Manchester Evening News (City Edition)
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Article 1
Headline: "World - Protestors defy threats in Iran" & "Footballers show solidarity"
Section: Front page brief & News
Written by: Miles Erwin
Page: Front page and page 5
Outline: This article is about the protests in Iran over the outcome of the recent Presidential election where Mahmoud Ahmedinejad was declared the winner but this was disputed by his main rival Mir Hossein Mousavi.
The front page brief lists the number of protestors (500,000) and mentions that they did so "despite warning that dissdents faced being executed"
The follow on articles are on page 7 and almost occupy the full page except for a tiny sliver which is an advert. The articles feature 4 pictures, 3 from a Football World Cup qualifiying match between Iran and South Korea which show members of the Iranian football team with some wearing green wrist bands to show solidarity with the defeated candidate. The other 2 photos are of spectators, 1 shows a man holding an Iranian flag which carries the text "Free Iran" and the other shows groups of spectaors holding placards that read "where is my vote?". The football article focuses on the fact that 5 of the Iranian team were sporting the green armbands in solidarity with the protestors but they removed them because of what the article describes as "...speculation their coach ordered them to do so". The remainder of the article provides brief commentary on the spectators placards and mention of the match score.
The second article runs with a similar heading to that featured on the front page and focuses on the protests taking place in Iran. In this article.
Erwin prints the following statement by the Prosecutor General of Isfahan province;
"We warn the few, controlled by foreigners, who try to disrupt domestic security by inciting individuals to destroy and to commit arson that the Islamic penal code for such individuals waging war against God is execution"
Erwin then goes on to mention that 19 people have been killed and that foriegn news journalists can not report the violence.
Erwin fails to contextualise the comment made by the Prosecutor General particularly the part relating to "foreigners", this is in response to concerns raised by the Iranian authorities that the trouble and violence may be being stirred up by covert foreign operations in an effort to destabilise the country. Failing to contextualise the comments deprives readers of the full story and makes it seem as though foreigners are being pointlessly blamed for the violence.
The overall narrative presented in the story is one that presents a negative view of Iran and the Iranian Government through selective reporting which leaves out key facts for the reader thus these articles are given a 'Negative' rating.
Article Verdict: Negative
Nil Return
Metro
Article 1
Headline: "World - Protestors defy threats in Iran" & "Footballers show solidarity"
Section: Front page brief & News
Written by: Miles Erwin
Page: Front page and page 5
Outline: This article is about the protests in Iran over the outcome of the recent Presidential election where Mahmoud Ahmedinejad was declared the winner but this was disputed by his main rival Mir Hossein Mousavi.
The front page brief lists the number of protestors (500,000) and mentions that they did so "despite warning that dissdents faced being executed"
The follow on articles are on page 7 and almost occupy the full page except for a tiny sliver which is an advert. The articles feature 4 pictures, 3 from a Football World Cup qualifiying match between Iran and South Korea which show members of the Iranian football team with some wearing green wrist bands to show solidarity with the defeated candidate. The other 2 photos are of spectators, 1 shows a man holding an Iranian flag which carries the text "Free Iran" and the other shows groups of spectaors holding placards that read "where is my vote?". The football article focuses on the fact that 5 of the Iranian team were sporting the green armbands in solidarity with the protestors but they removed them because of what the article describes as "...speculation their coach ordered them to do so". The remainder of the article provides brief commentary on the spectators placards and mention of the match score.
The second article runs with a similar heading to that featured on the front page and focuses on the protests taking place in Iran. In this article.
Erwin prints the following statement by the Prosecutor General of Isfahan province;
"We warn the few, controlled by foreigners, who try to disrupt domestic security by inciting individuals to destroy and to commit arson that the Islamic penal code for such individuals waging war against God is execution"
Erwin then goes on to mention that 19 people have been killed and that foriegn news journalists can not report the violence.
Erwin fails to contextualise the comment made by the Prosecutor General particularly the part relating to "foreigners", this is in response to concerns raised by the Iranian authorities that the trouble and violence may be being stirred up by covert foreign operations in an effort to destabilise the country. Failing to contextualise the comments deprives readers of the full story and makes it seem as though foreigners are being pointlessly blamed for the violence.
The overall narrative presented in the story is one that presents a negative view of Iran and the Iranian Government through selective reporting which leaves out key facts for the reader thus these articles are given a 'Negative' rating.
Article Verdict: Negative
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