news Analysis numero Uno

Toddler Killed In Crewe House Fire

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-11806392

        This Article is from the BBC website, in the UK/London section. It was the second article on the list Although this story is exceptionally tragic, it doesn't really have to do with me, or with anyone in London, except for the neighborhood in which this happened. The story claims that a two year old boy died in a fire. His mother was passing two other children out the window to her neighbors before the fire crew got there. The two year old was rescued but died at the scene. The mother, the surviving children, and two neighbors were taken to hospital. Two of the neighbors had tried saving the toddler and that how they got injured. At the end of the Article, I quote: "Gus O'Rourke, group manager at Cheshire Fire and Rescue Service, urged people to check smoke alarms in their homes were working properly to avoid further "tragic incidents". Neighbors said the family had only recently moved to the house."

This new is not useful whatsoever to anyone except that family. The only good thing it could do is make everyone want to check their smoke alarm so that that wouldn't happen to them. 

The Norris 5:

- Informative vs Superficial:

 This article seams to be informative since it has who,what,where and why, however there's not much information. The story itself is very blunt and short, and barely any quotations. 

- Accurate and Truthful vs False and Deceptive

     The story is somewhat accurate. It tells us where exactly everything happened, and who was involved. It didn't go much into detail though, which makes it seam as thought it's false and deceptive. Plus, i googled the story to see what i found, and there wasn't much to find.
     Also, the quotes were only from one source, which was one of the fire men. the parents weren't interviewed, and not much was said on exactly what happened..it was very brief as if on being said on TV.  

- Objective vs Biased

This story was biased although it attempted to be objective. they didn't get into enough detail, or interview enough people. they said the police were conducting an investigation and that the firefighters were working in really hard conditions and that some of them were injured. they then mentioned the fact that people should check their fire alarms, and most of the story is targeted towards the family with the toddler that got killed. according to the article the family that lost their two year old just moved into that house, which targets them and puts them to blame. nothing was said about the building, and what caused the fire, who might have been responsible.

- Pluralistic vs Insular Viewpoint
Insular viewpoint. The story was coming from the viewpoint of the firefighters, and the chief, they had the most quotes and the most complaints 

- Balanced vs Weighted Side
Weighted side, towards the firefighters, the parents in this situation look really bad... though they did nothing wrong what so ever, and they also had just lost their child.