Comparison of Newspaper Headlines

Newspaper headline creates a powerful centre and interpretation of the whole article. This collection of words sums up the entire base and represents in totality the equally significant lead. A headline intrigues and awakens or grabs a readers interest. At the aforementioned(prenominal) time, it reinforces the intellectual aspect of the reading popular through the rational and logical contentment gained when a reader successfully on a lower floorstands a discussionpaper headline. A story headline strengthens ones sense of be to his or her community in two ways first, through the references to ones sustain society and nation and second, through stereotyped representations of other countries and citizens.News organizations on the internet generally aim to post headlines on the website that will rive and leave an impact to search engine crawlers and internet visitors as often as the regular printed newsworthiness readers. For this purpose, two negatively-toned or presented ne ws headlines of the same story can have different interpretations and effects on the readers. such examples are that of the news about the comment of President Bush on the alleged establishment and working out of U.S. bases in Africa. These are the news from the MSNBC website under the headline Bush U.S. wont urinate new Africa bases and the other news article from the Aljazeera website carrying the headline Bush denies Africa expansion plan (MSNBC, 2008 Aljazeera, 2008).The MSNBC and Aljazeera news headlines were two stated in a negative manner. The former headline (from MSNBC) was presented as an obvious direct quote, apparently coming straight from the U.S. President. The second headline, on the other hand, appears to have been delivered by a second source, not by President Bush himself. The headline by the Aljazeera news implies that denial is the familiar and standard official statement from the White House and not a strong affirmation that the U.S. will definitely not bu ild bases and spread their force power in Africa.Although the said two headlines are fair pessimistic in tone, the MSNBC direct quote headline appears to be to a greater extent effective than the Aljazeera denial headline. This is because the headline was written in a straight-forward plea of President Bush that U.S. will not (by using the term wont) build new Africa bases. Readers of today are always in a knock while accessing vast amount of information from thousands of websites. Thus, the MSNBC headline addresses the basic tendency of internet news organizations of catching the attention and immediate comprehension of online news readers. The MSNBC headline is even beefed up by what is called the subhead (with the phrases President dismisses whistle). This subhead supports and reinforces the main headline which imparts a definite statement that the U.S. is in spades not building new U.S. bases in the African continent.ReferencesAljazeera. (2008, February 20). Bush denies A frica expansion plan. Retrieved February 21, 2008, from http//www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23252017/ MSNBC. (2008, February 20). Bush U.S. wont build new Africa bases. President dismisses talk of more military bases on continent as baloney. Retrieved February 21, 2008, from http//english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/1D97988F-6FFB-4BD0-8C43- C3F8420F79B1.htm.