Bibliographic Information
- Author(s) of article: CBS news
- Title of article:Las Vegas Shooting
- Name of magazine, newspaper, website, etc. containing the article: Two of the Deadliest mass shooting U.S. history come just 35 days apart
- Date article was published: November 7,2017
- Web address: https://www.cbsnews.com
Summary Information
- Discuss the effectiveness of the headline in summarizing the story and getting the reader’s attention.
- Briefly describe the factual content of the story related to the lead: 5 W’s and the H.
- Who:shooter
- What: 58 people killed
- When: October 1,2017
- Where: Las Vegas
- Why: There was many reasons why he might have done this 1)he was apart of ISIS 2) he was lead to a finical mess 3) he had a mental illness
- How: He shot 38 people with guns.
- Were all the 5 “W’s” and “H” answered?
- Of all the 5 “W’s” and “H”, star the one you think is the most important. Tell why. The why would be important because it gives a reason why he did it.
- Magnitude of the event in story? National
- Is it international, national, or local? National
- What is its impact? How many people were affected by it? Many people lost there life’s. 58
- Briefly state the main idea or thesis presented in this article: It tells about what he did and how he did it and who all was effected by this mass shooting.
- Facts in a news story are supposed to be arranged from most to least important. That he was in a finical mess i don’t really think that’s important.
- Do you believe he author did this effectively? Why? Yes, this effected so many people and I feel like more people would wanna know what happened.
Reliability of Sources
- Did the article come from a wire service? Yes
- Who are the sources in the article itself? (Examples: lawyer, doctor, neighbor, police officer, forensics expert) Police, people that were around when it happened.
- List one quote that made the article sound more reliable. That there was another shooting that happened and they did have something wrong with them.
Personal Reaction
- What was the most surprising/interesting thing you found out by reading this article? I feel like it would be like why he did it because he could have gotten help instead of going on a shooting rampage.
- What question(s) do you have after reading this article? Do you think if he got help he need he wouldn’t have killed so many people or have even thought about it if the doctors would have seen him acting weird or even his family seeing changes.
- What would you like to learn more about? What he had wrong that made him do this if there was anything wrong.