Rising prices for all the world's crucial cereal crops and growing fears of scarcity are careening through international markets, creating turmoil.
Last Thursday, as world rice prices soared by as much as 30% in one day, Egypt decided to suspend rice exports for six months to meet domestic demand and to try to limit price increases.
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While the story shows the big picture by showing the facts and how they affect several countries, it fails to show the smaller picture of how this affects the average person and what it would mean to them. There are several facts jumbled together with poor sourcing leaving it up to the reader to distinguish what the story actually means. It reads like a Powerpoint presentation. It's loaded with relevant—though virtually unsourced—information, but what it lacks is some good anecdotal evidence to drive it all home.
Though it appears well-intended and cites plenty of facts, this article fails to attribute the source of these facts -- and largely relies on a single source, John Powell at the UN World Food Program (WPF). There is no attempt to present other viewpoints, which makes this a one-sided report, regrettably. On the other hand, the article does a reasonable job at presenting information about an important topic, even if it tends to oversimplify its coverage of a very complex issue.
The lack of sourcing contributes to our inability to rate the accuracy of the article. The story also lacks cohesion which makes it hard to follow and absorb information. Our combined lack of knowledge prior to reading the article makes it difficult to say whether the article is accurate, especially since we can't even verify where the statistics come from due to the lack of sources.
Sharply rising prices have triggered food riots in recent weeks in Mexico, Morocco, Senegal, Uzbekistan, Guinea, Mauritania and Yemen, and aid agencies around the world ... More »
This article successfully describes the causes for the food shortage and shows the big picture fairly well, but fails to describe the small picture. It mentions what may happen to the poorest people in the world but does not touch upon what it means for the average person. Furthermore, there is only one person quoted in the story.
This is an important topic, but there are several problems with the reporting: there is a noticeable lack of sourcing, missing perspectives, unsubstantiated information/statistics. In an effort to create a concise overview, it seems as though an important issue is being glossed over and the included information lacks flow.
This story is poorly written. There is no information a sane person can take away from it and there's no flow. everything is disconnected. Terrible. Just terrible.
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