Media Guardian-Benazir Bhutto killed in attack at rallyHélène Mulholland, Allegra Stratton and agenciesThursday December 27, 2007Guardian Unlimited




A bomb explodes next to the vehicle of Benazir Bhutto, who was killed at a rally in Rawalpindi in a gun and suicide bomb attack. Photograph: John Moore/Getty Images
The former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto was assassinated today, the Pakistani interior ministry has confirmed.
Bhutto, who was the leader of the main opposition party, died after bursts of gunfire followed by a suicide bombing. It was carried out minutes after she delivered a speech at an election rally in Rawalpindi, near the capital, Islamabad.
Bhutto was rushed to hospital for emergency surgery but died at 6.16pm local time (1.16pm GMT). At least 20 others were killed.

On hearing of Bhutto's death, her supporters smashed the glass doors of the hospital and chanted "Dog, Musharraf, dog".
A police officer who was at the scene said the bomber repeatedly tried to get close to Bhutto's party and began shooting before blowing himself up.
An Associated Press reporter on site saw body parts scattered at the back gate of the Liaqat Bagh park where Bhutto had spoken.
The blast comes two months after suicide bombers struck a parade celebrating Bhutto's return from exile, killing more than 140 people, in the southern city of Karachi.
Hours earlier today, four people were killed and three wounded in a clash just outside Islamabad between pro-government supporters and backers of the former prime minister Nawaz Sharif.
Hundreds of riot police had set up security checkpoints today as Bhutto held her first campaign rally there since returning to Pakistan two months ago.
She had planned an earlier rally in the city but Musharraf forced her to cancel it over security fears.
The violence comes 12 days ahead of parliamentary elections. Opposition leaders are already claiming the election will be rigged against them, something authorities deny.
After the gunfire at the separate Sharif rally, Sadiq ul-Farooq, a spokesman for Sharif's party, said: "Nawaz Sharif and his procession are safe, but we have received reports that a few people were wounded and maybe a few suffered fatal injuries." All the injured were believed to be from Sharif's Pakistan Muslim League-N group. Imtiaz Ranjha, a spokesman or the ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Q party, condemned the attack but accused Sharif's supporters of provoking it. The party called for those involved to be punished.
Bhutto's death comes at the height of a parliamentary election campaign following eight years of military rule under President Pervez Musharraf that ended with his resignation from the army.

This article is about Benazir Bhutto and how she died. Her death was planned, allegedly by President Musharraf. I think it was too because he was intimidated by her. I think this is very sad on her because she did not deserve to die. Also, on the news it said she got shot on the neck and chest whilst she was getting into her vechile.

News values-Galtung and Ruge

The BBC newstop five stories saturday 5ish.
1.the gas commision story-trying to reduce greenhouse gases (conference in bali) about a contract to be signed in 2009, america was hestitating to take part in the 2 year programme
2.banks loan= debts- People of britian are are in debt because of high interest loans from banks.
3.President musharraf and benezir bhutto
4.humpback whale found dead
5.local support for a footballer-who is an illegal immigrant and governement wants to send him back.

Frequency:the BBC news lasted 10 minutes and then went to the local news.gas commision was the first story shown and lasted 5 minutes.
Threshold: the greenhouse gas story it affects everyone world wide.
meaningful:All stories exept musharraf and the little girls story with 4 legs and arms all affect the people in the u.k the bankloan debt story and the footballer headlines directly take place int he U.K
unexpected:the little girl story and the humpback whale story (not major news, jus for entertainment and because it is unusual).
Continuity:American agreement greenhouse gas story will be continously covered
Composition:hard and soft news:hard :greenhouse gases story soft:the bank debts and footballer.
Reference to Elite nations: the greenhouse story because the US have finally agreed to do something about their carbon footprint.
Reference to Elite persons:gordon brown and president musharraf
Negativity:bank loans/debt, whale story, the footballer and the girl with 4 legs and arms.

