Wednesday, November 7, 2007

BBC News vs NY Times

Unlike the Yahoo or Google news I catch from time to time, the New
York Times and BBC news websites have a ton of current news and
archived files. The New York Times for example consist of 6 different topics and over 50 subtopics. In addition, the archived files date back as far as 1851, which tells you how long the newspaper company has been in business. One other neat thing I noticed about their website is that, they have their news articles in columns, which is similar to the way newspapers are actually laid out.

BBC News on the other hand consist of 7 main topics with over 50 subtopics as well. One feature that truly makes BBC News different from New York Times, is their Language option and international radio broad-casting. I feel like this feature can be very beneficial if you are a busy or lazy person who would rather listen to the news than read about it.

All in all, these two online sites provide excellent current and archived files for reading
and researching. Even though they have their similarity and differences, they are both very useful and sometimes even overwhelming to the new comers.



-GY



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