Argumentative Essay: Princess Of Wales

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A atrocious injustice is here before us today, ladies and gentlemen of the jury. I stand before you on behalf of the Princess Diana memorial trust, to bring justice to my client Diana Spencer, Princess of Wales. Princess Diana has been wrongful represented in the media on numerous accounts and has been exposed to the public in a negative perspective. On July 10 2017, Woman’s Day released their weekly magazine which featured a major front page article on my client wrongfully being accused of threatening Camilla Parker Bowles. Throughout the article the Codes and conventions have undoubtedly positioned the readers to view my client as threatening and psychotic woman that needed to get help. This is fake news and is clearly an example of yellow journalism and is clearly unacceptable in today’s media. Woman’s day is “supposedly” meant to be a reliable source of true information, but …show more content…

It’s time to make the right decision. I believe that you will make the right decision and bring justice to my client. Firstly, the use of technical codes is very evident throughout this article, the front page article released by Woman’s day takes up over two thirds of the front page making it very intriguing for the public. The headline reads “Diana tried to kill me” and this is presented in a way to make the readers believe that it is a quote, when in fact it is not. The yellow textbox above the headline gives the illusion that Camilla spoke those words. The image of Camilla on the front page grabs the reader's attention and positions the readers to believe the she is terrified and is in fear for her

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