Friday, 23 November 2012

Comparing and contrasting newspaper article McAfee millionaire in hiding


Telegraph
Sun
Language
Formal e.g. denies summary execution. Vocabulary  e.g. recognise
Informal e.g. lifeless. Vocabulary e.g. under a box
Reporter’s
Open mined e.g. ‘he added’, "summary execution", Mr McAfee described how he had hidden
Not objective e.g.  "He is not a murder suspect, A single gunshot from a Luger 9mm, He denied being involved in the savage killing of the Florida native and even claimed that Faull’s killers had actually been looking for him, Wired reported
Content/Details
Dip in facts e.g.  In a telephone interview, conducted from a secret location
Lack of fact e.g. “It was extraordinarily uncomfortable," he said. "But they will kill me if they find me."
References
Given e.g. for the images  News5 Belize
No reference
Visual images
 Lack of Images
Too many pictures being display by showing the face of person who died and the accused
































References

Nick, A. (2012) 'McAfee millionaire's extraordinary plea as he goes into hiding in Belize over neighbour's murder', The Telegraph, 13 Nov [Online]. Available at: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/centralamericaandthecaribbean/belize/9674066/John-McAfees-Belize-plea-as-he-goes-into-hiding-after-neighbours-murder.html 
(Accessed: 17 Nov 2012).


Jack, L. (2012) 'McAfee millionaire in hiding after neighbour murdered', The Sun, 13 Nov [Online]. Available at: http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article4641948.ece 
(Accessed: 17 Nov 2012).   

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