Varitations in newspapers

In todays lesson we compared the same news story from different news papers. I choose a article about a earthquake in Mexico that happened the night before and used the Independent and the Daily mail.


http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/mexico-city-earthquake-latest-today-death-toll-rises-interior-minister-a7956496.html


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4900334/Strong-7-4-quake-hits-Mexico-anniversary-deadly-1985-tremor.html


Differences between the two articles:

• Both articles have slightly different statistics, for example the Independent states that at least 216 people died whilst the Daily Mail says at least 248 were killed.
• The Daily mail includes more photos and videos.
• The Daily mail includes a map showing where the earthquake took place.
• The Daily mail discusses the school collapsing in the title whilst the Independent doesn't.
• The Daily mail includes a quote from someone in the earthquake.
• The Independent links to more articles about the earthquake.
• The Daily mail includes a timeline about Mexico's most deadly earthquakes.
• The Independent has less detail and the Daily mail is more informative.

Similarities in the two articles:

• Both articles include photos.
• Both articles include Donald Trump's tweet to the people affected by the earthquake.

• Both articles discuss the tragedy that a school collapsed killing 20 children.  
• Both articles include the magnitude of the earthquake in the headline.
• Both articles include videos.
• Both articles are on the websites front page, however, the Independent has it near the top whilst the Daily mail was more hidden below more articles.
• Both articles have other articles on the sides.

There are many reasons why the same story would be presented differently in different newspapers. The main reason is that newspapers want to accommodate for their type of readers and want their audience want to see. Another reason is to do with the political views of the newspapers and the view they want to present to their readers. If a newspaper is more left wing they will present information differently from a right wing newspaper.