Newt Gingrich has officially announced his candidacy for president. Gingrich who has been a popular potential candidate for some time now has made his intentions of running for president official, with a tweet and a Facebook post. This is the first major republican candidate to announce his bid. This entry will be looking at two articles on Gingrich’s announcement. The first from the San Francisco Chronicle written by Philip Eliott and Shannon McCaffrey from the Associated Press and the second from ABC News written by Jonathan Karl and Gregory Simmons.
The article on the San Francisco Chronicle had a very basic and to the point headline and lead. The article continued in the same fashion, it included a quote from Gingrich’s Facebook post and talked about what Gingrich has done so far to get his campaign started. Elliott and McCaffrey also mention a couple of things in Gingrich’s past that can affect his campaign and chances of winning the GOP nomination. The article also has a brief mention on what other potential candidates have begun working on campaign exploratory committees.
ABC News focused a lot on the fact that the announcement was made through twitter but also took the time to talk about Gingrich’s chances of getting the nomination. The article has quotes from Gingrich on his opinion on President Obama and it also contains the actual tweet that declared his candidacy. Along with the tweet was the actual video of Gingrich making his candidacy official, to which the link was provided in the tweet. Karl and Simmons talk a lot about Gingrich’s political past and mention poll results on Obama and Gingrich that give insight to how people feel about both presidential candidates.
Both articles did a good job talking about the chances that Gingrich has at obtaining the GOP nomination and also about different issues that might stand in his way. They were both objective and did a good job at that while mentioning what are seen by most as negative facts about Gingrich. There is a discrepancy on the year that Gingrich left office, the Chronicle says he left office in 1999 and ABC News says it was in 1998. After looking at other outlets with the same story, the year varies from publication to publication. This however does not really have a negative effect when it comes to their credibility. Both articles had good coverage on this announcement but ABC News added a bit more by providing the video of Gingrich making his announcement. Although it is expected from a television website to include something like this in their package, it could have also been done by the Chronicle.
NEWS ARTICLES USED: San Francisco Chronicle: Newt Gingrich enters presidential race
ABC News: Newt Gingrich Announces 2012 Presidential Campaign via Twitter
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