Sunday, 8 January 2017

A2 Weekly News Update 9

THE QUEEN IS BACK!

My story this week comes from the Daily Mail, and shares the fantastic news that the Queen has recovered from her nasty illness after a month indoors.. Yes a month! And she is now back to reporting to her duties, which included a church service at Sandringham Palace on Sunday 8th January where she was joined by Prince Phillip, and William and Kate. 

It is very rare that the Queen does not attend events throughout the year, of course everyone gets ill and this cannot be helped, but as a result of the multiple deaths that occured during 2016, it was no wonder that the public went into meltdown about the Queen's health when 4 weeks went by and she had missed the Christmas Day and New Years Day services. 

 Tweets such as this one poured out about the Queen on Christmas Day:
'There's 6 days of 2016 left, someone hold down the Queen and keep her well'

 Why did I find this story so interesting?

 As this story is from the Daily Mail, it is a reoccurring thing that stories are exaggerated from this newspaper. So this article caught my eye for this reason, and also for the reason that I am a very proud fan of the Queen.
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4 comments:

  1. Unknown8 January 2017 at 13:36

    Your article was very interesting considering the uprising of stories concerning The Queen. You clearly stated your source and backed it up with visual evidence. It is very heartbreaking to learn about the Queens health conditions and how other articles from newspapers like the Sun, state how the Queen will be relieving herself from certain royal duties and so on.

    Your article was very informative, well done. :)

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  2. Unknown8 January 2017 at 13:54

    Does this give an interesting representation of British National Identity? I liked how was added what drew you to this article as that shows your personal identity and your love for the queen. This was quite a big story written about in the major papers, could you triangulate?

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  3. Sophia8 January 2017 at 15:19

    You clearly identified your source and expressed your personal opinion, as well as explaining the convention of the Daily Mail in it having exaggerated headlines. You also explained the story well and provided wider context [tweets].

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  4. Anonymous9 January 2017 at 01:57

    I found this story interesting because off the fact that recently i have been hearing/reading stories about people thinking the queen may be close to her end. You've mentioned the source which is good for reference, and also gave an opinion as to why this story is good enough to be classed as news

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