11-9-12
Both The Telegraph and The Sun are British newspapers; The Telegaph being a broadsheet and The Sun being a tabloid. When I compared the two newspapers, there were obvious differences and barely any similarities between the two. Firstly, the major headlines weren’t the same even for the same dates. The tabloid covered mostly news that was either celebrity-related or something that was very sensational. The broadsheet covered mostly news about politics, business or crime related news. The only major headline that was similar was the healine on the closing ceremony of the London Paralympics 2012 and the British Paralympians being greeted by crowd. The issues covered were also different. The Sun covered issues on Kanye West sleeping with ex girlfriends, stowaway falling from planes and an amputated head being found on a canal. The Telegraph covered issues on a teenager being critically stabbed in a chaotic party, neighbors taking revenge on karaoke singers, and Lord Lucan commiting suicide. The Sun was full of informal language while The Telegraph had none. For example, one of the headlines in The Sun was “Something Kinda Ooooh! Kim Sports sexy dress in Strictly Rehearsals.“ The Sun had many headlines that were written so that it would easily attract readers such as, “Dita Von Teese makes a splash with naked shower on stage.” The depth of the headlines also varied between the two newspapers. The Telegraph had more than one article on the same story for example the Paralympic Closing Ceremony. In The Telegraph, after one article, they had links to other stories that would either relate or elaborate the story about the closing ceremony whereas in The Sun, there was only one small article on the Paralympics. There were also differences in the ads. In The Sun, most of the ads were on celebrity 'babes' and sport 'babes'. On the other hand The Telegraph had barely any ads. There was only one ad and it was about Credit Suisse. There were also major differences in the format of the home pages. The Sun had huge pictures with lurid details animating around the page. Whereas in The Telegraph, there were more text and the pictures were small thumbnails.