Al Jazeera: “Obama sets out tax rises for rich in budget: Republicans slam $3.8tn budget, which includes tax hikes on wealthy and new jobs programs, as an "insult to taxpayers"

and “CNN Obama budget: Tax aimed at rich”

It was very interesting watching two videos that were on the same topic, but they were both so different at the same time. Conjecture and interpretation really do play a big role when telling a specific story.

Similarities:  Both videos were talking about Barack Obama’s 2013 Budget tax plans. In both videos, Obama said that everyone should have an equal opportunity to succeed in America.  He also stated that everyone should have a shot at making it in America, not just the wealthier individuals. Obama also stated that going to college should not be a luxury; it should be for all people. 

Contrasts: Al Jazeera interviewed Republicans in their video.  The Republicans views and opinions were of course going to differ from Obama’s suggested plan.  Al Jazeera basically wanted to make Obama look bad by having differences of opinion with his suggested plan.  The Republican interviewed did not like or agree with any part of Obama’s supposed budget plan. I think this is biased because they didn’t interview a democrat.  I think they should have interviewed a rich democrat and seen what their reactions and opinions were. Also Al Jazeera mentioned at the end that the rich American’s would be a big threat to this budget and would disagree.  Of course they would disagree; tax increases would be aimed at them. The CNN video had no opposing commentary from any person or differences in opinion.  They made Obama look and sound very good to people.  He sounded very serious about going through with this plan.  I think the Al Jazeera video really just wanted to make our president and government look bad for other nations watching.  The Al Jazeera video made it sound like our government isn’t being run well. 

In conclusion, I think both videos differed a lot from one another, and that Al Jazeera really likes to cause some controversy when they report on events.  Al Jazeera should not always put negative interviews in their reports.