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Newspapers: news stories

  Copy the  headline, date  and  link The Guardian: Headline -  BBC backlash grows after Bafta racial slur - The Latest Date -  Wed 25 Feb 2026 17.22 GMT Link -  https://www.theguardian.com/news/video/2026/feb/25/bbc-backlash-grows-after-bafta-racial-slur-the-latest Mail Online: Headline -  John Davidson: BBC should have `worked harder´ on stopping Bafta racial slur Date -  Published:   12:58, 25 February 2026  |  Updated:   13:09, 25 February 2026 Link -  https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/pa/article-15591455/John-Davidson-BBC-worked-harder-stopping-Bafta-racial-slur.html Briefly summarise  the story in a sentence or two: is  this is an example of  hard news  or  soft news?  Does it reflect the  politics  or  ideological stance  of that newspaper/website? The story is an example of hard news with it including serious topics such as the difficulties of disabilities and ...

Newspapers: The decline of print

  Part 1: Ofcom report into news consumption Read  this Ofcom report on the consumption of news in the UK  and answer the following questions (bullet points/short answers are fine): 1) Look at the headlines from the report on page 5 & 6. Pick three that you think are interesting and bullet point them here. Why did you pick those three in particular?   • The BBC is still the most-used provider of news in the UK.  • Despite online being the main platform for news, the more traditional providers are rated more highly for trust, accuracy and impartiality. I picked these two in particular as I am interested in the part traditional news sources play in todays technological sphere, in a world where people can get their own news is traditional media still needed and or respected?  2)  Now look at the motivations for following news which differs by age on pages 7 & 8. What are the main reasons people gave for following news? What are the percentage...

Paper 2 mock LR

  1) Type up your   feedback  in full (you do not need to write mark/grade if you do not wish to). 64/84  - A WWW - Good knowledge of CSPs  EBI - more sophisticated examples 2) Did you succeed in meeting or exceeding your  target grade  for A-Level Media in this paper? If not, how many additional marks do you need to achieve your target grade in Paper 2? I exceeded my target grade which was a C These are the grade boundaries we've used (out of 84):  A* = 71; A = 62, B = 52; C = 43; D = 33; E = 24 Now read through the real AQA mark scheme for Paper 2 and the examiner's report (see your Media teacher's Google Classroom for both of these documents). 3) Write a  question-by-question analysis  of your performance. For each question, write how many marks you got from your the number available and identify any points that you missed by carefully studying the AQA indicative content in the mark scheme. Q1) 7/9 Included: Propps character types and...