For The Onion news story, their agenda setting (what the news find news worthy, or worth talking about) appears to want to humorously show how Vick is "going through the motions" to make the media and fans want to be able to forgive his actions. He donates money to "some charity or whatever" etc. Gate keeping (how news is filtered through a "gate" and only the stories the news wants in will be published) can also be seen with The Onion article. I honestly think that this article makes a humorous attempt to redeem Vick, they could have given the brutal honest facts about his crimes, but they do it humorously to lighten the story and allow people to emotionally connect better with Vick and show how he is trying to redeem himself. Baym's article about interpersonal relationships in the online community can relate to this story because of how it manages disagreement (490). There are obviously a lot of people who will not like Vick, but the article makes it a lot less disagreeable because of its discourse.
In the video news story, they make a realistic report when talking about Vick. The discourse is different in the fact that it is now a real story and not a humorous attempt to gain sympathy. Actual video of the pit bulls also changes the dynamics of the story around, as it is using an emotional appeal to make Vick seem more ruthless. However, the story is not 100% about the dog fighting, and mostly about Vick's signing to the Eagles. This agenda setting helps his image somewhat like The Onion article because of the hopes of redeeming himself through sport. The video does include the background of his crimes and his release from jail, but in terms of gate keeping, it looked like they did not want to portray Vick in too much of a negative light and more of a reclamation of former glory theme.
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