Cheating and Politics

Last month, a cheating scandal at Harvard came to light. This week, New York Magazine's cover exposes another cheating scandal, but this time it's at New York City's prestigious Stuyvesant High School.

In terms of news value, the Harvard story had closer proximity for us, but NY Mag's article is rather timely and it chronicles another cheating scandal at another prominent school.

While the cheating article was an interesting read, the magazine also posted an article titled My Embed in Red about the Republican Party, which is also a timely and prominent story. 

I think New York Magazine did a fairly good job of mixing local stories with political coverage this week, especially since the election is fast approaching. 

I also enjoy how they don't always have such serious articles. Sometimes there are humorous articles,  including one about President Obama's amusing interactions with voters. The article is complete with images and videos of the incidents such as this one...

Overall, NY Mag's coverage of local and political news this week was informative yet entertaining and I think they struck a good balance between the two.