(Day 1) Jan 25th — https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/25/nyregion/vince-mcmahon-wwe-lawsuit.html?searchResultPosition=16
- The chairman and chief executive of World Wrestling Entertainment, Vince McMahon, was sued in court, accused of several abuses, sexual assaults and trafficking.
(Day 2) Jan 26th — https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/26/nyregion/human-body-refrigerator-brooklyn.html?searchResultPosition=10
- A woman from brooklyn was charged because she was hiding body parts in garbage bags in her refrigerator. When this was found out by the police, she said it was a man’s body who was killed by her husband during a dispute and this body was in the refrigerator for several months.
(Day 3) Jan 27th — https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/27/us/washington-swatting-fake-emergencies.html?searchResultPosition=29
- A man pleaded guilty for making calls about fake bombs, shootings and any other kind of threats. He called himself as a “cyberterrorist” and usually was on the platform of Discord, streaming all of this calls. He said this was mostly entertainment, so people could watch and participate in this activity as well.
(Day 4) Jan 28th — https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/28/nyregion/yusef-salaam-traffic-stop-nyc-policing.html?searchResultPosition=14
- Yusef Salaam, who is the new elected New York City Council member, was driving with his wife and four of his children to dinner and was stopped by a police officer. The allegations here are that he was stopped and never received an answer why he was stopped, and that he used his position to get out of that situation or a ticket. When he was stopped, he first said who he was and that he was working at that time, and that’s why the officer let him go.
(Day 5) Jan 29th — https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/29/us/hate-crimes-schools-universities.html?searchResultPosition=1
- According to the FBI statistics, black students are the most affected and reported victims of hate crimes between 2018 and 2022. There was an increase about 90% of reported hate crimes.
Summary:Based on the research that I have done, I have found that New York Times doesn’t follow a pattern on crimes. They don’t post about specific type of crimes, they vary the type of news on crimes they post. For example, day one, I found the article that talks about sexual assault, an abuser, and trafficking. Day two, I found an article about a murderer and a woman who was an accomplice. Day three, was about fake calls, cyberterrorist, believing he was funny by doing that but he wasn’t. Day four, a New York Council member who abuses of his position and a police officer who doesn’t explain why he stops people. Lastly, day five, FBI statistics on hate crime in schools. None of this articles that I found have a pattern to each other, just the fact that they’re crimes. So, my final thought is that I believe, crimes that the New York Times post, are a mix of everything, but I think what gets more attention from the people are the type of crimes where there’s a murder, such as day 2, the article that talks about a woman keeping body parts in her refrigerator. If there’s a murder, it will catch all people’s attention and that will get the news to have something to talk about.
