BOSTON BLASTS 15/04/2013
ENGLISH MEDIA PERSPECTIVEby
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WHAT HAPPENED• 15/4/2013 in Boston during the Boston
Marathon
• 2 bomb explosions close to the finish line
• 1 final bomb explosion 10 minutes later at the JFK Library
• 170 people injured and 3 dead, one of them a 8 year-old boy
Main article, front page
• Objective perspective
• Just mentions the facts
• No commenting
http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/news/world/americas/article3740857.ece
Article covering exclusively the death of the 8 year-old boy
1. Sentimental tone“Martin’s mother, Denise, and six-year-old sister, Jane, are in hospital with “grievous injuries”.”
2. Pictures of the boy and his family 3. Description in detail of the exactway it happened
http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/news/world/americas/article3740425.ece
Article about the testimonies of the citizens
1. Intense mentioning
2. Representational tone
3. Sentimental way of presenting – moving title
“We’ve had an attack,” says another dazed, horrified voice on another piece of video footage. ”Oh my god, oh my god, oh my god.”
• Main article on the front page
• Video of the exlosion
• Functions as a gate for the live blog
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/us-news-blog/2013/apr/16/boston-marathon-explosions-hunt-begins-for-perperators-live-updates
• Constant enrichment of one article
• Addition of new information (every 2 minutes approximately)
• Extremely sentimental tone“I yelled, that's my wife, can I please go with her? And I got in the ambulance. She was cool as a cucumber. In my mind I'm trying to be calm for her but I'm freaking out.” Testimony of Nicholas Yanni, a patient and eyewitness
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/us-news-blog/2013/apr/16/boston-marathon-explosions-hunt-begins-for-perperators-live-updates
Posts about young victims – in a very realistic way – sentimental tone
Promotions the motivating movement of Boston.com about donations
• One whole category about Boston
• Mentions Obama’s statements and cites the president’s transcript – objective perspective
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