Newspaper reports

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 Reporting vs Commenting 

7/9 magazines are right-wing and comment on news rather than reporting, whereas the 2 left-wing news are more likely to report rather than comment. However the Mirror does sometimes comment but the Guardian almost never does.  

So why are most of the newspapers right-wing viewpoints? Newspaper's are typically owned by wealthy individuals, and most rich people's viewpoints align with conservative political standpoints as they want to keep their money for themselves not be taxed to help services. 


2 main types of Newspapers :

 The headline on the front page of the Sun reads: "You're rehired"{Tabloid  The headline on the front page of the Daily Telegraph reads: "Trump's clean sweep" {Broadsheet






















Steve Neal 

Neal believes that genres are not fixed but constantly evolving. Genres influence one another creating hybrid genres. Products that link to another genre create intertextual relay. 

 For example: 

This advert has the genre of a newspaper report this shows intertextuality relay. 

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