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When I read this article, Why We Need the New York Times, by Alec Baldwin, I did not know he was a celebrity. He is a famous actor, and is currently on the show 30 Rock on NBC. The article was an argument why America needs the New York Times. Baldwin says that he rarely watches the evening news and prefers reading the paper.

In the beginning of his article, he writes about how he as a child used to buy and read the New York Times, and everyone in the city carried the paper. Now, stacks of the newspaper are still waiting to be sold. Baldwin writes about how he learned about the “poor documentation of the deaths of deportation detainees by various state and federal agencies.” He says he didn’t see any news network reporting that at all .Baldwin makes good points why the Times are a good paper and that it should never become extinct.

However, the article did not use sophisticated language, but the way the author wrote grabbed my attention. Also, I don’t think the writer Alec Baldwin did much research to be writing an informative piece. That is why, he has to write a post based on a couple of facts, but mostly his views.
I was browsing the Huffington Post Blog and I noticed that a lot of the articles are very short and did not require extensive research. Some articles are informative, but many others are just about celebrities, some are just photos, some are just videos. I do not think that one needs to be a professional journalist with credentials to write on Huffington Post.
Link: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alec-baldwin/why-we-need-the-inew-york_b_184650.html