News
For this assignment I used the news bulletins from Melbourne Cup Day on Tuesday the 4th of November. ... Seven News’ first story is about Makabye Diva winning the Cup. ... Seven News then moves to Tanner suing the state. ... The ABC News was quite different to that of its commercial counterpart. Like Seven News the leading story is about Makybe Diva winning Cup, but the ABC soon moves on to more substantial issues such as the flash flood in Indonesia, the export of wheat to Australia, $125 billion going to the war in Iraq, the outlawing of military groups in Australia, the arrival of illegal immigrants in Milikapiti, Tanner suing the state, a doctor banned for ten years, the proposed free trade agreement as a threat to Australian culture and the appointment of James Murdoch as head of Sky TV. ... Next there is a similar story to Seven News about Tanner suing the state.