¶ … TV news channels and online media for breaking the latest and hottest news first and taking the credit of being more alert and efficient. This paper compares the news delivered by different news channel websites regarding an important incident of this year "Killing of Osama Bin Laden" which took place on 1st May 2011 in Pakistan. Following paragraphs will compare how different news channel websites portrayed this story:
CNN World
CNN declared Osama's killing news by calling Osama the "most prominent face of terror in America" was killed as said by the U.S. officials and they confirm to have his dead body.
The later part of the new article explains bin Laden's story; from his birth in Saudi Arabia to his leading of Al-Qaeda, which is a terrorist network behind the September 11, 2001 attacks. The news also states the destruction that was caused by the four hijacked planes and the number of people died.
This online news does not provide any details regarding what actually happened and how Osama was killed. The readers will be more interested in finding out how was he killed instead of knowing his life story.
2. Arab News
Arab News breaks this news by giving it a title of "Bin Laden's luck finally runs out" as this time his luck didn't work. In the first few lines, the summary of the story is given that Osama was killed in Abbottabad, Pakistan on early Monday in result of U.S. raid at Osama's hidden place near a military complex and he was quickly buried at sea. Now this is something, the people really are interested to find out that what happened exactly and where is Osama.
The later part of the news is also attention catching as it explains the story in detail stating how was the operation conducted, who else was killed, why was Osama buried in sea and how DNA test and other proves confirm that he was really Osama. The last part of the news explains briefly how Osama's planning harmed U.S. A decade back and also states that security has been tighten in U.S. In order to face any consequences...
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