This brief must include a physical copy of the story and a body of research.
INITIAL RESEARCH
On the 25th, I bought the Sun and the Mirror. I like the contrasts found in the Sun as they are, it could be said, a lot more cheaply reported in such a notorious way.
For example, the front page story for the Sun was titled "I'm allergic to Cowell". This immediately intrigued me, even if I wouldn't like to admit it.
The front cover of the Mirror is "X Factor Sam: My child snatch terror". I found this quite interesting how both of the front pages were X Factor related. I think this says a lot about our society and media today.
Another prominent story was about the woman in Thailand who has sadly died from a plastic surgery operation which went wrong. I felt this was quite interesting to research as this is of course is not the only bogus surgery report.
The same story is also reported in the sun too, but I found it very interesting to note how differently worded the headlines are:
Lexemes such as "butcher" and "kills" create a semantic field of aggression and violence. Quite a bit more abruptly reported than the other newspaper. But thats just how the Sun tends to report on stories.
Another set of reports included in both newspapers are regarding Ashya, the boy who's parents took him outside of the UK in hopes to get him the treatment he needs.
However I am unsure if I want to report on this as even though it is someone's life, it perhaps might be too depressing to research.
The same applies to this story:
However this is a very specific and highly isolated incident. I think the common response to this story is obvious - outrage and disgust. I don't think I'd like to research this.
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