Scorekeeper: Democrats hold on to Arizona congressional seat

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2010/11/06/democrats-hold-on-to-arizona-congressional-seat/?iref=storysearch

This article is about how Gabrielle Giffords is wining in Arizona. The article talks about how about 49% of a poll said they were going to vote for him and 47% of a poll said they were going to vote for Kelly. This article is showing scorekeeper because the media is telling the viewers about the elections and who is winning.

Gatekeeper: Biden reaffirms U.S. support for Israel in speech to Jewish group

http://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/11/07/louisiana.biden.israel/index.html

This article shows gatekeeper because it tells the viewers something they wouldn’t have known if they didn’t read or watch the news. This article tells viewers that Biden said that the US and Israel had a strong relationship. The viewers would not know about what countries the US had relationships with unless they read the news. This particular article talked about the relationship between the US and Israel. The article also said that Biden said the US would help defend Israel. Viewers would not know about the US helping to defend a country unless it a\was published in the news.

Watchdog: House panel finds Rangel guilty of ethics violations

http://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/11/16/rangel.ethics.hearing/index.html

This is a watchdog article because it tells the viewers about what political leaders are doing. This article says that Rangel was found guilty of ethics violations. He was found guilty of 11 out of 12 counts. He was found guilty of failing to pay taxes on a home in the Dominican Republic, misuse of a rental controlled apartment for political purposes, improper use of government mail service and letterhead, and others too. He was re-elected and will get a punishment later. The journalists found this story. Things that the media does like watching what they do and reporting on the bad things they do help to make sure people find out about things political leader do to break the law. This might have not have been found if a reporter didn’t write an article about it.