With the constant barrage of the United States Presidential election little news is being covered about other foreign elections. The Canadian elections happened with little press recognition. However, the news story of the collapse of the Israeli government administering coalition has received extensive coverage. The press on the Israeli elections that will take place in February 2009 has been covered by both the mainstream media and the blogging community.
I chose to compare an article published by the Economist, titled “Into the Electoral Maze,” which can be found at: http://www.economist.com/world/mideast-africa/displaystory.cfm?story_id=12516472 with a blog that is posted PoliGazette, “Livni Calls for Snap Elections in Israel” which can be found at: http://www.poligazette.com/2008/10/26/livni-calls-for-snap-elections-in-israel/
Both the blog and the article give background information leading up to the collapse of the Israeli government’s coalition. However, the Economist’s article gives a much more in depth look at these events as well as provides technical description of the Israeli parliamentary system.
Another interesting and major difference between the two publications is that the blog solely focuses on Livini, and makes sweeping judgments about her character. The article has a much wider scope. It does not solely focus on a candidate but the entire electoral system of Israel and its shortcomings “Israel’s parliament, the Knesset, will dissolve itself on November 11th but can reconvene if urgent legislation is needed. So for the next four or five months, Israel will be without a government likely to take big new initiatives or make tough decisions, especially on the international front.” In doing so it starts to explore how larger international issues will be affected such as peace talks with Syria and the Palestinians.
The blog provides a personal opinion saying that Livni will be a “heck of a leader” and designates her “a woman of principle”.
Both the blog and the article try to use factual events to support their analysis of personalities. The Economist article however, discusses personalities of all three contenders (not only Livni). This has a very different effect, the reader of the article is given three different people from which to judge where as the blogs single focus on Livni will bring the reader more to only one conclusion.
Another major distinction is that the blog predicts a winner (not in line of its support previously stated).
From an Israeli stand point of view the Economist’s article provides a much more accurate account of the situation on the ground in Israel. The Economist even provides an accurate brief glimpse into the attitude of Israelis [“Inexperienced” is sometimes an Israeli euphemism for not having been a general.]. Whereas the blogs admiration for Livni did not give any kind of measure of how she perceived at home.
I chose to compare an article published by the Economist, titled “Into the Electoral Maze,” which can be found at: http://www.economist.com/world/mideast-africa/displaystory.cfm?story_id=12516472 with a blog that is posted PoliGazette, “Livni Calls for Snap Elections in Israel” which can be found at: http://www.poligazette.com/2008/10/26/livni-calls-for-snap-elections-in-israel/
Both the blog and the article give background information leading up to the collapse of the Israeli government’s coalition. However, the Economist’s article gives a much more in depth look at these events as well as provides technical description of the Israeli parliamentary system.
Another interesting and major difference between the two publications is that the blog solely focuses on Livini, and makes sweeping judgments about her character. The article has a much wider scope. It does not solely focus on a candidate but the entire electoral system of Israel and its shortcomings “Israel’s parliament, the Knesset, will dissolve itself on November 11th but can reconvene if urgent legislation is needed. So for the next four or five months, Israel will be without a government likely to take big new initiatives or make tough decisions, especially on the international front.” In doing so it starts to explore how larger international issues will be affected such as peace talks with Syria and the Palestinians.
The blog provides a personal opinion saying that Livni will be a “heck of a leader” and designates her “a woman of principle”.
Both the blog and the article try to use factual events to support their analysis of personalities. The Economist article however, discusses personalities of all three contenders (not only Livni). This has a very different effect, the reader of the article is given three different people from which to judge where as the blogs single focus on Livni will bring the reader more to only one conclusion.
Another major distinction is that the blog predicts a winner (not in line of its support previously stated).
From an Israeli stand point of view the Economist’s article provides a much more accurate account of the situation on the ground in Israel. The Economist even provides an accurate brief glimpse into the attitude of Israelis [“Inexperienced” is sometimes an Israeli euphemism for not having been a general.]. Whereas the blogs admiration for Livni did not give any kind of measure of how she perceived at home.
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