In my own tabloid paper I have already stated that the paper is on the side of Romeo, the Montague's. I found 2 pictures for Romeo and Tybalt that I think do them justice for what they are used as. For Tybalt I used a picture of a famous wrestler called "Stone Cold Steve Austin," I used this picture as he looks rough and the typical bad guy. For Romeo I used a picture of Leonardo Di Caprio as he looks innocent and is smiling like he has done nothing wrong. From the title "King of cats slaughters Mercutio, Romeo seeks revenge" you can see that this paper is biased to the Capulets. I used the word "Slaughters" as it shows people that he didn’t just kill him, because saying he killed him wouldn’t show that Tybalt is really bad as when you use "slaughter" it shows that he had no mercy when doing this. I kept the story t the bottom of the page short as that is what tabloid papers do, they don’t have really long stories that readers just look at and get bored. The first paragraph explains that Romeo was "forced" into killing Tybalt. It then moves on to an interview with Romeo's friend, Benvolio who saw everything. He describes that it was in the "heat of the moment" and tells us that there was nothing else Romeo could have done. Moving from the text we see under the picture of Romeo that he is banished for doing "king's dirty work." This basically is saying that the king gave the Montague's and Capulet's a warning that if they fight or argue whoever causes it will be killed. So it is saying that Romeo is being banished for something that the king would have done anyway for killing Mercutio. This is just put there to get the reader on the side of the Montague by thinking "what matters who kills Tybalt as long as he is dead for killing Mercutio?"
The broadsheet was biased to the Montagues. The headline reads "Son of Montague causes havoc in the streets of Verona!" This straight away gets your attention and turns your views on the Montague to the Capulets. Again I used very similar pictures but turned them from being the rough guy as Tybalt to the rough guy being Romeo to get the feeling that Romeo is the bad person here. I used another wrestler as I thought these looked very rough in deed as that was their nature on the television. For Tybalt I found a picture of a person who looked innocent just like the one I used for Romeo in the tabloid paper. Under the picture for Tybalt, as in a real broadsheet trying to be biased towards someone, I used a few adjectives like "valiant," "brave." I also said that he was "slain under no account of his own." This would be used to get the attention of the Capulet's. "Verona Square was the scene of injustice," is how the story starts, this shows something serious has happened and catches the eyes of the reader. It then explains that Tybalt was murdered for standing up for himself. All through the paragraph there is language used that you wouldn’t see in a tabloid. The story then moves on to an interview with Petruchio, one of Tybalt's friends who also viewed the attacks. Petruchio just explains that Mercutio was rude when he asked for Romeo and that Tybalt did nothing wrong and was the perfect gentleman. Although we know this is true to an extent, we also know he wasn’t a perfect gentleman.
In the bottom right hand side of the paper, I have placed a picture of a woman looking sad, "Juliet grieving for her loss of Tybalt." I used the word "grieving" instead of something like "crying" as it is what broadsheet papers do, they choose alternative words for the short ones to make it sound more sophisticated. As an advert I used a "Gold plated Wrist Watch" as in a broadsheet paper when you get an add for something it is of high class, as the writers of broadsheets look to attract high class people, the items they are selling will be of high class as they are the only ones who could afford them. In the broadsheet I have also put in some lures, ones that would be relevant to Capulets, like the wedding of Juliet and Paris.
I think I did well in my newspapers when trying to be biased against one or the other of the families. The only problem I had with the broadsheet was I think I did the interview bit to long, and the problem with the tabloid is I didn’t use enough slang, or informal language. These are the problems I will look at if I ever do this newspaper again.