Information Control by Newspaper.

As newspaper A, ‘The Planet’, supports the government it would be very careful about the information it dispensed. It would not want people to know that there had been 150 civilian deaths because they had been caused in retaliation against the arrival of British troops. The reason it would not want people to know this is ‘The Planet’ backed the move by the government to send troops to Bernia. Printing this could stop other troops from wanting to go to Bernia. To help emphasis the fact that the troops were really needed they would talk about how Bernian refugees were fleeing to escape rumours of ethnic cleansing. ‘The Planet’ would also avoid printing the fact that there were 150 UK casualties as this like the civilian deaths would lower the moral troops. This newspaper would probably show the photograph of the man who had been killed in hand-to-hand fighting in Bernia just to show how out of control the civil war was becoming.

Newspaper B, which is ‘The Reporter’ is quite similar to ‘The Planet’ in some ways but probably doesn’t support the government quite as much. I don’t think that this newspaper would want people to know that there had been UK casualties but would tell people that civilians were dying. They could use the fact that civilians were dying as an explanation as to why British troops were being sent to Bernia. ‘The Reporter’ wouldn’t want people to know that there were shortages of food and medical supplies as this could upset people. I think that this newspaper would print the photograph of Bernian civilians mourning over the deaths of their three children in the Caran bombing. Again similarly to ‘The Planet’ this would be to show how bad the civil war was and the affects of the Caran bombing.  

‘The Enquirer’ unlike the previous two newspapers we looked at does not strongly support the government. This newspaper would probably say how many casualties and deaths there had been of both civilians and British troops. ‘The Enquirer’ would be critical of the fact that British troops had been sent to Bernia in the first place as an attack in retaliation to this had caused 150 civilian deaths. They would also show concern to the fact that two UK airmen had been captured by Caran troops. ‘The Enquirer’ would however not talk about the rumours of ethnic cleansing as these were just rumours and they would not want to give out false information to their readers. I think that this newspaper would show the photograph of the Bernian soldier thought to be killed directly as a result of British intervention. This would be to show that British troops could actually be causing more problems in Bernia than they were solving.  

‘The Daily Recorder’ would probably talk about how there was civil war and how things were getting out of hand in Bernia. This would make it look like it was Britain’s duty to help, as this newspaper is strongly patriotic. I think that ‘The Daily Recorder’ would avoid talking about the number of people especially British troops that had died. They might however, say that some troops were dieing and being injured whilst fighting for the people of Bernia. I think that this newspaper like ‘The Reporter’ would print the photograph of the Bernian civilians mourning over the deaths of their three children in the Caran bombing. This would once again make it look like it was Britain’s duty to help the people of Bernia.