Tuesday 17 April 2012

The Sun:

"Cops battle riots across London"

Violence spreads to Birmingham, Liverpool



http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article3742133.ece

"Descent into hell
as London burns"


  • Woman leaps to safety from riot inferno

  • Anarchy in Birmingham, Liverpool, Bristol


    • This headline gives readers a real insight
    into the horror and upset locals within the
    rioting area's are going through. The news
    article in the Sun describes the incident as
    a shame for people moving to the UK for a
    better life, to  somewhere that leaves people
    'servely traumitised'.






    This is one of the Sun's front page news at the time of the riots. It clearly states the headline 'Shop a moron' with regards to the rioters being percieved as a moron. The images of the various rioters within London have a front page spread to support the police in their investigations towards the riots.

















    The Daily Mail:



    "London on lockdown and Cameron flies home:  Police face gangs armed with petrol bombs and poles on THIRD night of riots and cynical looting"
    • Violence in Hackney, Peckham, Deptford, Lewisham, Clapham and Croydon this evening
  • Prime Minister David Cameron is returning from Italy tonight to chair COBRA meeeting

  • Met's acting commissioner Tim Godwin urged parents to get their children off the streets

  • Police in Birmingham say several shops have been attacked

  • 300 officers drafted in from 12 other forces to bring unrest under control

  • 215 people arrested since Saturday night - including one aged 11 - and 25 charged


    •  
    "Union Point: The Tottenham landmark that survived the Blitz... reduced to a smouldering shell in one night by the rioters"



    The Guardian

    "Harry Potter star jailed for two years for violent disorder during London riots"

    Jamie Waylett, who played Hogwarts bully Vincent Crabbe, also admitted swigging from a stolen bottle of champagne

    http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2012/mar/13/teenager-killed-pensioner-riots-named

    "Teenager who killed pensioner during London riots named"

    Youth who admitted manslaughter of Richard Mannington Bowes named as Darrell Desuze as order banning identification is lifted







     How do The Guardian, The Daily Mail and The Sun differ in their coverage of the London Riots?
    Compare:
    • What 'facts' we are told
    • What reasons are given for the riots
    • What adjectives are used to describe the rioters
    • What images accompany the stories
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