Capital FM News Bulletin- 6pm

 

Running order for the news bulletin at 27th September @6pm:

1. Headline: Owner of Alton Towers pay record fine for rollercoaster crash last year.

Facts in the story:

• Merlin Attractions has to pay 5million pounds for the Smiler crash of rollercoaster.
• 5 people were injured

News Values:

Familiarity: This story is about what happened at Alton Towers and therefore it is geographically close to us.

Amplitude: It is a big event as it affected many people of rollercoaster and below.

Impact: This story will effect our own lives because it would tell us that at amusement parks, rollercoasters can crash and therefore makes us scared to go on it.

Surprised: This is an unexpected event because the Smiler rollercoaster is a popular rollercoaster, and this has not happened before on this ride, even though it was made new in 2012. 

Conflict: This event will create conflict between the families of people who died/injured and with Merlin Entertainments.

Negativity: This is bad news.

      2.  Headline: Sam Allardyce breaks football transfer rules.

Facts in the story:

• Sam Allardyce became England Manager only 67 days ago.
• Filmed video on how to break transfer rules.

News Values:

Surprised: This is an unusual event, because he just became the England manager and now did this bad event.

Continuity:  This story will be ongoing to see what will happen to Sam Allardyce to check if he will stay as manager or leave.

Negativity: This is bad news, especially for the England team and the supporters/fans.

       3. Headline: Teenager hacking TalkTalk

Facts in the story:

• 19 year old boy named Daniel Kelly, form South Wales
• Black mailing TalkTalk for 100 million pounds.
• Is in court.

News Values:

Familiarity: This story has happened at South Wales. Therefore it is geographically close to us.

Predictability: We expected this to happen because this sort of things happen frequently.

Negativity: This is bad news for the TalkTalk Company.

        4. Headline: First US Presidential debate

Facts in the story:

• Donald Trump claimed there was a problem with his microphone.
• The Republican nominee was asked lots of questions by his rival Hillary Clinton.

News Values:

Familiarity: This story happened at in USA and therefore is geographically close to us.

Predictability: We expected this to happen because it is Donald Trump.

Elite People: This story does contain big people such as Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton