Family Waits to See if Mother, Accused of Blasphemy, will be Hanged
The media's function in this article is being the Gatekeeper because they are telling us something we wouldn't have known. The media is informing us about how this is the first time Pakistan will execute someone convicted of blasphemy. Many of us would have never even known about Bibi's life sentence without this article.
http://www.aim.org/aim-report/obama-loses-media-in-last-ditch-smear-campaign-2/
Obama Looses Media in Last-Ditch Smear Campaign
In this article the media is playing the Watchdog role because Obama attacked the chambers of commerce for spending foreign money on the campaign and they are saying that he is wrong for attacking the chamber of commerce because they did not spend foreign money. The media is watching Obama and when he barely slips out of line they watch it and then they go for the strike.
http://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/11/17/alaska.senate.race/index.html
Alaska Sen. Murkowski claims Victory in Re-election Bid
This article clearly shows the media's role as a Scorekeeper. This article is about how Alaska's senator Murkowski won against Joe Miller in a re-election for the Senate race. Even though it's not republicans vs democrat in this article it still shows the role of scorekeeping because they told the public that Murkowski won in an election.
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