US fighter jet clips a gondola’s cable, killing 20 - Media analysis and comparison
Media Coursework Assignment
When, Where and What? (The 3 W's) is the structure of any article. Some papers 'beat around the bush' and don't tell you the facts until you read further. However there are also papers such as The Mirror, which in the first sentence reveals the 'three W's' e.g. "Twenty people fell three hundred feet to their deaths (what) in the Dolomites (where) yesterday (when)".
The Sources of an article can change a story, maybe making it biased, or twisting the truth. The Mirror has a reputation of glamorizing any story it gets, and maybe twisting the truth to make it seem more interesting, or emotional. The Times is renowned to be a trustworthy source for news, as it appears to give you an unbiased point of view in its articles. Newsweek was a very biased source, as it is American (the article is questioning whether it is America's fault...)
At first glance you can see that the Mirror and the Times are both British, whereas Newsweek is from the America and is more political (asks people in charge, rather than locals, or witnesses). Both the British articles have illustrations to interest the reader further, but the Newsweek doesn't. Perhaps this is because Newsweek does not want to draw attention to it?
Factual information is usually given in the first paragraph, or sentence. Newsweek is a classic example of having biased factual information "After a US fighter jet clips a gondola's cable, killing 20". Surely the most important aspect of the story is how many people died? But in this instance it the last thing said. The Times "20 People fell 300ft to their Deaths" is no thrills, unbiased factual statement. I personally think this is the best type of news, as you can make up your own mind about the incident rather than let a newspaper tell you it thinks. In The Mirror the facts are given at the start and interviews etc are given later, the main headline "20 skiers KILLED" killed implies there is blame for what happened rather the using "died".
When, Where and What? (The 3 W's) is the structure of any article. Some papers 'beat around the bush' and don't tell you the facts until you read further. However there are also papers such as The Mirror, which in the first sentence reveals the 'three W's' e.g. "Twenty people fell three hundred feet to their deaths (what) in the Dolomites (where) yesterday (when)".
The Sources of an article can change a story, maybe making it biased, or twisting the truth. The Mirror has a reputation of glamorizing any story it gets, and maybe twisting the truth to make it seem more interesting, or emotional. The Times is renowned to be a trustworthy source for news, as it appears to give you an unbiased point of view in its articles. Newsweek was a very biased source, as it is American (the article is questioning whether it is America's fault...)
At first glance you can see that the Mirror and the Times are both British, whereas Newsweek is from the America and is more political (asks people in charge, rather than locals, or witnesses). Both the British articles have illustrations to interest the reader further, but the Newsweek doesn't. Perhaps this is because Newsweek does not want to draw attention to it?
Factual information is usually given in the first paragraph, or sentence. Newsweek is a classic example of having biased factual information "After a US fighter jet clips a gondola's cable, killing 20". Surely the most important aspect of the story is how many people died? But in this instance it the last thing said. The Times "20 People fell 300ft to their Deaths" is no thrills, unbiased factual statement. I personally think this is the best type of news, as you can make up your own mind about the incident rather than let a newspaper tell you it thinks. In The Mirror the facts are given at the start and interviews etc are given later, the main headline "20 skiers KILLED" killed implies there is blame for what happened rather the using "died".