Channel 4 news tuesday 18th. frequency, channel four news lasts an hour.
1:Northern Rock taxpayers exposed
2:New lib dem leader elected
3: New president elected for South Africa
4: BBC censors word from Christmas fairytale
5: Amy Winehouse arrested

Reference to elite persons - new president elected for South Africa
Composition - Amy winehouse being arrested(celebrity news)
Threshold- northern rock having continuous problems. Also the new Lib Dem leader being elected. persuading the nation in voting for them in the next election.
Continuity - The northern Rock and Lib Dem election

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Walsh defends The X Factor result



Walsh: 'Leon won by a margin of around 10%'. Photograph: ITV/Rex Features
The X Factor judge Louis Walsh has dismissed suggestions that contestant Rhydian Roberts was unfairly beaten in Saturday's final, saying that surprise victor Leon Jackson "won by about 10% of the total vote".
Walsh told MediaGuardian.co.uk he felt that Leon, a Scot, won "fair and square" over his Welsh rival Rhydian and tipped the public vote in his favour with his emotional appeal to the audience during Saturday's final.
"Rhydian is a better singer, there's no doubt about that in my mind, but Leon's last [video clip] when he made an emotional plea to the public probably pipped it for him," he added.
"He spoke about doing it for his mum and having a better life and it seemed very genuine and I think the public responded to that. He seemed absolutely sincere," Walsh said.
"As far as I am aware, of the 7 million plus people who voted, Leon won by a margin of around 10% which is pretty clear as far as I'm concerned."
The number of complaints to Ofcom from disgruntled viewers who felt they were unable to vote for Rhydian during Saturday's final rocketed from 80 yesterday to more than 1,100 by 4pm today.
An ITV spokeswoman confirmed that Leon won by a 10% margin, insisting that the broadcaster was happy to take the unusual step of revealing the figure to demonstrate the absence of "bias" on the night of The X Factor final.
The spokeswoman said that the margin was 1% when the voting was between Leon, Rhydian and the English duo Same Difference early during Saturday's The X Factor final, but increased to 10% by the time the final vote closed.
"We know there are many Rhydian fans who are disappointed that he did not win, but the simple fact is that Leon won The X Factor fair and square," ITV added in a statement.
"Rhydian and Leon were both very strong finalists, so it is not surprising that they both had avid fanbases and that people voted in their millions. However, Leon performed strongly across the series and was the outright winner on the night by a full 10% of the vote."
In his emotional final interview before voting closed on Saturday night's ITV1 final, Leon told viewers that he hoped to win to give his mother, a single mum who lives on a council estate, a "better life".
Leon also impressed on the night by performing a duet with Australian star Kylie Minogue.
Asked if he felt that voting was divided into Welsh and Scottish voters, Walsh said: "I think that is how people vote in these situations."
He added that he was pleased with the vote for Leon because "Rhydian is going to have a massive career anyway".
ITV said: "A tiny number of mobile customers did experience problems getting through because of high call volumes but there were no other reported faults on the lines and viewers can be reassured that this would absolutely not have affected the outcome of the show.
"As all numbers go through to the same lines and vote platform it is impossible for there to be any bias in favour of or against a particular contestant."
An Ofcom spokeswoman today confirmed the 1,100 complaints figure, which is expected to rise further, adding that the regulator would look into the issues. She declined to give a timetable for the investigation into The X Factor.


this is about the x factor phone ins and how a lot of people rung in sayin that they could not get through whilst trying to vote for Rhyddian. I understand how frustrated these people may feel because if they wanted Rhyddian to win then they must be angry because he never won and people tried to make him win by ringin but could not get through so they must be angry because all those people that could not get through could have made a difference to make him win.

Ms jones rep of Asian-Goodness Gracious Me

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vbnGGHFQ9g&feature=related (4:30)

-accent
-gossips
-racist
-care about reputation
-competitive
-suggests Indian women are housewives because they are at home during the day and one is holding a cleaning cloth.
-suggests women do not have a say, they are both arguing over who their sons will marry assuming the girl does not have a choice.
-traditional, clothing, idead about marriage.
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Anti-drink ad 'not effective'

