Newspaper, different perspectives - Task 2

	The Times	Daily Mirror
Who was involved?	Bidhya Sagar Das Twin toddlers DCI Dave Mihai Menea	Twins – Gabriel & Maria Bidhya Sagar Das (Dad) Christinela Das (Mum) Mihai Menea (neighbour)
What happened?	Man arrested after one-year-old boy is killed.	Dad was arrested after suspected hammer attack on twin toddlers that killed one and left the other one fighting for life.
Where did it happen?	Finsbury park, North London.	Hackney, North London
When did it happen?	Saturday evening, 11.10pm	11.10pm, Saturday 18/03/17
How did it happen?	Toddler was killed by getting hit with a hammer.	Dad hit toddler with Hammer.
Why did it Happen?	The dad has Mental issues.	Sometimes he’d  say ‘maybe they are not his children’ – Mental problems.

What do you notice about the difference in content and how the articles convey this information? Why do you think that is?

Overall, The Times shows less detail in the article by not going into much depth, for example, when explaining what happened, it states the main points whereas the Daily Mirror has more detail as the article is longer and includes quotes from people involved. This may be because the audience of the Daily Mirror might be more interested in the story so will want to know more information on what happened therefore, the paper would go into more depth to inform and please their audience. The Times may have an audience that may want to know what happened but do not want to know every detail so the Times might only briefly explain it so that their audience would not get bored as there is a lot of writing. A major difference between the two is that they both have different locations where the incident took place; The Times says Finsbury park whereas The Daily Mirror has it as Hackney. This may be because they sourced their information from different people.