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This article covers comments President Trump made during a press conference on 25 August. The article certainly skews a bit critical of the American President, but states only fact. This news source is covering American politics, arguably better than many American news outlets.

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‘Maybe we like a dictator’: Trump defends his federal crackdown on cities

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During a rambling appearance in the Oval Office, the US president complained he was not getting credit for clamping down on crime and immigration, and praised North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un.

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Netanyahu Speaks Favorably of President Trump

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In this article Netanyahu both praises former President Bidens support of Israel directly following October 7th, 2024, while also condemning Pres. Biden for the "vilification of Israel" in the months that followed when Israel continued its attack and genocide in Palestine.

Overall praising President Trump's support of Israel and its continued massacre of Gaza and the West Bank.

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Benjamin Netanyahu: October 7 wouldn’t have happened under Donald Trump | The Jerusalem Post

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PM: ‘Iran would have been more careful’ if Trump was in White House • ‘Biden threatened to impose an arms embargo on Israel, warned not to enter Rafah’

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Though published within 24 hours of each other, the two articles could not be more polarized in describing events relating the U.S. to the respective reporting countries.

Intended Audience: I think both articles intended to reach both national and international audiences. Most importantly, I think they are national focused. The intent seems to be "which side will this country as a whole normalize and support in regard to American politics affecting world politics?"

Tone: The tone's are vastly different in both publications. The tone of the Australian paper is critical, cautionary and gives the reader the message that these are not normal or non-violent sentiments by the American President. The Israeli paper is pejorative to the crisis in both Israel and the U.S. It's tone is normalizing the stark authoritarianism from both leaders.

Lastly, while the Australian article had a wide variety of photos accompanying the story, the only photos in the entire article in the Israeli paper are solo shots of PM Netanyahu. The cover photo being when he and President Trump had a dinner at the White House this past Monday, and President Trump is blurred to near unrecognition. A clear intent to prop up PM Netanyahu as a strong, incisive world leader.

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Feel-Good 'Humanitarian' Aid to Ethiopia

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Feel-Good 'Humanitarian' Aid to Ethiopia

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This piece highlights a Israeli ophthalmologist and his team bringing eye care to pop-up clinics in Ethiopia. This story is about a very small team of Israeli doctors who served a small portion of needy people. The story focuses primarily on the people and the work being done and really praises the work of the Israeli team. I found myself being really critical of this article, painting these Israeli doctors as saviors to this Ethiopian community, given the crisis happening in Palestine at the hands of Israel. Ultimately this is a feel-good piece to praise Israeli excellence and altruism.

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Israel’s doctors heal visually impaired Ethiopians | The Jerusalem Post

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In one refugee camp, an 11-year-old girl who had suffered from poor vision for years burst into laughter and tears of joy after receiving her first pair of glasses.

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These are two different stories when it comes to content, so comparing them is a bit like apples to oranges.

However, I would say that my overall assessment of the two news sources laid out at the top of my Padlet are accurately portrayed in these two articles. The Sydney Herald continues to peddle mostly straight news with little apparent bias. Their article successfully lays out of the facts of the situation, cautions with sound medical advice and provides information of government response. The Jerusalem Post takes a more of a bias point of view with lots of personal quotes and conjecture. This article did include some more factual information like the number of patients treated, dates and timelines of the organization's work, and the scope of their trip. However, the bulk of the article could be considered biased. As a human-interest story, versus a public health event it makes sense that the tones of the two articles wouldn't be directly comparable.

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One of the most striking perceptions I have when comparing these two articles is the tone. Israel mentions how this accusation comes back to attacks against PM Netanyahu and the state of Israel. The Sydney Herald published a story about the situation in Thailand and Australia was not mentioned even once.

Additionally, both stories use photos to sway their viewers. There is 1 photo in the Australian article and 2 photos in the Israeli article. In the Israeli story, accompanying the photo of ICC Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan, whom the story is intended to be about, there is a photo of PM Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant.

The specific photos they chose are also really intriguing when we look at the composition and quality. The photo of the former Thai PM, Paetongtarn Shinawatra, is a normal, clear photo. She even looks quite beautiful with a soft smile on her face. The photo that the Israeli editors chose was a blurry, potentially green-screen photo of ICC Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan. He looks angry and is mid-sentence. Both articles are based on reportedly 'scandalous' or 'malfeasant' acts by the article's subjects, but one purposely paints the subject as angry. The other could potentially be described by critics as a glorification of the subject, as it's a nice photo they chose of her.

