Where it is found acceptable to see grown men cry, either with joy or sadness. If you live anywhere remotely near Earth then you would not have failed to miss the global extravaganza... The World Cup.

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English media assignment

Every four years there is a moment, a journey and an emotional rollercoaster. Where it is found acceptable to see grown men cry, either with joy or sadness. If you live anywhere remotely near Earth then you would not have failed to miss the global extravaganza… The World Cup. Where 32 teams partake upon 62 games of football, with each and every game entailed drama of heartfelt emotions. And each game was analysed by the media.

There is a well know saying “never believe what you read”, I think that this is totally correct, especially when applied to the media. It basically means “never accept things at face value” and my view is that this is spot on, fore papers basically put their own views across to other people, we can read it but it is up to us to make up our own opinion instead of relying on others. To me the media is just another tool of monopolisation, and which is also the medium of that the World Cup was present to the world from. I shall be commenting on a range of varied articles from England, all from the corresponding period of when England was beaten.

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The Sun

The first article is one by Martin Phillips, for the tabloid paper, The Sun. The Sun is a tabloid paper which has supported the English team throughout. It’s a paper which in my mind usually lacks real power, but when it captures the nation’s moods perfectly on every calling. It’s a paper which leads or follows the mob movements and what it lacks in intelligence it gains in common sense for it’s the best selling paper in Britain. This speaks volumes about the people of Britain of this day. This article by MP captures the emotions upon the aftermath of the English defeat. These emotions do include sadness, but pride and patriotism is stressed are in this article.

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“It was an outpour of heartfelt emotion without bitterness”

“Has this World Cup seen the rebirth of England” was the heading and this is trying to imply the re-birth of the British togetherness and culture of yester year when it wasn’t taboo to show pride in England. This article shows great maturity and proves me wrong in my views about The Sun lacking power.It’s a very dignified article and it suits the dignified English exit and fans.

“We may have lost a football match yesterday, but this World cup has seen us grow up as a nation”

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