Question

Please explain the differences in how two different news organizations (The Huffington Post and Fox News) are able to come up with different understandings of the same event based on their different perspectives, ideologies, and narrative frames.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/14/ferguson-protests-police-response_n_5677741.html

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2014/08/14/police-clash-with-michael-brown-shooting-protesters-in-ferguson-two-reporters/

Answer 1

The Huff post reports the demonstration and agitation of people against the police shooting at Ferguson that killed an 18 year American African Michael Brown. The article reports from the perspective of the demonstrators and speaks about the police brutalities and mishandling of police towards the people during the peaceful protest. It excludes the law breaking that had occurred from the side of protestors during the clash. In this clash two reporters were killed and the Huff Post's reporter was detained for a night by the police. This anger is expressed in the article.

The Fox news reports this incidence in a balanced way. It criticizes police force for it's brutalities and killing of innocent lives both during the protest and the incident in which Michael Brown lost his life. It tries to bring out the realities before the public in an unbiased manner. It also reports the law breaking incidents by the public during the protests. It gives weightage to the racial profiling that sparked up the whole event and looks at the incident from this perspective.