Weekly News (30/11/2015)
Sunday, December 06, 2015
A 56-year-old man was seriously wounded at Leytonstone in east London at 19:06 GMT on Saturday. Reportedly, he shouted "this is for Syria" which prompted speculation that the attack was one of terror.
Across the major news networks, the headline's greatly differed. From BBC News - a widely considered centre politically aligned distributor - the headline read:
Across the major news networks, the headline's greatly differed. From BBC News - a widely considered centre politically aligned distributor - the headline read:
Leytonstone Tube station 'terror attack': Police appeal for footage
The use of "terror attack" within apostrephes suggest that this is assumed knowledge and not necessarily fact, therefore presenting BBC as a more reliable source who refuses to make false accusations.
From The Telegraph - a politically right-wing paper - made further assumptions based on the suggestion that the attack was an act of terrorism, with their headline stating:
Leytonstone terror attack: Knifeman may have wanted to behead victim, witnesses fear
The Sun - a right-wing tabloid - created a sense of sensationalism and exaggerated the attack with the use of strong adjectives, but - perhaps most shockingly - referred to the attack as a terror attack, also, but within apostrophes which suggests a reliability that The Sun is not reknowned to have:
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A good analysis of the news stories. I really liked how you included the video that links in with the story as it gives the readers of your analysis a much better understanding of what you are writing about. Moreover, you also compared the same story written by different news magazines which shows a good understanding of the different approaches and purposes that they have.
ReplyDeleteThis was a very good weekly news post as you included a video to give a better insight into the story, while also comparing the headlines of the same story given by different newspapers to show us the contrasting views and approaches they take.
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