North Korea article comparison

The head line on New York Time “North Korea Says It Is Bolstering Its Nuclear Arsenal” is more of an objetive headline compared to the Sky News headline “North Korea's Nuclear Weapons Warning To US” it is making it sound more subjective against the United States, even if this is true or not Sky News is clearly more subjective then it’s counterpart.

Sky News under quote is this “The communist country says if the US continues its "reckless hostile policy", they are ready to use nuclear weapons any time." They put it there at the top to evoke interest, but also it seems to put it there to evoke people’s anger towards North Korea. New York Times also mention this, but in a paragraph later down in the story and do not try to make any thing of it. Then the under headline is the same as the quote to try to provoke more hostility toward The United States, this would make more sense if Sky News was an American news outlet. But it is British! The American New York Times is much more objective in this article. This is probably because Sky News are known for being one of the most conservative news outlet in the United Kingdom and when conservative and republican Fox News needs international sources they go Sky News. This is probably why this article is written how it is, to please the conservative American that would write an article like this.

Through out the rest of the article Sky News seems to write more about the aggressive parts of what the North Korean statements was about, compared to New York article that lays out other facts that can be connected to what was said by the North Koreans, while still keeping it relevant.

Then at the end of the Sky News article they just have a picture gallery with the description “Kim Jong-Un inspecting things”, this picture gallery is completely irrelevant to the story.

In conclution New York Times Article seems more relevant and almost completely objective, while the Sky News article in clearly directed towards conservatives and to evoke a reaction. It also includes some irrelevant information, like this quote “The US has about 28,500 troops in South Korea as deterrence against potential aggression from North Korea.” To make it feel like America is involved somehow, even though it is irrelevant to this particular case.

Links: Sky News, http://news.sky.com/story/1552722/north-koreas-nuclear-weapons-warning-to-us 

 New York Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/16/world/asia/north-korea-says-it-is-bolstering-its-nuclear-arsenal.html

Picture: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/northkorea/10065675/North-Korea-fires-short-range-missiles.html