Just hours after the end of the midterm elections, President Trump asked Attorney General, Jeff Sessions to resign. Trump had been toying with the idea of firing Sessions since he recused himself from the Russian investigation but found that doing so would only add fire to the flames of suspicion from the public and Congress. As a result, Trump took it upon himself to publically humiliate, undermine and discredit Sessions at his rallies, on his twitter and even in interviews with large media channels. However, after some thought Trump and his administration find a date they can fire Sessions: after the midterms. They see this as a natural time to fire anyone in the cabinet as it is halfway through the term and any President may be inclined to make staff changes so Trump calls for Session to resign from the cabinet effective immediately. With the Russian investigatio
n heating up it is evident that the President is desperate to regain control and firing Sessions and naming a new Attorney General that will help turn the investigation in his favor. I have chosen three stories that discuss the firing (or resigning) of Jeff Sessions; one from the New York Times titled, a story by CNN and the last coverage I chose is from National Public Radio. I chose these three media sources because they represent a print media, a news channel (TV) media, and the radio. This will allow me to analyze the differences of coverage across media types as well as slight media bias based on channel. I believe that there will be a correlation between these pieces that is critical of the Presidents decision but the rhetoric they use, frame they take and audience appeal to will be different due to their different publication type and different key audiences.