http://video.foxnews.com/v/1802969782001/lance-armstrong-banned-for-life-stripped-of-titles/?playlist_id=87857
While
I will admit this is not my favorite story in regards to the topic, I like the
story because of how easy Fox News made it to understand and because of how
relevant it is to so many people in this country and across the world. How many
of us have been touched by cancer in some way? How many of us saw Lance
Armstrong as an inspirational story of epic proportions? How many of us got
into the “Livestrong” movement, donated, bought gear, etc.? I know I saw Lance
as an inspiration and got into the cause. I wore the armbands. Seven Tour de
France titles, and seven straight at that, was an insane accomplishment. And
now it turns out that he may have cheated through it all? What a crushing blow.
I know Armstrong is maintaining his innocence, but this story doesn’t do
anything to paint him in a positive light.
Fox
News used several multimedia elements that made the story easy to understand
and digest. They used file photos, graphic displays to set off Armstrong’s
quotes, a bullet point summary and brought in interviews with other people. All
of this kept the story flowing and made it much easier to understand than if
the anchors had just been reading everything to the audience on camera. I
thought the transitions between bites were smooth and I saw no reason to have
to rewind the story to hear something again.
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