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This article very simply cautions Australians that a "unknowingly infectious" person landed in Australia and could potentially infect people. The person was left anonymous; the article is simply fact telling with a slight lean towards a cautionary message. It was not promoting any particular agenda, though to anti-vaxing communities, it may "skew progressive" from an American point of view. But for educated and vaccinated individuals, which the article points out that many Australians are (93.8% of Australians are fully vaccinated against measles), it's simple a news report on something poignant that they may want to be aware and cautious of.

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Measles alert issued south of Brisbane after traveller tests positive

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A measles alert has been issued for communities south of Brisbane after a traveller retuning from Bali returned a positive test.

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Thai Prime Minister officially given the boot after suspension for 'unethical behavior'

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Thai Prime Minister officially given the boot after suspension for 'unethical behavior'

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The fascinating thing about this article isn't just the story that it tells. For someone who knows nothing about Thai government or politics, it was interesting to learn more about the nature of this scandal that I probably would never have heard about were it not for this article. I learned a lot. But that's not what shocked me. Though this story was published in an Australian newspaper, it doesn't need to relate to Australians or the Australians government. But it gets published any way because it's news! It's good information. It doesn't have to directly relate to Australians just to be a noteworthy event worth educating ourselves about.

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Thailand's suspended Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra has been officially sacked, making her the fourth person from her extended family to be ousted from the top job by a court or military coup.

The case in the Constitutional Court centred on supposed ethical violations that stemmed from a leaked phone call with Cambodia's de facto leader Hun Sen. Many, though, will see the court's decision on Friday as more meddling by Thailand's powerful military and royalist establishment.

Now-former Thai prime minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra. Credit: AP

Paetongtarn, the daughter of former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, was given her chance last year after the same court dismissed Srettha Thavisin, also for unethical behaviour - Srettha had given a cabinet job to a former lawyer with a murky history.

At 37, she became the country's youngest prime minister.

Paetongtarn's controversial phone call with Hun Sen in June came as the two countries were on the brink of armed conflict, which eventually broke out in late July. The leaked recording revealed Paetongtarn calling Hun Sen, who is an old family friend, "uncle" and offering to "take care of" whatever Cambodia wanted.

She also denigrated a senior military commander, a serious faux pax in Thailand. Even Hun Sen, who by then had turned sharply against the Shinawatras, suggested this criticism was a direct insult to the king, who issues the decrees to appoint generals.

Paetongtarn, from her father's Pheu Thai party, regretted the language in the call, but insisted it was a negotiating tactic.

But the court on Friday ruled 6-3 that Paetongtarn put her private interests before those of the nation, damaging its reputation and causing a loss of public confidence.

"Due to a personal relationship that appeared aligned with Cambodia, the respondent was consistently willing to comply with or act in accordance with the wishes of the Cambodian side," the court said in a statement.

Speaking after the verdict, the now-former prime minister urged unity and stability.

"The verdict today caused a change in Thai politics," she said. "We all have to help, all sides, whether government or opposition, or the people, all of us have to work together to build political stability and to ensure that there won't be another turning point again."

Paetongtarn was suspended by the court on July 1 while it considered the petition against her from a group of senators. Phumtham Wechayachai, the caretaker prime minister, will continue in that role until parliament selects a new leader.

Under Thai rules, only five people are eligible for the job. These are the remaining candidates who were put forward by their respective parties before the 2023 election

Chaikasem Nitisiri, 77, is the only candidate left from Paetongtarn and Srettha's Pheu Thai.

Others include former leader Prayuth Chan-ocha, who led a coup in 2014, and Anutin Charnvirakul, a deputy premier before he withdrew his party from the governing coalition over the leaked phone call.

With Paetongtarn's exit, the Shinawatra family's star is fading. But while Pheu Thai was once the scourge of the establishment elites - seen by many Thais as the puppet masters of politics and the judiciary - it has more recently served as a political buffer against more progressive, and increasingly popular, political parties.

The Move Forward Party actually won the 2023 election, but its leader Pita Limjaroenrat was blocked from forming government. Srettha, from Pheu Thai, was then made prime minister.

Then, the Constitutional Court dissolved Move Forward last year because the party wished to amend the harsh lèse-majesté laws that make it criminal to insult the royal family.

Thaksin this month escaped punishment for his own alleged Lèse-majesté offences from a decade ago, but faces more court action next month.

