Event 2

Ebola and recap plurality

Starter
What is the importance of
plurality?
How many voices are required to
properly ensure alternative
perspectives on an issue?
Who owns Fox News?
What else does this person own?

What is the
connection?

Northern & Shell. Owned by Richard Desmond, Northern

& Shell owns a number of nationally-published newspapers
and magazines, and also owns the Channel 5 TV station.

Ukip has reportedly received a

pledge for a 300,000 donation from
the owner of the Daily Express in a
significant boost toNigel
Farage'sparty. The prospective
donation fromRichard
Desmondindicates that his
newspapers could give their support
toNigel Farage'sparty in the
General Election.

What suggests
this paper supports a
left wing agenda/ POV?
Give 3 different reasons

 GMGs core business is Guardian News & Media, publisher of theguardian.com, as

well asThe GuardianandThe Observernewspapers.
The group has a portfolio of investments to help support its journalism.
They comprise:
Top Right Group(formerly Emap): an international business-to-business digital intelligence and events
business, also jointly owned by GMG and Apax Partners.
GMG Property Services: a provider of software, technology and design solutions to the property industry.
An externally managed investment fund.

Guardian Media Group exists to support the core purpose of its owner, Scott Trust
Limited: to secure the financial and editorial independence ofThe Guardianin
perpetuity,but in the 2011/12 year the group lost 75.6 million, and for the three
years up to June 2012, the paper itself lost 100,000 a day leading Intelligent
Lifemagazine to question whetherThe Guardiancan survive.[9]
Basically the portfolio of investments allowed - 619mn earned from the sale of
Auto Trader adds to the 253.7mn of cash and investments which GMG published
in its 2013 annual report. This leaves an investment fund which is likely to be in
excess of 850mn to underwrite Guardian losses.

Who owns this?

How does create bias?

 Daily Mail and General Trust. Primarily

controlled by the Viscount Rothermere, DMGT
has a large share of the national print media
market (including a 25% stake in the Evening
Standard) as well as holdings in ITN, the ITVaffiliated news company which produces
broadcast news for ITV, Channel 4 and Channel
5. It also owns 38.7% of Local World following a
merger of its regional press assets in 2012,
and publishes the Metro - a local free daily
distributed in London and other urban centres.

EBOLA

Compare two events

Second event Ebola
Also a representation Ethnicity
Issues?

The difference between US vs UK Ebola news coverage

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAz
-F1QnyCk&t=158

Published on 24 Oct 2014

Russell Howard looks at the extreme
difference in coverage of Ebola in the
UK and USA.
Watch new episodes every Thursday
at 10pm on BBC Two.

Who is the
target
audience?
Think about
Platform
(YT)
Ex
girlfriend?
His Job?
His political
view

Watch
Use analysis sheets
Can use both interviews The Trews
or the texts contained inside eg. Fox
News.

*The trews can help to decode Fox

or be used as an alternative
perspective (left wing)

Read
Debate: Is the threat of Ebola
overhyped in Britain?
What do you think?

Find Newspaper front covers

Find 2 Different representations in newspapers
Where might you find a left wing view?

Analyse, prepare for presentation

Thursday
I will pick individuals to present so be
prepared!