Real and Fluff

As Chuck Klosterman mentioned in the reading there are two types of news stories, real, hard hitting news and filler or fluff news. The example of a fluff story I chose was the tribute to the Air Force One that was used when JFK was assassinated. The example of a real news story I chose was the story about the staggering cost of health care

While JFK was important when he was alive, a tribute about the plane they flew in when he was assassinated is clearly a piece to fill time. I say this because it didn't happen recently but also because if we wanted to know more about Air Force One there is a plethora of documentaries about it and the assassination of JFK. On the other hand the story about health care is a real news story.

While the story about health care cost only features a handful of people, it still affects a lot of people. The reason the story about health care is a real story is because it is relevant to a lot of people. Medical bills are the number one cause of bankruptcy in America so it is a very big deal. Unlike the other story this is happening now and not 50 years ago.