Why has bloody sunday been represented in such different ways?

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                              Why have the events in “Bloody Sunday”

                                Been interpreted in such different

                                                ways.

The events that happened in Derry 30th, January 1972 have led to much controversy that an official report will not be made until 2007, 35 years later there was meant to be a peaceful march from Creggan to Guild-hall. The army stopped the march going to guild-hall which made “yob-os” furious which caused them to throw missiles and shout insults. One of the main reasons for such controversy is that the army did not need to attack with such brute force and certainly did not need live ammunition. The Para-troopers claimed they were attacked and shot at but the Seville inquiry stated that no weapons were found.

In source A, John Mullin an Irish correspondent gives a slightly bias view bloody Sunday but a very informative and reliable account, this was written in 1999 after the new inquiry, which may of led him to his opinion, this also makes it more bias as he already knows the facts and he writes almost 20 years after the event.  You can tell that the authors view is biased as he uses strong words to make you fell sympathetic for the marchers and be angry towards the British army. John Mullin uses words like “innocent” and “defenseless” to describe how helpless the marchers and how vicious the army were. John Mullin has developed sympathy as he probably had to ask them about the Bloody Sunday incident and to give their view, which could lead him to become more bias. I think this source is reliable as a lot of information is used even though it is trying to prosecute the Para-troopers. Another reason for this source being more reliable is that it is written for a formal, Broadsheet paper called the guardian, so information will not be blown out of proportion.

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Source B is from an eyewitness account, Edward Daly a Bishop, talks about how he ran away from the gunfire, he gives a bias but reliable account when he is interviewed by the Bloody Sunday investigation, as he is an  eyewitness he will know what it was like to see innocent people getting killed by the army and how terrifying it must have been, which could also imply why his view would be bias but he is asked much later on about the incident so he might not be able to recollect everything he saw. Daly mentions how innocent people ...

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