Hollande vs. Trierweiler— Matthew Camacho

Differences

Each of the articles describing the French president’s affair had its own way of telling the story. The NY Times had a rather professional tone to it as it mostly is just stating facts rather than trying to analyze the situation. In addition it also left out the name of the event that Ms. Trierweiler was preparing to leave to attend. Instead, it just called it a “charity” while all the other articles named it and specified what it was for. El Pais also had a professional tone to it but included a little more details of the situation. It touched upon a little of politics when in the last paragraph, they mentioned how Hollande’s presidency is viewed in front of the eyes of the French. La Jornada en Linea, on the other hand, wrote very little of the situation. Rather, it analyzed it in a political way. The newspaper looked how this affair affected him in his presidency and described how it has been plummeting for awhile. This affair was just another event that will destroy his reputation even more. El Mundo, like El Pais, described the situation and was very limited in analyzing its effect on French politics and economy. The Guardian, however, mainly focused on the affair itself. The newspaper cited sources, friends, and even lawyers to get their point of view of the situation. They dug deep into the situation and reported what they have found. Unlike the other articles, The Guardian had a less professional view and more of a “story-telling” view where they tried to get opinions from various sources.

Analysis

All the articles had a different mindset when writing their articles. The NY Times, for example, knew what kind of readers they mostly have: business people. Therefore, they reported facts throughout the article, knowing that business people have limited time to read and just need to know the facts. El Pais and El Mundo did something similar but decided to add a bit of politics into it. They know their readers have a bit more time and decided to add politics to show the impact of this affair. La Jornada en Linea seems to have a completely different class of viewers as it told the story in a completely different manner. This could be due that perhaps most readers of La Jornada might be politicians and people interested in politics rather than the story itself. The Guardian was more interested in the story itself and retold it in a magazine-type manner. The Guardian’s readers might be people who want all the facts and opinions of the matter. Therefore, the story was told in this manner. The main objective of these articles are for people to buy their stories and entertain them. All these articles are from different countries and culture also played a part in its telling. Different people want to hear different things of the same situation and the publishers were well aware of this. Therefore, each of the articles had their own way of reporting the affair of the French president.