Similarly to Broadcast News, Print News demonises modern-day youths by portraying them in a bad light. For example, in the article from The Telegraph linked above refer to youths as "Hooded Teenagers" and "Feral Kids", using several negative words to amplify the stereotyped deviant youths, reveal bias as there is no counterbalance coming the from a fair voice of the youths. From reading the first paragraph it is evidently clear that the article is biased on the behalf of the Hegemonic Monarchy; the government, the media and the law. Youths are not given a fair voice in this situation in the Print media as it does not involve interviews, on what can be seen without getting an insight as to the reasons why the riots are occurring.
Another demonising reference used in this article is the Headline itself, "London Riots: the underclass lashes out". This headline immediately labels youths with a class, showing classism, and that the media are much higher, not only in the class scale but also on the Hegemonic ladder. Not only does this headline warn readers off of youths but also warns reader off the underclass, creating a 'moral panic', as they are all being categorized together under the same "underclass" umbrella.
An element of racism is also blended in this article along with many other demonising features. "The second alleged culprit is ethnicity", basically the print news is attempting to blame the culture of youths as another reason as to what may have caused the riots. In the following paragraph, looking at more reasons of why the riots started, "So blame unemployment and the cuts", this statement could possibly sway the perspective of the audience and shift the causation to the government.
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