Weekly News ep.9

"Kim Kardashian is reunited with Kanye following £8.5m jewellery robbery by gang who bound and gagged her and put a gun to her head"

I saw this article on MailOnline. Of course I immediately had a sense of sympathy for the reality star/business woman who was reportedly held at gun point by 5 men in disguise as police officers whilst on a trip in Paris. However, I could not help but notice the lengthiness of the article in comparison to many other articles of similar content. 

This, to me, is a strong representation of class in the news. When a woman of working class was raped and robbed, the MailOnline wrote a 20 line article about her and her tragedy. However, Kim Kardashian's incident has resulted in a phenomenal reaction from the same news website. I understand this may be due to the irony surrounding the fact that she is high class, rich and has a bodyguard, that prior to the attack tweeted "you don't become a bodygaurd overnight...it's a job with responsibility, dedication and passion", who just so happened to  not be with her the time she needed him most. Nonetheless, I cannot help but think the MailOnline may be discriminating against working class. They are strongly suggesting that an upper class "celebrity" being attacked is far more important than the basic working class woman, which is absurd.

Of course though, the MailOnline knew that Kim Kardashian's attack would provoke a large reaction and therefore invested more time into making a longer and better article in order to get more readers and hits.