Comparing Articles in Different Newspapers

Comparing Articles in Different Newspapers

The Daily Mail and The Independent are two different types of

newspaper. The Daily Mail is what is known as a tabloid newspaper and

focuses directly on the most popular events, human interests and

trivial matters .A tabloid newspaper differs from the standard paper

this is included in its size, the range and depth of its coverage and

the ratio of images to text. a Tabloid is around half the size of a

standard broadsheet paper, reports are more simplified or more direct

and compact versions of a report, they also include a lot more images

relating to the article. A tabloid is often found to be extremely

biased and tries to influence the public's opinions on the reporters

own certain views.

Dictionary definition- a newspaper popular in style with bold

headlines and large photographs, having pages half the size of those

of the average broadsheet. 2- anything in the compressed or

concentrated form.

'The Independent' is a broadsheet style newspaper. It generally

focuses on the true given facts and includes great detail and goes

into great depth in its articles.

Dictionary definition-The Broadsheet, in a printing and publishing, is

a single, large sheet of paper bearing printed matter, usually in a

solid block.

The Independent newspaper was founded in 1986 and The Daily Mail in

1896.

Here are the circulation figures for both newspapers. The Daily Mail

had a circulation of 2,428,260 but The Independent however

onlyhad225,639. That comes to a difference of 2,402,621. This is also

showing us that The Daily Mail sold more copies. The readership

figures from The Daily Mail were...

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of it to broadcast murder and death on the front page. I thought that

they would have put it on the inside, if not all of it at least a

section of it, this would have been more respectful to the child and

maybe privatised his death slightly. On the other hand this may not

have been what people wanted as it may make the nation, maybe even the

world realise the danger of knives, and the how the increase of

violence is affecting the families of victims like Luke. It could also

encourage parents to keep an eye on what their children are

participating in and what they take to school and other places. It

also identifies the fact that not only is it in the cities and urban

areas that tragedies like this happen and people are murdered but it

can happen at a school in the countryside to a child by their bully.