Thursday, 7 October 2010

The bias in articles

In the first article, written by Kristen Gelineau, is quite biased. The article is very radical with the word choices and phrases. She writes phrases like "bashed several lizards to death" or "we're horrified that anyone can do this and saddened by the age of the child". It clearly points out that such event cannot be accepted and some justice should be done. And since the Northern Territory does not allow such charges to be set to children under the age of 10, the article mentions a person names Neindorf who says, "if we can't put the blame on the child, then someone has to accept the responsibility."

This 2nd article, by Alex Richardson, is no doubt biased too. But perhaps a little less than the 1st one. Quotes and phrases like "he'd get a big boot up the arse" or "we'll be looking at suing the parents" shows that author is not happy with the incident. It implies that such incident should deserve consequences and justice must be brought to the table.

The last article has by far the least, or almost no bias towards the incident. It does not include harsh words that are shown in the 2 articles above. It states the facts and does not give any big opinions about the story.

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