Victim wins her nine-year battle to have sex attacker deportedThe language used views the defendant in a very negative light and the victim in a very positive light. The sensationalist language used against the defendant are words such as the "torture" he has caused to his victim and how he launched a "vicious" attack towards his victim giving him an almost animal persona as if he is uncontrollable and the journalist is all for him being deported back to his country. The journalist continues with language such as "appalling" when referring to the assault and when discussing the point that he has previously affended several times in the past the journalist explains it to be "astonishing" that he had not already been deported. The images used are of both the defendant and the victim, the victim having a much larger and brighter photo showing her in a garden with her looking distraught and damaged. The defendant has a much smaller and darker photo of a head shot of himself to give the impression that he is in fact a criminal. The facial expression gives a very negative image of the defendant which teamed with the negative language used portray him in a bad light. The language and images suggest youths are out of control and almost animal like, particularly those from a different culture and race.
Daily Express- Saturday 25th February 2012
Baying 'racist' mob attacks takeaway in child sex case trail
The language is making the story sound a lot worse than it would have been because of the number of people supposed to be part of the racist mob which was a crowd of 150. This makes the situation worse because they don't have names to those who were involved also the numbers show that a lot of people think the same about the situation hence the large group demonstrating their views. The report explains the story of the crowd rampaging through the town centre of Heywood then confronting riot squad officers. Many of members of the mob were chanting racist abuse and others "EDL"- a reference to the English Defence League. The restaurant, now under new management and with no connection to any of the accused, was targeted by the crowd. The image with the article is a photograph of three police vans in the street in a line down a street with lots of shops around. The picture is black and white I think this is because it makes the picture more negative and relates to the negative story. The report and photograph next to it suggests that youth are unruly and needs a large force to control the situation such as the crowd "confronting riot squad offers" and the picture of the three police vans.
A/SGT (SCC) C.L.Armitage
Hartlepool Royal Marine Cadets
3 Troop Yankee Company
Assistant Quarter Master
The sensationalist language that they use is the words Berserk and Thug. They use words such as boozed-up maniac to show emphasis on the story. The words that they use show the youths today in a bad light, this person is shown as he causes "amok" in the pub that he has ran back in. The language that they use is completely bias meaning what he done is wrong and showing that it is horrendous just like one person quotes. The words describe the man Slicing through an arm and Chopping through a door. The male is shown in a negative light as it is not what people would normally do if getting kicked out of a pub and shows that he is malicious.
The images that accompany the article are images taken from a CCTV camera, therefore showing exactly what the thug has done. There is an image of the male with a black eye at the bottom of the article where he has claimed to be beaten up then went back for revenge. The representation of youths in media shows through this article as one male being thuggish and vicious, but does not say anything about being in a group or subculture.
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