He rose to power on a tide of populism in 2001, only to be ousted in a coup in 2006. His sister Yingluck Shinawatra was removed as prime minister by the court in 2014, shortly before yet another coup. The elder Shinawatras' brother-in-law, Somchai Wongsawat, briefly served as prime minister in 2008, before he too was moved on by the court.
With Reuters.

Connect via Zach Hope is South-East Asia correspondent. He is a former reporter at the Brisbane Times. email.

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Another Thai prime minister bites the dust after Constitutional Court ruling

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Thailand's suspended Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra has been officially sacked.

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International Criminal Court Chief Prosecutor Accused 

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This article was a roller coaster. It supposedly is about the Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Karim Khan and sexual misconduct claims from a second woman. After 4 very short paragraphs, the story steers away from any sexual misconduct claims whatsoever and talks about political conjecture. For six large paragraphs, the article connotes that the current case against Israel's Prime Minister, Benajmin Netanyahu is a prime element as to why these accusations are coming to light. It's baseless conjecture draws a very thin connection between the ICCs decision to prosecute Israel's PM and these claims of sexual misconduct. To use the final quote from the article, "The decision (to file warrants for Israeli leaders as a result of the genocide in Gaza), the report noted, came shortly after the initial misconduct allegation surfaced, prompting speculation that the announcement may have served to distract from Khan’s own legal troubles.

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ICC’s Karim Khan faces second sexual misconduct accusation | The Jerusalem Post

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A former intern says Khan made repeated unwanted advances in 2009, as a UN watchdog reportedly investigates multiple misconduct claims against the ICC prosecutor.

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This is quite a lengthy article. It has a very personal touch with a copious number of quotes from the deceased's mother. Almost too many. The article felt less like a dive into the soldier's life and memory, and more of a tribute from his mom. The article is written as if in her own voice. There are parts where the story comments on feelings his siblings have, but any direct quotes, even regarding other people in his life, are from his mother. There is not much diversity in the opinions or experiences with the supposed subject of the post. It's more about the mother and her grappling with the loss of her son.

Otherwise, the article is a memoriam, so it definitely has a biased tone towards their country's soldier dying.

The article did not mention the refugee camp school that was attacked and killed 17, wounding 80 Palestinians on the same day.

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Family of fallen IDF soldier reflect on memories | The Jerusalem Post

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DOMESTIC AFFAIRS: An Efrat mother remembers her fallen soldier son as a ‘soul that came down to earth with a purpose.’

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Olympic runners and an Australian run-club heart-warming story

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Olympic runners and an Australian run-club heart-warming story

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This is how you publish a human-interest story, in my opinion. The story is full of great information, so I learned so much about this little run-club called the Blue Line Legends. The club trains and runs marathons together. This article highlights some of the older members of the club that have run upwards of 100 marathons in their life. The story does a great job of establishing a base of knowledge around the sport and the club, so that when the article covers this run club greeting and meeting Olympic medalists coming in town for the Sydney Marathon. The story is written and organized in such a way that the reader forms a bit of an attachment to the subjects of the story and really care that they got to meet some of their heroes. The photos the article uses along with personal quotes from the subjects of the article make it a great piece to both learn and feel happy!

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The exclusive club that welcomed Eliud Kipchoge to Sydney

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There are only six members of the Blue Line Legends, an elite group of runners whose story traces back to the Sydney Olympics a quarter-century ago.

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These two articles are quite similar in their intent and message. A person or persons of interest and a dive into a specific niche that relates to them. They are both complimentary towards their respective countries, as both are highlighting citizens of their nations. Therefore, the intended audience is the citizens of their respective countries to be proud of their fellow citizen. The style and method in which they both do this are less similar though. The photos for example are very indicative of the intended tone of the article. One being happy, inspirational and heart-warming, the other being somber, retrospective and panegyrical. Additionally, my individual break down of the individual articles addresses the words used and how the numerous quotes from a single source, versus select few quotes from a variety of sources impacts the message of the stories.

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I hope this breakdown and assessment met the expectations of the assignment!

I learned so much and really enjoyed comparing news outlets from outside the U.S.

It was a great way to become more informed and learn how to be analytical in my media consumption!

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How the outlets compare with each other and why.

One of the most interesting things I noted while surfing both of these publications' websites, was their separate focuses.

The Sydney Morning Herald has topics ranging from Politics, Business, World, Sydney (Aus), Food, Lifestyle, Traveller and Sport. This is a WIDE variety of news topics. They even have a wide array of subtopics that are clearly identified in every headline. The headline "I searched 'Trump' and 'golf'. Now the algorithms think I'm a white supremacist" is under the 'opinion' subcategory 'racism'. Amongst many others, there's Education, LGBTQ, Sexual Health, Cinema and more. This publication seems to mostly publish news. Pure and simple. Even with their opinion pieces, there is conjecture and room to be wrong.

