Newspaper Analysis

BBC -
RBS to close one in four branches and shed 680 jobs


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-42192641


1. Entertainment Value:
RBS (Royal Bank of Scotland) announces that it will be closing 259 branches, as 680 jobs will also be cut. This is because more and more people are using the online banking service, as an alternative to entering the branch. This may not be seen as very entertaining to some, especially considering the 680 employees being made redundant. From looking at various tweets about this situation, the overall audience reaction seems to be negative on the whole:

Ian Blackford - MP
"        They are turning their backs on rural Scotland. This will impact personal customers and businesses. RBS must think again. They have a duty to their customers.        "

Here, Ian has a negative reading towards this decision from the bank. John Swinney says:

John Swinney
"          Unacceptable that RBS plan to have no branches in Highland Perthshire with proposed closures in Pitlochry and Aberfeldy. Must reconsider.           "  

The fact that there are plans to have no branches in Highland Perthshire shows that most of the entertainment value of this article comes from the outrage towards the closure, as an entire area not having a RBS near it will cause a lot of people to be outraged.

Severin Carrell tweeted: "This @BBCScotlandNews list of @RBS branch closures is pretty much a roll-call of any small town in Scotland."

This clearly highlights the outrage from the audience, as it is clear many people, considering some of the audience reading this may be from Scotland, especially small towns so it directly effects them.

Overall, the BBC article is mostly unbiased, presenting mostly facts and quotes. The quotes come mainly from Scottish people, such as Severin Carrell, a Scottish journalist. Other quotes come directly from the RBS, so this article shows both sides of the story.


The Guardian -
Children in poor areas exposed to five times as many fast food takeaways


This article is very factual, presenting three graphs near the very start of the article. The article presents itself as unbiased, though it is still evident that a narrative is produced in this article. 


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