Comparing Two Newspaper Articles About 'The Flesh Eating Bug'
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Ashleigh Bewick Comparing Two Newspaper Articles About 'The Flesh Eating Bug' In 1994 newspapers were extremely interested in about a 'flesh eating bug'. I am going to compare two different newspaper's views. These two newspapers had unique views on the 'flesh-eating bug' and reported of them in very different ways. The first newspaper article to appear was in 'The Daily Mirror' and was a very sensational and exaggerated account. The second article, in 'The Times' was written in response to the way the tabloid newspapers dealt with the story. 'The Daily Mirror' set its story out with a big eye catching headline reading 'flesh eating bug killed my mother in 20 minutes.' They do this so that the bacteria appears as a bug rather then small bacterium. Also they want to say that it has killed someone in 20 minutes to show that it is very fatal and cannot be stopped. 'The...

