Coverage about the latest Selebi case read in both The Star newspaper as well as the Daily News; represent the exact same story stating the background behind the story. It is believed that reasons for the case being raised again include the fact that “Selebi's defence team are fighting for it to be shown in open court”. As a result hype surrounding the case has begun again. It is believed that Selebi's defence team wants to release a video showing Glenn Agliotti turning against the scorpions in court in the duration of 2008.
This article represents a recent news article that was a previous issue and has been brought up again with regards to matters surrounding the topic. These newspaper articles are factual with a sense of humor attached to the story line. This paper uses play on words to emphasize the meaning and add character to its articles. An example of this style is shown in Alex Eliseev work, “To play or not to play, this is the question that stopped proceedings in the Jackie Selebi trial this morning.
Mail & Guardian Online take a different approach to their style of writing and this is expressed through the article as it goes into precise detail about the story and it is evident that there is a need for a good story that is fully explained. This newspaper includes videos and different people’s opinions in order to back up theories made. Mail and Guardian takes a formal approach in its writing as well as the presentation.
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Slamming Selebi
Moon Goes Boom!
For the past few days, there has been hype all over the internet about the bombing of the moon that NASA was in charge of (no surprise there). After all of the publicity it got, you would expect it to have made more of an impact wouldn't you?
According to POPSCI, the two spacecrafts crashing into the moon had sucha minor impact that NASA could have gotten away with it without telling anyone. All of the eager astronomers and stargazers were disappinted that nothing big happened for them to see through their telescopes. The question is: Why does NASA think that bombing the moon is justified? Sure, they might find frozen water under the surface but shouldn't they just let nature take its course?
I have a feeling that this won't be their only attempt at finding water and that the next one might not be as gentle. If this is so, how would it affect the tides? Would it not be dangerous to all life on this planet? NASA says that if they do find water then it would be possible for human habitation on the moon. My theory is this: There is only this planet for us to live on. If we have destroyed it in any way then that is our fault, but it does not mean that we have to destroy it even further by destroying something else that is relatively close to this planet. Comments from Sky New also reflect this.
Friday, October 9, 2009
Pegasus Spreads His Magic
