Manchester Evening News (City Edition)
Article 1
Headline: Taxi driver 'had al-qaida number'
Section: News
Written by: Nicola Dowling
Page: 7
Outline: The article reports on the trial of Manchester taxi driver Habib Ahmed and Rangzieb Ahmed. The pair are accused of a series of offences related to terrorism. This particular article focuses on the allegation that Ahmed had the number of al-qaida's number 3 in command as well as other individuals that are highlighted as significant. Whilst the men being referred to in the article are Muslim, their faith is not mentioned explicitly, nor is any term like Islamist. The article appears to be a factual report on the court hearing.
Article Verdict: Neutral
Article 2
Headline: Murdered aid worker's crime - being a Christian
Section: News
Written by: Sam Marsden
Page: 12
Outline: The article reports on the murder of British aid worker Gayle Williams in Kabul, Afghanistan. It states that Ms Williams was a member of Christian charity 'Serve Afghanistan' and that the responsibility for the Murder has been claimed by the Taleban who alleged that she was attempting to spread Christianity "in the conservative Islamic Nation". The headline would have one assume that Ms Williams was targeted for simply being a Christian whereas the article actually makes it clear that she was murdered because of the mistaken belief that she was a missionary. This is significant because the article creates a negative view of Afghanistan which is described as a "...a conservative Islamic Nation" hence the implication is that Conservative Muslims are intolerant of Christians.
Article Verdict: Negative
Article 3
Headline: Coup trial halts in chaos
Section: World Today
Written by: Unknown
Page: 12
Outline: This small news brief reports on the trial of 86 people in Turkey who are charged with attempting to overthrow the "country's Islamic Orientated Government". The session was halted because of chaotic scenes in court. The term "Islamic Oriented Government" is interesting as its referring to the ruling AK party who are not mentioned by name. The AK party have in fact gone on record to state that they will abide by Turkey's Secular Constitution so the assertion that they are "Islamic Oriented" is incorrect and is possibly being used to somehow justfiy the actions of the coup plotters. The AK party have been delivered into office with 2 decisive election victories where they have been given a mandate to rule by a majority of the Turkish population. There is no need to mention that they are "Islamic Oriented" as this is irrelevant, the proper way to report this would have been to state that the plotters were attempting to overthrow the Democratically Elected Government of Turkey.
Article Verdict: Negative
Article 1
Headline: Taxi driver 'had al-qaida number'
Section: News
Written by: Nicola Dowling
Page: 7
Outline: The article reports on the trial of Manchester taxi driver Habib Ahmed and Rangzieb Ahmed. The pair are accused of a series of offences related to terrorism. This particular article focuses on the allegation that Ahmed had the number of al-qaida's number 3 in command as well as other individuals that are highlighted as significant. Whilst the men being referred to in the article are Muslim, their faith is not mentioned explicitly, nor is any term like Islamist. The article appears to be a factual report on the court hearing.
Article Verdict: Neutral
Article 2
Headline: Murdered aid worker's crime - being a Christian
Section: News
Written by: Sam Marsden
Page: 12
Outline: The article reports on the murder of British aid worker Gayle Williams in Kabul, Afghanistan. It states that Ms Williams was a member of Christian charity 'Serve Afghanistan' and that the responsibility for the Murder has been claimed by the Taleban who alleged that she was attempting to spread Christianity "in the conservative Islamic Nation". The headline would have one assume that Ms Williams was targeted for simply being a Christian whereas the article actually makes it clear that she was murdered because of the mistaken belief that she was a missionary. This is significant because the article creates a negative view of Afghanistan which is described as a "...a conservative Islamic Nation" hence the implication is that Conservative Muslims are intolerant of Christians.
Article Verdict: Negative
Article 3
Headline: Coup trial halts in chaos
Section: World Today
Written by: Unknown
Page: 12
Outline: This small news brief reports on the trial of 86 people in Turkey who are charged with attempting to overthrow the "country's Islamic Orientated Government". The session was halted because of chaotic scenes in court. The term "Islamic Oriented Government" is interesting as its referring to the ruling AK party who are not mentioned by name. The AK party have in fact gone on record to state that they will abide by Turkey's Secular Constitution so the assertion that they are "Islamic Oriented" is incorrect and is possibly being used to somehow justfiy the actions of the coup plotters. The AK party have been delivered into office with 2 decisive election victories where they have been given a mandate to rule by a majority of the Turkish population. There is no need to mention that they are "Islamic Oriented" as this is irrelevant, the proper way to report this would have been to state that the plotters were attempting to overthrow the Democratically Elected Government of Turkey.
Article Verdict: Negative
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