News: Analysing the Language of Newspapers

Daily Mail: This article about the 5 Presidents by the Daily Mail keeps it short and tells the necessary things yet they don’t always keep it formal for example they call it a ‘love-in’ instead of a meeting or gathering, this is just one example of how they lay it out for younger readers. The story does seem trust worthy as there is a picture of the 5 presidents which hasn’t ever happened before so it does seem to be legit. The article is very informative and gives the facts, yet does seem to try and make things seem worst for example they don’t say the presidents don’t mention Trump they word it to make it worse, they say ‘they all AVOID mentioning Trump’, this make it sound like they all hate Trump and don’t want anything to do with him yet some could be good friends and agree with him. It does miss some details though like where it was held and how much money was raised. When reading the article it feels like they have added their own personal opinion especially when they say they all avoid talking/mentioning Trump.

The Guardian: Compared to the Daily Mail this article is much more detailed and seems more formal as they call it a ‘rare appearance’ rather than a ‘love-in’. Instead of a picture to show its legitimate they add a video which shows all the presidents. From reading both articles it seems like The Guardian picks out the good over bad as they say ‘it was a show of unity and compassion’ compared to the Daily Mail this is very uplifting and makes it sound like some good is being done rather than focusing in and capitalising how they didn’t mention Trump. On the other hand although they do mention that Trump wasn’t mentioned they don’t go into much detail on it and focus on the event and how much damage the hurricane did. It is much more formal and does seem to be for older people due the language and how formal it is.