Newspaper | The Guardian | Mail Online |
Title | Ex-police officer, wife and daughter found dead in Melton Mowbray | Sacked former police inspector kills his wife and their six-year-old daughter in murder suicide |
Length of article | The article in the guardian did not seem too long and it gave details of the whole story with the perfect length. | The article was too long and presented a lot of unnecessary information. |
Quotes | The article used almost 4 direct quotes and was not too long, but it gave the information needed. | The article used a lot of direct quotes and more than 50% of the article was just direct quotes. |
Who is Quoted? | - Inspector Kev Morris - A Leicestershire police spokesman - A spokesman for the IPCC | - Inspector Kev Morris - Mr Day’s friends - Mr Day’s neighbour |
Pictures | The article has just 1 photo. | The article had 10 photos and a video. |
Cautious language | The article uses cautious language carefully. | The article does not have any cautious language. |
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Both the articles address the story in a different way. The guardian article just explained the story, but did not mention any reasons for the murder. However, the Mail Online kept on blaming the police in an indirect way and that the police may be the reason for leading Mr. Day to commit murder.
Topping, A. (2011) ‘Ex-police officer, wife and daughter found dead in Melton Mowbray’, The Guardian, 9 December [Online]. Available at: http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/dec/09/police-officer-dead-melton-mowbray (Accessed: 9 December 2011)
Allen, E. (2011) ‘Sacked former police inspector kills his wife and their six-year-old daughter in murder suicide’, Mail Online, 9 December [Online]. Available at: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2071857/Police-officer-woman-child-die-attack-house-taken-hospital-injuries.html (Accessed: 9 December 2011)
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