Friday, 26 September 2014

National News Analysis 1 - Politics:

This news story is from the BBC website. The story is about The Labour Party having more cut-backs due to migrants.



5 W's:

Who: Brooks Newmark.
What: Quits his job as an MP.
Where: United Kingdom.
When: Last month.
Why:  He felt like he'd been "battling demons."

News Values:

Familiarity: This story is geographically near us as he is a British MP from Braintree, Essex.
Elite People: The story does contain an elite person. 
Frequency: It's becoming quite common for MP's to resign if they've been involved in a scandal.
Predictability: It was inevitable he was going to resign after being caught out on sending X - rated pictures to a journalist.
Continuity: The story reports fresh allegations from an incident that has already been reported.
Conflict: There is inner conflict with Newmark and his family and an outer conflict with Newmark and the public as well as his Party Leader.
Negativity: It is a negative story because Newmark is in a position of power and has the public's trust and has broken it.
Scandal: This man is an MP sending nude pictures which doesn't reflect well.

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