Media
Venezuela President Hugo Chavez announced that he had cancer in 2011, and since then, headlines have frequently related to his health. For the most part, these articles provide a means by which to also comment on Chavez's politics, persona, and policy: all of which are controversial. Therefore, it is fruitful to examine differential coverage of Chavez's deteriorating health from a number of different news sources from around the world. Headlines in March, 2013 reveal that the president's health has taken a turn for the worse and he might not survive much longer. The following analysis draws from two American news sources (CNN and the Miami Herald) and two foreign but English-language news sources (BBC and the Irish Examiner).
Positioning of the Story: Newspaper Section, Size and Location
The position of the story reveals much about the editorial board's valuation of the story.
BBC
The Chavez story is on the front page of the BBC website, but is not the Top News story -- an honor given today to the stock markets. This is likely because Chavez has been in the news for quite some time, and unless he passed away or there was truly nothing else of note to report, is unlikely to enjoy Top News status. The news story is located in the Latin America section of the BBC World website.
CNN
Logged in the Latin America section just as with the BBC, CNN also gives the Chavez story secondary front-page placement. Interestingly, both the BBC and CNN place the story in a box to the left of the main story. However, CNN led not with the stock markets but with the Pope.
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