In stark contrast, the only headline tabs for different types of news available on the Jerusalem Post are Israel News, World News, Middle East and Business & Innovation. Their subcategories are listed as "Archaeology, Read-Estate, Health & Wellness, Kabbalah, Environment, Antisemitism, Podcasts, and Aliyah. The variety and options of the types of news you're getting depending on which site you choose to consume media from, is drastically unequal. The Jerusalem Post seems to be less reporting and leans quite a bit more towards what I would consider propaganda.

In the traditional U.S. self-interest, I was also intrigued to see how even in categories that weren't "world news", the Israeli paper used U.S. and global news in much of their reporting, regardless of the niche. For example, in the Business & innovation section, there's an entire article about Trump and Truth Social's use of AI, with the article following being about Trump and his 10% equity stake in Intel. Whereas I had to scroll into the subcategories of Business articles under 'Banking and Finance' on The Sydney Herald for a significantly longer time before finding a U.S. related article. And, again, this article was headlined "Trump's diabolical plan to take control of the Fed rings alarm bells". And that was the only U.S. related article I could find for quite some time when continuing to search. The tone of these two papers truly could not be more different.

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1) Audience

My impression of this news source is both heavily targeting Israeli's and surrounding countries with interest. I would allege that they have another target audience high in their list of priorities; anyone interested in the on-going conflict in that region of the world.

The Jerusalem Post is not paywalled, but there are a obscene number of advertisements. From the constant small photos on side of every article and home page, to the video ads that kept popping up, to ads that interrupted a scroll through any article and filled the screen to the point that you had to find the tiny 'close' button. A lot of ads.

2) Tone

All I can say about the tone of this source apart from the analysis included below is that it felt like they were pushing an agenda. Not a single article I read felt as though it was reporting straight facts. It's inevitable, I believe, to often have a bias to any written work, but the bias seems, frankly, not so carefully deliberate.

3) News Mix Above the Scroll

I would say that there is not a lot of great diversity in choice of topics. Additionally, many of the articles are covering very similar topics. For example, a large majority of the articles I saw were either related to President Trump, the United States or the Palestinian genocide (which of course is very skewed towards Israel's narrative of the situation). It goes without saying that this makes sense, given the conflict going on in their very own country. However, the lack of any attempt to include much else was notable.

4) Pictures

The Israeli paper tended to lean on photography a lot to tell the story, but also to tell the story from a specific lens. It was evident that the photos taken were meant to give a particular color to each story.

5) Words

The articles in this newspaper seemed slightly lengthier and more tended to use a lot of quotes from sources. Much of the content was either conjecture, bias, or altogether unsubstantiated. It tended to use a lot more flowery language and adjectives to describe simple statements.

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1) Audience

I would say that the primary intended audience of this paper would be Australians, with a more specific second priority of reaching Australians who are connected to the city of Sydney. Their intent doesn't much seem to be getting readers from outside their country or continent. Their content feels more exclusive as many of their articles, specifically local articles are paywalled. They seem to be targeting a more specific type of person. Australians who care about a variety of topics and have a strong desire to stay informed, thus willing to pay for the content.

2) Tone

The general tone of this news source could be described as informative. I learned quite a bit clicking through articles as much of the tone was informational and to the point. Not to say there wasn't bias or the occasional scandalous or feel-good opinion pieces. However, these pieces were dwarfed by the presence of numerous objective, veritable stories.

3) News Mix Above the Scroll

I think this source did quite a good job of choosing a wide variety of stories. Their mix was interesting, eye catching and could fit nearly anyone's particular fancy. There were important factoids alongside a kitschy, feel-good stories. A large majority of the articles tended to stay true to their intended audience while remaining multifaceted and varied.

4) Pictures

They tended to use less pictures, but the photos they did choose were strong, very descriptive photos that acted as tools to tell the stories more effectively. Their photos tended to be less biased. I would argue that maybe even the photos they choose are inherently skewed to the positive regardless of the divisive nature of whomever they were reporting on. For example, Donald Trump tends to have a multitude of unpleasant photos to choose from, but photos of him were typically still ones that made him look almost normal or fair.

5) Words

Aside from moments of national pride or warning of dangerous events or ideologies, this news source was quite to the point with their words. They tended to use factual statements and strayed away from allegations or conjecture.