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The Craig and Bentley case hinges on the meaning of the words Derek

Bentley used on the roof of the night of the shooting

"Let him have it"

These words could be interpreted in two ways. One way could mean shoot

the police officer to get him off Christopher Craig. Another way this

could be interpreted is give the police man the gun.

I am going to discuss how the film and article are biased.

The word

"Biased"

Means something is emphasised more on one side than another without

knowing the other facts that could change the meaning of the case.

The Article is quite biased and has left some important information

out that could persuade the reader to think differently about the

Craig and Bentley case. Derek Bentley had the mental age of a

ten-year-old. Leaving this particular information out was very

important. If the journalist had put this information in to the

article then the reader may have felt a little bit of sympathy towards

Derek Bentley and may have understood that a ten year old is incapable

of such a horrific act as inciting someone to murder.

A gun was not fired until twenty minuets after Derek Bentley had said

"Let him have it"

This information was also left out of the Article, which makes it seem

biased because the reader would then automatically think that when

Derek Bentley said

"Let him have it"

He meant give him the gun. But by leaving this information out it

would persuade the reader to believe that the gun was used immediately

after Derek Bentley had said these words. Which leads the reader to

think that Derek Bentley meant shoot him.

The journalists can easily make the reader think something that is not

even there by leaving just a few pieces of information out.

The article talks about the killing of Constable Miles where the

journalist has used some emotional language, which could be bias

towards the two boys.

"A family man with an expecting wife and two young children.

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