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HomeWork 2: Political bias

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  This a front page of a guardian paper. we can see the political bias in the head line that talks about the state of prisons in the uk. This is a politicaly left wing bias as thinking about others and their living conditions is a left wing view whereas the right thinks about one's self and how help yourself. Here we can see an obvious example of political bias in the headline in that it talks about rishi "sparing" families from ruinous cost's. The use of the word spare gives the connotation of Sunnak being a hero to the people who is coming in and saving them of their bills however this opinion is bias to the right wing way of thinking.

homework the first: COMPARISON OF THE PAPERS

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The broadsheet and the tabloid, the 2 main types of news paper the most notable difference is the size as broadsheets are broad and tabloids are handheld. Going deeper a tabloid paper consists of a mast head on the top with minimal colour usually just 1 and a couple headlines and lots of text.  This one in particular follows all the conventions of a tabloid, it has lots of text, the layout is structured and elements aren't  fighting for attention it's civilised. If you look at the headlines you'll see that the news is serious (or hard) which is also common of broadsheets.  going even deeper into they utilise a serif letter form showing the serious nature of the paper and it's stories. All of this is because the TA of a broadsheet being middle market or higher class and educated their for they have more sophisticated interests and don't need to be attracted by fancy words and colours.   And here we have a tabloid. Going in reverse, the font used here is sans serif wh