Journalism assignment

Running Head: SOURCE ANNOTATIONS 1

SOURCE ANNOTATIONS 5

Annotation 1

Title: Railway bribery gate: Bribe money was layered via different companies to show as biz deals (IANS Special.

Author: Indo Asian News Service (IANS).

Summary: The article presents the case of railway bribery for post scam. It shows how funds were being layered through multiple companies and people in order to make the deal look like a normal deal. The case had been filed by the Enforcement Directorate and was against officials including IRSSE officer Mahesh Kumar, senior Congress leader and former Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal's nephew Vijay Singla, N. Manjunath, Sandeep Goyal, Ajay Garg, Sandhir, Sushil Daga, C.V. Venugopal, M.V. Murali Krishna and Venketeshwara Rail Nirman Pvt Ltd under sections of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). The article presents the content of the charge sheet and the statements of the witnesses.

Evaluation of usefulness: This article is useful and closely related to the interview. The article presents a case of corruption filed against the officials involved in scam railway project. This is similar to the topic of the interview which majors on the corruption of officials in the community and the repercussions of the corruption which resulted into major losses by the public.

Quotes: “Statements of witnesses clearly establishes the modus-operandi of the accused and purpose of transactions through a number of entities. Later on, the funds layered were shown by these persons as business transactions but the same were proceeds of crime," it added.”

“There remains no doubt that that the meetings at Hotel Taj and Hotel Lalit were not only to discuss a marriage proposal, but also for planning of appointment of Mahesh Kumar as Member (Electrical) and the bribes amount to be paid," the ED claimed.”

Annotation 2

Title: Brazil Investigating Alleged Graft in Construction of World Cup Stadium; Probe targets construction companies that allegedly paid bribes to win the contract to build a stadium in Brasília

Author: Jeffrey T. Lewis

Summary: The article presents a case of investigations into the corruption case involving the construction of a stadium in Brasilia, a stadium used to host the world cup in 2014. This stadium became the most expensive of all the stadiums used to host the world cup. The cases involved companies giving a bribe in order to be awarded the contract to construct the stadium. The case involved two former governors of the Federal district where Brasilia was located who were bribed.

Evaluation of Usefulness: This article is useful and related to the interview. Both the interview and the article involve the bribing of officials in the government. The article thus shades light into how the bribing is done. This information is useful in the interview as it can be used as a stepping stone to understand how bribing of officials result into expenses for the citizens.

Quotes: “Local news media reported that two former governors of the Federal District, where Brasília is located, are among those under investigation, as is an adviser to President Michel Temer.”

“Construction of the National Stadium of Brasília was originally estimated to cost 690 million reais, but the final price tag rose to 1.5 billion reais, making it the most expensive of the 12 Brazilian stadiums that hosted World Cup games, the police said.”

Annotation 3

Title: Macomb Co. leaders charged with bribes

Author: Christina Hall

Summary: The article discusses the progression of the corruption case involving politicians in Macomb County. The corruption case is centered on a trash hauler Rizzo Environmental Services. The charges against them is a collective bribe of $16,000. The case involves a total of five politicians who are charged of the offense of taking bribe. The case was done by an undercover FBI. The undercover agent gave bribes to Harris as a course of his investigation. The undercover FBI posed as a contractor and he gave the bribes to be favored in subsequent contracts in the county.

Evaluation of Usefulness: This article is useful. The article can be linked directly to the interview by their overall theme of corruption and bribery. The interviewee talks of how officials took bribe to allow construction of substandard buildings whereas the articles presents the case of officials taking a bribe in order to favors to a company when awarding contracts. The articles thus shade light on how officials are illegally involved in bribery to do the wrong things.

Quotes: “For the $5,000 bribe, Harris said he would share some of the money with Craigmiles, but changed his mind and apparently didn't give him any, according to the complaint against Craigmiles.”

“Our elected officials must make decisions based on what is best for the people and our communities, not based on whether they are given cash.”