Event 2

Event 2Ebola and recap plurality StarterWhat is the importance of plurality?

How many voices are required to properly ensure alternative perspectives on an issue?

Who owns Fox News?What else does this person own?

What is the connection?

Northern & Shell. Owned by Richard Desmond, Northern & Shell owns a number of nationally-published newspapers and magazines, and also owns the Channel 5 TV station.

Ukip has reportedly received a pledge for a 300,000 donation from the owner of the Daily Express in a significant boost toNigel Farage'sparty. The prospective donation fromRichard Desmondindicates that his newspapers could give their support toNigel Farage'sparty in the General Election.12 Dec 2014

What suggests this paper supports a left wing agenda/ POV?

Give 3 different reasons

GMGs core business is Guardian News & Media, publisher of theguardian.com, as well asThe GuardianandThe Observernewspapers.The group has a portfolio of investments to help support its journalism. They comprise:Top Right Group(formerly Emap): an international business-to-business digital intelligence and events business, also jointly owned by GMG and Apax Partners.GMG Property Services: a provider of software, technology and design solutions to the property industry.An externally managed investment fund.

Guardian Media Group exists to support the core purpose of its owner, Scott Trust Limited: to secure the financial and editorial independence ofThe Guardianin perpetuity,but in the 2011/12 year the group lost 75.6 million, and for the three years up to June 2012, the paper itself lost 100,000 a day leading Intelligent Lifemagazine to question whetherThe Guardiancan survive.[9]

Basically the portfolio of investments allowed - 619mn earned from the sale of Auto Trader adds to the 253.7mn of cash and investments which GMG published in its 2013 annual report. This leaves an investment fund which is likely to be in excess of 850mn to underwrite Guardian losses.

Who owns this?

How does create bias?

Daily Mail and General Trust. Primarily controlled by the Viscount Rothermere, DMGT has a large share of the national print media market (including a 25% stake in the Evening Standard) as well as holdings in ITN, the ITV-affiliated news company which produces broadcast news for ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5. It also owns 38.7% of Local World following a merger of its regional press assets in 2012, and publishes the Metro - a local free daily distributed in London and other urban centres.

EBOLACompare two eventsSecond event Ebola Also a representation EthnicityIssues?The difference between US vs UK Ebola news coverage

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAz-F1QnyCk&t=158

Published on 24 Oct 2014Russell Howard looks at the extreme difference in coverage of Ebola in the UK and USA.Watch new episodes every Thursday at 10pm on BBC Two.

Who is the target audience?

Think aboutPlatform (YT)Ex girlfriend?His Job?His political view

Watch Use analysis sheets

Can use both interviews The Trews or the texts contained inside eg. Fox News.

*The trews can help to decode Fox or be used as an alternative perspective (left wing)Read Debate: Is the threat of Ebola overhyped in Britain?

What do you think?Find Newspaper front coversFind 2 Different representations in newspapers

Where might you find a left wing view?

Analyse, prepare for presentation ThursdayI will pick individuals to present so be prepared!