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After reading these three pages of (link) The London Gazette, please answer all of the following
questions: Compare this article to modern news coverage. How does it
compare in terms of objectivity? Level of detail? Readability? Analyze
how trustworthy this primary source is in terms of when it was written in
relation to the event, first- or secondhand knowledge, and bias.
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Prompt: The London Gazette
The
news reporting in The London Gazette’s
differs from the modern day news coverage concerning the level of simplicity
and precision of the language used. The language used is not easy to read,
therefore, a bit complicated. Modern news coverage is characterized by the use
of simple and precise language; these factors are considered as qualities of a
good newspaper (Roksvold, 108).
The
article in The London Gazette is
old-fashioned, direct in news reporting and tries to recount the event
objectively. However, the majority of the modern-day news coverage is labeled
analysis, despite providing the same necessary details as old news reporting. Roksvold
(104) opines that modern news coverage primarily focuses on contextualizing
events something that was ignored by the old news reporting.
In the article published in The London Gazette, the author takes time to recount the events in detail. This situation enhances the objectivity of news reporting. This is not necessarily the case in modern news coverage where reporters ignore the importance of straightforward news reporting....
