Article Analysis - 7th Week

The following is an analysis of the article "Sex Diseases Still Rising; Chlamydia Is Leader" by Lawrence K. Altman. It can be found here: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/14/health/14diseases.html?_r=1&ref=us&oref=slogin

I didn't like this article, I thought it was boring. The title caught my eye, I'm sure, because of the word "sex," but the article itself didn't turn out to be very interesting at all.

The lede had a clause in it, which annoyed me, and was a summary lede, which worked well in this case. There were only two quotes in the entire article, and one of them didn't need to be quoted; it wasn't something that couldn't have simply just been stated in the article, it didn't involve any thoughts or feelings or explanations.

The article was full of statistics, which just got really overwhelming and tedious, even to someone who loves numbers. It read more like a report than anything else and I can see how it would be hard for the average American to wade through.