Greece has been at the centre of much media attention over the several months because of the riots that were caused due to the fact that it is once again undergoing changes for the purpose of paying off their large amount of debt, these riots where caused because a large amount of the Greek population are opposed to the terms of the bailout seeing them as unfair (News.com, 2015). This investigation will explore how the media chooses to report the issue using three separate reports based on the issue. The first source titled “Rioters clash with police in Greece as vote looms on austerity measures” the second, “Greek riots: Petrol bombs thrown in Athens as Greece votes through austerity reforms” and the third titled, “Greece Riots Ensue One Day
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Evident by the summary sentence alone which says, “Rioting broke out in central Athens after Greece pushed a harsh austerity package through parliament.” (Belfast Telegraph, 2015) using ‘pushed’ and ‘harsh’ to make it look like the government was forcing its people into bad conditions, then using the next paragraph to say that the that the vote for the bill was causing trouble inside the governing party saying that the members where revolting against the elected prime minister (Belfast Telegraph, 2015), once again putting the blame on the Greek government and showing that their governing party is weak because they are split against each other, another paragraph was used to put even more emphasis on this point saying that 38 lawmakers defied the prime minister using a harsh word such as ‘defied’ to show just how split the group was then adding that the number of people included was almost a quarter of the group (Belfast Telegraph, 2015). An image which is provided below, was also added to this article adding to the receptiveness of the bias, this image shows the police officers chasing down the rioters giving them the vision of power over the rioters which is a clear match to the content of the report which is making the Government the one to blame for the situation. The final few paragraphs also share the same message saying that “banks and the stock exchange shut since June 29 and ATM cash withdrawals limited to 60 euro (£42) per day” (Belfast Telegraph, 2015) and also saying “Greeks have seen a dramatic decline in living standard” (Belfast Telegraph, 2015) these were added to show even more that the Government
Evident by the summary sentence alone which says, “Rioting broke out in central Athens after Greece pushed a harsh austerity package through parliament.” (Belfast Telegraph, 2015) using ‘pushed’ and ‘harsh’ to make it look like the government was forcing its people into bad conditions, then using the next paragraph to say that the that the vote for the bill was causing trouble inside the governing party saying that the members where revolting against the elected prime minister (Belfast Telegraph, 2015), once again putting the blame on the Greek government and showing that their governing party is weak because they are split against each other, another paragraph was used to put even more emphasis on this point saying that 38 lawmakers defied the prime minister using a harsh word such as ‘defied’ to show just how split the group was then adding that the number of people included was almost a quarter of the group (Belfast Telegraph, 2015). An image which is provided below, was also added to this article adding to the receptiveness of the bias, this image shows the police officers chasing down the rioters giving them the vision of power over the rioters which is a clear match to the content of the report which is making the Government the one to blame for the situation. The final few paragraphs also share the same message saying that “banks and the stock exchange shut since June 29 and ATM cash withdrawals limited to 60 euro (£42) per day” (Belfast Telegraph, 2015) and also saying “Greeks have seen a dramatic decline in living standard” (Belfast Telegraph, 2015) these were added to show even more that the Government