Comparing Broadsheet and Tabloid Newspapers

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Comparing Broadsheet and Tabloid Newspapers September 11th 2001 will be marked as one of the most horrific terrorist attack ever. It will be scolded on everyone's minds for the rest of their lives. The terrorist attacks destroyed America's dignity with co-ordinated attacks which completely demolished the World Trade Centre located in New York killing thousands of innocent citizens in what was the single, biggest attack on New York since Pearls Harbourin December 1941. This was the top story in the media which was covered by many different styles such as television, newspapers and also by radio. It was the main headline in TV and radio and reached every front page of newspapers without a doubt. In this essay I am going to compare two British newspapers that contain very different literature and layout. I will contrast the two and view how they portray the devastating attacks taken place on September 11th 2001. In the articles the general layouts are quite similar but both have different focal points. For example, The Mirror has a large headline that very much dominates the full page leaving not to much space for writing. This headline is a quote from a victim who was stuck in one of the Twin Towers. It is very strong emotionally; "We are all f**king dying in here". As this headline had taken up the majority of the page it leads your mind to think about what it would be like stuck in a burning skyscraper and what you might of done in that situation. Also on the front page is a large photograph of a person jumping out of a window almost certainly falling to their death. The actual layout of the text is set in two columns (possibly representing the World Trade Centre) with the emotional headline sandwiched in between. (If this was done on purpose I do not know.) In The Times there is also a large photograph of somebody falling out of one of the towers highlighting the fact that in this terrible event there were many losses to thousands of people which many people felt

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