Taking an Approach

Much like the previous two chapters that we read, "Take an Approach" was pretty difficult to understand. I gathered that it has three categories, acknowledging influence, turning the approach on itself, and noting and reflecting on the choices you've made. (79) I like to think of "taking an approach" as a music artist making a remix. They keep some of the original music in the song, but they change a few minor things. 

The New York Times does, in fact, use take an approach. Many of the news articles are in response to other articles. They don't necessarily agree with the articles, but they take their main ideas and talking points from the original article. Two of the effects of this strategy are bias overload or too much opinion. Typically, you want the story to stay close to the same while adding a few different key thoughts. If any bias or opinion gets into the news story, the article could take a turn for the worse.

It’s the same thing with the Bleacher Report. It constantly shapes stories and analyses from the "writers" of the story or the soccer players. The players give the story, then, the sports writers take that story and “take an approach” based on that player's or that team's performance. Finally, they back up their approach with details of why they chose that specific approach. The effects of “taking an approach” are verisimilar to the effects of the NYT. Bias cannot go into the Bleacher Report. However, opinion can. This is only if it is backed up with facts.