Learning to Learn Presentation

1. Learning to Learn Presentation Meg Dalglish X00102638 Orla Kennedy X00100077

2. Newspapers • The Irish Independent • The Evening Herald • The Irish Daily Mirror • The Irish Times

3. Associations Tabloids • Exaggerated stories • Un-reliable • Celebrity gossip • Crime stories • TV • Attention grabbing stories Broadsheets • Respected • Factual • Reliable • Political stories • World news

4. Article • Irish Daily Mirror-”Soccer ace Andy is probed on party “Assault”” • The Herald “ I had my eye gouged by soccer star Carroll” • Irish Independent “ Football Carroll probed over claim of assault” • Irish Times- “Guardi question Carroll over incident”

5. The Irish Daily Mirror • The Mirror is a tabloid • Front page and page 8 • Pro Carroll • “Eye witnesses and spokesmen” claim it didn’t happen • No input from Cummings • Headline is big. Article simple • Big picture and small article • Biased

6. The Evening Herald • The Herald is a tabloid • Front page and page 4 • Very Dramatic Headline (“Gouged”) • Pro Cummings, anti-Carroll • Graphic Picture • Basically report from Cummings • Biased

7. The Irish Independent • The Independent is a broadsheet • Page 4 • Relatively small • Very small picture • Anti-Carroll • No accusations, small about of info on incident • Large amount of info on Carroll’s past • No input of Cummings.

8. The Irish Times • The Times is a broadsheet • Relatively small article • Pro Carroll • Input from Carroll • Similar to The Irish Daily Mirror • “Eye witnesses” • No input from Cummings

9. Conclusion • Not one article touched on both sides • Story is more important to tabloids • Don’t believe everything you read • Look around for different opinions