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By Samuel Moser The Minneapolis Star Tribune tweeted about the new Omicron Variant of COVID-19 showing up in Minnesotan Thursday. The post was labeled as breaking news, and it included a link to the Star Tribune’s story on their website.  Directly below the tweet, the Star Tribune provided a thread of information in relation to the story. This method of elaborating on the story heavily resembled an inverted pyramid as the information was listed in descending importance.  I enjoyed this method of presenting information to an audience because it was very quick, easily accessible, and functional (thanks to its link to the actual story). However, I didn’t like the fact that people often read nothing more than the headline when information is broadcasted this way.  In addition, Twitter is very informal, and informal news has a lot of downsides.  Quick and efficient social media platforms seem to be the direction that news media is trending in this day and age, so I guess that we will all

By Samuel Moser Designer Virgil Abloh died Sunday in Chicago after losing a two-year battle to cancer, according to The New York Times and Complex . Abloh was the artistic director of Louis Vuitton Men’s Wear and the founder of Off-White, according to The New York Times.  The fashion industry respected Abloh for his unique ability to bridge the gap between hype-beast culture and luxury fashion, according to The New York Times.  He collaborated with brands spanning from Nike to Evian, according to The New York Times.  Hip-hop fans remember Abloh for teaming up with artists such as Kanye West, Tyler the Creator, A$AP Rocky, and many others, according to Complex. His identity never boxed him in as simply a designer as he was more of a “maker” in general, according to The New York Times. According to his wife, he believed, “in the power of art to inspire future generations,” according to The New York Times.

By Samuel Moser Two former government officials said on Wednesday that former President Donald Trump tested positive for COVID-19 three days before his debate against President Joe Biden on September 29, 2020, according to The New York Times and The Guardian . Trump justified participating in the debate with a negative result that he received from a different testing kit shortly after getting the positive test, according to The Guardian.  The day after he tested positive, Trump was talking to reporters without a mask, and he attended an event for military families, according to The New York Times. The former Chief of Staff, Mark Meadows, brought this incident to the country’s attention after publishing his knowledge of the positive test in his book, “The Chief’s Chief,” according to The Guardian. Although he tested positive on September 26, 2020, the press informed the public about his result six days later, according to The New York Times.