“Obama ’12 launch likely next week”
This Politico article, written by Glenn Thrush and Mike Allen, details Barack Obama’s upcoming announcement of his reelection campaign. The campaign headquarters will be based in Chicago. The campaign will likely file registration papers on Monday, but those with the Obama campaign will not commit to a specific date in case a world event could overshadow the campaign kickoff. The announcement will be given electronically. The article goes on to discuss details of the campaign and its launch. David Axelrod, who returned to Chicago after spending two years in the White House as senior adviser, will lead the campaign. According to the article, campaign organizers have been planning to launch the campaign at the beginning of the second quarter to show large fundraising gains in their first report to the FEC. Obama is scheduled to raise money in Chicago on April 14. Jim Messina, the likely campaign manager for the 2012 election, has been holding donor meetings around the country. The campaign expects to raise $750 million to $1 billion. The article closes by stating that Politico originally reported that Obama would file for reelection in April, and Lynn Sweet of the Chicago-Sun Times reported Friday that papers would be filed on Monday. While sources were used in the article, they are simply referred to as “sources.”
The article does an excellent job of reporting on Obama’s upcoming reelection campaign announcement. It presents the information with little bias and is very straightforward in its explanation. The article uses a hard news approach, and the most critical information is effectively given in the first paragraph. Throughout the article, background is accurately given concerning Obama’s campaign. Very few quotes are used in the article. In fact, it is not until the last four paragraphs that quotes are used. Had there been more quotes, perhaps from a member of the campaign committee or a political scientist, the article could have gained more credibility. Overall, the article effectively reports on Obama’s upcoming campaign announcement.
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0411/52416.html
Pretty good work.
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