Comparing Two Articles Written About Donald Trump's Tweets

I read Two articles written about Saturday Night Live's skit on Donald Trump's tweets. One of the articles was from a french news source called LeFigaro and the other was from an american news source called RollingStone. On LeFigaro, they called SNL's skit an "imitation" of Donald Trump. On RollingStone, they wrote that SNL's skit was "teasing" Donald Trump. "Imitation" has more of a denotative meaning because in the SNL skit, an actor literally imitated Donald Trumps scandals and tweets. describing the SNL skit as "teasing" Donald Trump makes the whole situation seem more lighthearted and playful. Later in the RollingStone article, they describe the skit as "mocking" Donald Trump. This makes the situation seem a bit cruel rather than actors innocently poking fun at Donald Trump's tweets and scandals. On the french news source, LeFigaro, the comments from the writers was more neutral towards the SNL skit while on the American news source, RollingStone, the writers were making fun of the situation and Donald Trump's reaction towards the skit, commenting on how ironic it was that Donald Trump criticized the skit on Twitter given that the skit made fun of his continual usage of Twitter. On the comment section for readers of LeFigaro, many people commented things like "poor America" or generally about how funny the skit was. I find it interesting how the French news source was more neutral in their wording (other than the readers' comments) than the American news source. Its almost as if Americans are just making fun of their own situation while the rest of the world seems a bit more concerned for the decisions that Donald Trump will be making while in office. LeFigaro also commented on how popular Saturday Night Live is. I think that this could be due to the fact that France is not always that familiar with american television shows, but it could also be trying to make the article look more important. It is interesting to see how different media sources, as well as different nation's news sources, respond to current events in America that relate to Donald Trump or other political scenes. It is also funny to see how the general public from these two sources react differently to the same story.

http://video.lefigaro.fr/figaro/video/les-imitations-qui-ne-plaisent-pas-a-trump/5235210762001/

http://www.rollingstone.com/tv/news/see-snl-tease-donald-trump-over-twitter-habit-w453693