How do newspapers present the news? Compare the front page of two newspapers published on the same day.
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... How do newspapers present the news? Compare the front page of two newspapers published on the same day. Firstly I am going to look at The Sun. It was published on Thursday, 11th September 2003. It has a big splash headline saying BACK ON 9/11. Without a sub heading and an image this headline doesn't mean much, which makes the reader look down and start to read the article to find out what it's about. It takes up about half the page and leaves very little space for the rest of the story, which is why it is carried on later in the paper. There are only two stories on the first page; the main story is about some video footage on Osama Bin Laden praising 'brave terrorists'. The other is about J-Lo and Ben Affleck's wedding being called off. There is a cross-reference for both of these stories so that the














