The two articles that I looked at were examining the speech that President Trump gave after the first 100 days of him being in office. Both The New York Times and CNN seemed to use words that were negative towards the content in the speech, but I think that NY Times was more critical. They describe how Trump felt the media was as "failing" and that it was dishonest. There were other words that could've been used to describe the thoughts that Trump had for the media, like lacking or incompetent. But they decided to use the word "failing" as a word that has a more negative connotation. It makes it seem worse than it really is. I think they did this so they could mock the way that Trump spoke about the media and how he thinks they are misleading. The Times also constantly note their own opinions about the first 100 days of Trump in office subtly. They say words like "turbulent" or "frenetic" to describe his time in office. The article shows its feelings about Trump, and they don't leave it very hidden. Other political articles I've read haven't been as explicit as I felt this article was. They tried to stay distant from opinion, but I could notice the words that were embedded in the article. It was fun to catch the certain words that were used. The CNN article was also not supportive of the speech that was given by Trump. They said that he "hit hard" at the media. They seemed to use words that weren't negative towards him, but used words that made the ideas he presented negative. They said that he was heavily scrutinized over his first 100 days in office, making it sound like he didn't do a good job. They also said that he has had the lowest approval rating since WWII. The words that were used attacked the things Trump has done as president, but didn't directly say that he was bad.
CNN Article
New York Times Article
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