Test your news judgement by seeing if you can spot the similarity between these two stories which you may have spotted in your post-Christmas holiday news bulletins.
1) A young, attractive British woman in her twenties is kidnapped for a marathon...er....48 hours before being released unharmed. Dozens of Britons are kidnapped abroad every year. Most cases don't merit a mention in the media but Kate Burton's "ordeal" is the lead story across radio, TV and the newspapers.
2) A young, attractive British woman in her twenties is murdered while on holiday in Thailand. Dozens of Britons are murdered abroad every year. Most cases don't merit a mention in the media but Katherine Horton's death is the lead story across radio, TV and the newspapers.
(Source: Foreign Policy Centre/The Guardian)
1) A young, attractive British woman in her twenties is kidnapped for a marathon...er....48 hours before being released unharmed. Dozens of Britons are kidnapped abroad every year. Most cases don't merit a mention in the media but Kate Burton's "ordeal" is the lead story across radio, TV and the newspapers.
2) A young, attractive British woman in her twenties is murdered while on holiday in Thailand. Dozens of Britons are murdered abroad every year. Most cases don't merit a mention in the media but Katherine Horton's death is the lead story across radio, TV and the newspapers.
(Source: Foreign Policy Centre/The Guardian)
posted by Stuart at 10:10
1 Comments:
Oh dear. You seem to think, like many people, that the purpose of media is to transmit news. And you work for one! How funny.
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