Monday, November 12, 2018

GUARDIAN and DAILY MIRROR comparison

QUESTIONS
THE GUARDIAN
THE DAILY MIRROR
Who was involved?
Bidhya Sagar Das, the mother who is not named, a witness and twins (1 boy and 1 girl).
Bidhya Sagar Das, Gui Gui (witness), baby boy Gabriel, baby girl Maria and Cristinela Das.
What happened?
Bidhya killed the one-year-old boy with a hammer and his sister was critically injured.
Child dies and his sister is critically injured. Investigators await results of post-mortem exam.
A man has been held over a suspected hammer attack on twin toddlers that killed one and left the other fighting for life.
Where did it happen?
Finsbury Park, North London.
Property in Hackney, North London.
When did it happen?
Saturday 18th March 2017, late on the Saturday. The police were called at 11:10 pm
Saturday 18th March 2017. At 11:10 pm that night, the mum ran into the streets screaming.
Why did it happen?


What do you notice about the difference in content and how the articles convey this information? Why do you think that is?
The article does not go into a lot of depth about why and how the incident happened. There is more information on the witnesses and the later events that weekend. The article also does not include the names of the twins. There is much more text in this article.
There are larger images in this article to make it stand out how children are involved. By using a large image of children, it automatically creates an emotional aspect of the article and the story. Witness quotes are used in the article. Article is more emotional and less informative.

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