Thursday, 1 February 2018

P2-Wikinews VS CBS


Wikinews
CBS News
Both of these articles are about how America have moved their embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. In the Wikinews article they are neutral they report the facts and show no bias however on the CBS article they show negative bias towards the story one example of this is how the CBS article describe the decision as” contentious” the use of the word contentious suggests that they believe this decision will cause conflict and do not agree with the decision that has been made by America.
The CBS article goes in to a lot more depth and is a longer article than the citizen journalism article on Wikinews. The article on Wikinews is only 315 words long compared to the CBS article that is 1026 words long. The purpose of the Wikinews article is to quickly provide you with the facts. The CBS article uses opinion an example of this is when it says “is sure to heighten the frustration of Palestinians and America's Arab allies” This quote tells us that the CBS journalist believes that this decision
CBS have included a video in their article about how the UN have condemned Trump for moving the embassy. This video has been included because CBS agree with the view of the UN. CBS also believe that moving the embassy was bad. Including a video also means that you don’t have to read as much text this will make the article more appealing.
Another example of how they show negative bias is when it says “Trump's policy shift set off protests and condemnation across Arab and Muslim countries” this quote is further proof of how CBS disagree with the decision that Trump has made regarding Israel.
In the CBS article they frequently refer to Donald Trump as MR Trump instead of president Trump in the Wikinews article they always refer to him as president Trump. This suggests that CBS are not even recognizing that he is president. This further shows that CBS has negative bias and that Wikinews is neutral and is just reporting the story.

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