Daily Mirror: Trump article


This cover was released the day after Donald Trump was elected as the president of the United States. The image shows the Statue of Liberty-a symbol of American freedom- with her head in her hands in disappointment. The background is dark and scary like something out of the apocalypse. The dark clouds also symbolise that a storm is coming. The main headline is very upfront asking the question that was on many people's mind "What have they done?" The fact that the Daily Mirror says "they" could imply that they are distancing themselves from the US as it is their mistake. The plug advertising what is in the paper is very ominous as it contains an ellipsis, building tension for the future. The strapline is also very menacing saying "How Trump triumphed...and what it means for you and the world" This piece directly addresses the audience pulling people in and encouraging them to buy the paper. The mirror is a tabloid so it is not surprising that the headline is so informal. A broadsheet newspapers would tackle the subject a lot more seriously and subtly try to hide their political views. The Daily Mirror leans towards a left wing bias so they would not agree with most of Trump's campaign points. This can easily explain the reason why they chose this image.


The Daily Mirror is owned by Reach PLC. Reach PLC (formerly known as Trinity Mirror between 1999 and 2018) is a British newspaper, magazine and digital publisher. It is one of Britain's biggest newspaper groups, publishing 240 regional papers in addition to the national Daily Mirror, Sunday Mirror, The Sunday People. The Times is owned by News UK.News Corp UK & Ireland Limited (trading as News UK, formerly News International and NI Group), is a British newspaper publisher, and a wholly owned subsidiary of the American mass media conglomerate News Corp. It is the current publisher of The Times, The Sunday Times and The Sun newspapers and its former publications include the Today, News of the World and The London Paper newspapers. Until June 2002, it was called News International plc. On 31 May 2011 the company name was changed from News International Limited to NI Group Limited, and on 26 June 2013 to News UK.  The Times (and News UK) are both owned by Rupert Murdoch who also owns Fox and Sky.

 The Daily Mirror is a left-wing newspaper. Due to this, their stories tend to be more in line with the Labour party whereas The Times is right-wing .






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