Comparing Broadsheet and Tabloid Newspapers

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