James Randerson, science correspondent
The Guardian,
Monday December 10 2007

A drinks industry-funded campaign to encourage responsible drinking in the run up to Christmas is ill-conceived, according to researchers who have studied young people's attitudes to alcohol.
"The Choice Is Yours" campaign features two adverts each depicting a very different night out. One ends in drunken behaviour, embarrassment and a hangover, while the other shows the positive and sociable side of responsible drinking.
But the researchers say that the drunken antics depicted in the "bad" night out are seen by most young people as part of a bonding experience with friends.
"I don't think it will be really effective," said Professor Christine Griffin of Bath University, who led the study.
She said that even nights culminating in a trip to casualty are often seen as a badge of honour by young drinkers. She said that focusing on the longer-term consequences of drinking would be more effective.
The researchers gathered information on attitudes to drinking by conducting 10 structured focus groups with men and women aged 18 to 25, plus four interviews. The research will be published in the International Journal of Drug Policy.
The £3m "The Choice Is Yours" campaign is funded by Diageo. The company's latest ad campaign for Guinness, which was filmed in the Andes, cost £10m. The company said: "We're proud of our adverts. They are strategically sound, evidence based and not designed to simply grab headlines."

This article says that the advert about dangerous drinking is not effective because what the show as a 'bad' night out is the way youngsters socialise nowadays and what they see as 'fun'. Instead they should include the consequences of dangerous drinking.

I partially agree that the advert should include the consequences of dangerous drinking instead of the hangovers etc because everyone knows that happens and it is just part of the experience/fun of the night out. People will not stop drinking from embarassment, drunken behaviour and a hangover because they know thats what happens when you get drunk.

Effects Theory
suggests the audience is 'passive'-believeing the media. Associated with the 'hypodermic needle model' which suggests the audience is being injected with ideologies and as a result creating a hegemonic society because the ruling class will pass down their ideologies and values, and because the audience are 'passive' they will believe them.

Media guardian:

Heat pays out in Jordan row
Chris Tryhorn and Stephen Brook
Guardian Unlimited
Tuesday December 4 2007
Katie Price - aka Jordan - has withdrawn her complaint about a Heat sticker mocking her disabled son Harvey after the magazine apologised in today's edition and made a donation to charity.
The Press Complaints Commission has now dropped a formal investigation into the sticker, which showed Harvey's face and was captioned "Harvey wants to eat me".
Today Heat published an apology headed "Harvey - sorry" on its letters page, admitting it had made a "mistake" by printing the sticker of Harvey, who is blind and has a hormone problem that causes weight gain.
"It was never our intention to cause offence to Harvey's family and friends nor to you, our readers," the apology said. "In particular, it was never our aim to make fun of Harvey's disabilities.
"We now accept that the decision to include this sticker was a mistake and we recognise that it has caused offence, not only to Katie and Peter Andre, but to a number of readers.
"Immediately following publication, we apologised unreservedly to Katie and Peter. We wish to apologise publicly to Harvey, Katie and Peter for any embarrassment and distress caused.
"Heat has voluntarily decided to make a donation to The Vision Charity, an organsiation that Katie and her family have worked with over a number of years, as a mark of its regret."
Last week Price and her husband, Peter Andre, lodged a complaint about the sticker, one of 50 given away by the Emap-owned magazine.
They cited clauses 6 and 12 of the PCC's code of practice, which deal with the protection of children and discrimination.

I think this is so wrong of Heat to do. Its expected from a trashy magazine like that anyway, but this has gone too far because i think its so rude. No one would want someone cussing their child, especially if they had a disability. It is expected for magazines like this to pick on celebrities because that is what happens if youre a celeb, but not an innocent child. And i think Katie should not have withdrawn the complaint, she should have sewed them so they would have been even more publicly humiluated and their reputation would have gone down the drain, which is what they deserve after this.

Denis McQuail
Information - The news, newspapers,
Learning - documentaries, books, news.
Personal identity ?
Integration and social interaction?
Entertainment - films, comedies, internet.

Blumler + Katz (1974)
Why audience members might consume a text
4 main reasons :
Diversion-escapismt from reality.
as a route of escapism from reality. I would usually watch a film or comedy, such as fresh prince of bel air or friends, as this has nothing to do with real issues which are going on. i also use the internet for escapism.

Personal relationships-i watch two soaps, Eastenders and neighbours.

Personal identity-constructing individual identity and characteristics from characters in the media


Surveillance- informational programmes, such as the news.
i like to watch the news once a day to know what is going on. I usually watch BBC 24 because you can watch it whenever.