10th August 2011 BBC News Tottenham

 

Who do the reporters interview?
Published on CNN, a  BBC reporter interviews a young male who tries to put his point across to London mayor, Boris Johnson about the events of the London riots and his individual opinion on the reason it is all going on. He goes into detail about the cut down of EMA, rise in tuition fees and lack of jobs, he argues strongly that the money spent is going too much on other countries and areas such as Libya whilst his own country are struggling and strongly voices that the UK needs to be sorted out financially before the extra money starts being spread to other regions. Throughout the video Mr Johnson has no words of reply to the correspondants views of what is going on throughout various areas of London and why it has all reached this extent. This report can be related well to other young adults who are in their years of starting universities and have the same opinion on the cut downs and tuition fees.

What images are used in the broadcast? What does this suggest about representation of the riots?
The whole interview focuses wholly on the young male, dressed smartly, expressing his thoughts and opinions on the riots, it is one continuous shot with no cutting out of any shots where something may have been said that made the meaning of the interview seem bad, getting the whole evidence and truth across. Due to it being constantly aimed at the young male this suggests that although people have linked the riots with youths causing trouble, this young male shows a different side to what many people would class as youths and also very well educated with knowing what is going on and the opinions he gives. Still however due to the respondent arguing with his strong points quite angrily it makes the media still think that all youths have a personality and attitude consisting of anger.
 
Is the broadcast biased?
The short broadcast isn't exactly biased as you are only hearing a point from one person giving their views, if there were a wider range interviewed and had a more detailed report it would make it easier to tell wether the broadcast is biased.

Are youths given a fair voice?
The broadcast is interviewing a young man who would be classed as a youth by many who take actions into consideration. Due to him being a 'youth' it makes it fair for them to put valid points across rather than hearing one side of the story and opinions from police and those who hadn't participated in the riots. This video proves that everyone of all ages, young and old are given a fair voice to give their opinions and speak up to try to make a difference to how people make out certain stereotypes, such as youths, to be.