Tony Parsons and Mark Hertsgaard
The tabloid article was written by Tony Parsons and the broadsheet was
written by Mark Hertsgaard. The context of theses articles are the
analysis of the September eleventh attacks. The political context is
the debate on America's government. This assay is to focus on the
comparism and the context of these articles.
The target audience for the mirror article are those who want to be
amused and want accessible language, this type of newspaper is called
a tabloid newspaper. The vocabulary is simple and sentences short. The
article doesn't going into profoundness in its outline of the events
the article could be also aimed at people who are in a bit of a hurry
and want something simple and fast to read. The target audience for
the Guardian are people who are interested in significant news and
less humour, this type is a broadsheet newspaper. It is targeted at
people who want to go into more depth on the incident and who want
more information, also Hertsgaard's article is less biased so anyone
would be able to read it.
Tony Parsons' purpose is to make the readers feel overwhelmed with
sympathy for the Americans because of the devastating effects of
9/11.He uses phrases like "unspeakable act so cruel," to make clear to
the readers his feelings of 9/11. Mark Hertsgaard's purpose is to
inform the reader of the fact that America's "state friendly
controlled press" and government is the reason why Americans "remain
largely ignorant" to the outside world and what is happening in it.
The main points expressed in the mirror article are the grief and
sorrow caused to the nation on the incident of 9/11. He...
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...de world. The two articles contemplate on
different issues, Parsons talks about the incident of September 11 and
its effects on Americans as well as the reasons why America was
attacked. On the other hand Hertsgaard concentrates on how the
Americans have gone back to living their lives as before the incident,
because of the leaders who are not informing them of the full details
of America's activities in the world affairs. He also mentions the
media who also fail to challenge their leaders causing the Americans
to be ignorant about different matters.
Parsons uses emotive language and different techniques to make his
arguments effective and to reinforce his arguments to the readers.
Hertsgaard's language on the other hand is more balanced allowing the
reader to decide for themselves on what they believe in the matter.
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