P1 – Analysing different news headlines

P1 – Analysing different news headlines

It is often inferred that news companies such as The Telegraph could be influencing theirs audiences with political bias. If the news company supported a certain political leader/group then they are able to portray their opinions and views on them throughout all of their newspapers and media platforms in order to sway the opinions of their audience. For example, The Daily Mirror have an article headline saying ‘Jeremy Corbyn would legalise cannabis for medicinal use’ whereas an article about the same subject is headlined in The Telegraph as ‘Legalise cannabis for medical use, say MPs’. The difference between the two is shown as The Mirror include who’s idea it was to legalise cannabis whereas the telegraph generalise it by saying ‘MPs’ suggesting that they aren’t trying to put any MPs name in a positive and bias way. On the Telegraph, they refer to Jeremy Corbyn as his job title rather than his name by calling him ‘Shadow Cabinet Minister’ which suggests that they don’t want him to get full recognition from those who may not know that it is his job title. However, in The Mirror it states clearly that it is Jeremy Corbyn’s idea to legalise cannabis for medical use which puts the focus onto him and not other MPs who may also think the same, giving him a positive reputation.

Inside the articles, they both differ as the Telegraph starts the first paragraph off saying ‘One of Jeremy Corbyn's shadow cabinet ministers has approved a report calling for cannabis to be legalised for medical use’. This isnt giving credit to Jeremy Corbyn where as in the Mirror it states clearly that it was infact Jeremy Corbyn’s idea, not one of his ministers that the Telegraph is suggesting. The Mirror’s article includes a lot of information about Jeremy Corbyn’s role in the subject, including quotes of what he said. These quotes and information are short and easy to read and are used really show him to be doing a positive thing for the country. This effectively helps increase his nationwide popularity and it is made sure that he gets full recognition for this idea which is potentially what the Mirror wants. However, The Telegraph includes lots of more detailed information and very little about Jeremy Corbyn himself. He is always refered to as ‘the group’ (his shadow canibet ministers) which takes away his regontion for supporting legalising marijuana for medical use. No pictures of Jeremy Corbyn are included whereas in the Mirror there is 1 image and a video showing him talking. It is as though the Telegraph don’t want Jeremy to get this recognition and they would rather not be bias towards him.

To conclude the idea that the Mirror favours Jeremy Corbyn, there is a big ‘read more’ section at the bottom of the article which has the headline ‘Jeremy Corbyn wins again’ which has plenty of links and images relating to Jeremy’s successes and positive news stories.