Comparing coverage in two different Newspapers

... Comparing coverage in two different Newspapers The incident covered in the two articles I have studied was a train fire in the Austrian ski resort of Kaprun on Saturday 11th November 2000. The first article I looked at was in the tabloid paper the Sunday Express. The second article I looked at was in the broadsheet paper the Observer. The two articles were very similar but had some differences. Both the articles emphasised that British people were among those that had died. The Sunday Express said "Britons among 170 victims" and The Observer said "Britons among 170 dead" The Observer also stated that children died "Children among victims" Although both articles covered the same subject and seemed to emphasise the greatness of the tragedy, they had different approaches, The Sunday Express' article was sensationalist and over emotive "... inferno as it tore through carriages" The Observers article was a calmer and more

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