actual focus should have been on the activities of the Islamic
State and their whereabouts and what actions should be taken against them. This is why it can be
said that all the things that have been said and discussed in the article cannot be supported
properly because it has deviated from the actual issue.
Cited web for first article
http://www.africaw.com/major-problems-facing-cameroon-today
Cited web for second article
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/unanswered-questions-loom-over-las-vegas-concert-
massacre/2017/10/10/26963648-adf6-11e7-a908-a3470754bbb9_story.html?
utm_term=.89ed0ae5680f

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