News Article

A driver has been described as 'psychtotic' by The Daily Mail after driving through the city of Graz at up to speeds of 90mph. The 26 year old driver injured at least 34 people and killed three people - one of which was a man who married only two weeks ago. The driver not only harmed shoppers and passers by with his wreck less driving, he proceeded to get out of his car and stab innocent bystanders. It is suggested that the 'deranged assassin' was suffering from marital problems.
In my opinion the Daily Mail did good coverage on the story but rather than explaining the background behind it they just reported on the events that had happened, such as one of the victims killed being a four year old boy. 

Coursework Idea

1500 words - Genre/ Representation/ Narrative

Representation of disability in the media
Negative representations compared to positive ones.

How is disability represented both positively and negatively in the media?

Negatively - music videos / pity narratives

Positively - Parlaympics/ Documentaries ('living with...')

• Physical disabilities
• learning difficulties
• pity narratives

Theory of everything
4th July

News Article

Following the alton Tower's incident on the 2nd June whereby the ride Smiler was involved in a collision, news reporter Kay Burley interviewed the CEO of the theme park for Sky News. Viewers were out raged by the interview she conducted with Nick Varney saying that it was 'grossly unfair' and 'bullying'.  Viewers initiated a petition too have Burley sacked and it has now reached 50,000 signatures. One viewer Emma Stylianou claimed she was 'disgusted' and that 'SKY should be ashamed.' TV regulator for Ofcom reported 1,100 complaints after the interview was aired with Burley making statements such as “They went to have a fantastic day and they have potentially lost a limb. You won’t tell us if they have or not.” 
Personally, I think that as a news reported Burley should have acted more professionally and should know how to conduct a professional interview. She could have been more sensitive about the matter and allowed Varney to talk as there were reports of her interrupting him.