The Daily Mail's electronic version, United Kingdom

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The news outlet I have chosen to analyze is the internet version of “The Daily Mail “, a newspaper based in the United Kingdom, very famous especially in England. It includes the daily version of this newspaper as well as “The Mail on Sunday”, its week-end's edition. Gate keeping can be defined as the “process through which news items pass on their way from discovery to transmission”. Thus, newspapers' producers are the gatekeepers, which mean they enable the public to be aware of the events happening worldwide. When referring to Siebert's “Four Theories of the press”, England can be defined as a mix between the liberal model – like the United States – and the Social responsibility model – like in Europe. Thus, it means that Government has no control over the Press and that news can be published without any censorship, but it the same time journalists have an obligation of informativeness, truth, accuracy, objectivity and balance towards the public.

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[...] The Daily Mail is thus the main gatekeeper of this website. Its editor is Paul Dacre; the managing director Guy Zitter. The contacts are the followings: The Daily Mail, Northcliffe House Derry Street, London W8 5TT News However, this newspaper is owned by Associated New Media (ANM). This is the digital publishing division of Associated Newspapers Ltd, one of Britain's premier national newspaper groups, which publishes The Daily Mail, The Mail on Sunday, Evening Standard and Metro. Launched in 1995, ANM publishes some of the UK's most successful new media resources and services. [...]

[...] The relevance of the War on Terror for the United Kingdom is large, as described in the article “Britain made terror target by Iraq war”. The London suicide bombings that happened last year may also be linked to the important role played by Britain in this conflict. "The UK is at particular risk because it is the closest ally of the United States," stated Frank Gregory, of the University of Southampton and terrorism expert Professor Paul Wilkinson, of the University of St Andrews. [...]

[...] The next ones deals directly with another very important media company in Britain; the BBC has in fact been condemned for giving convicted paedophile Gary Glitter a prime-time platform to deny his crimes against young girls. Then, there is another story about the injury of the famous English football player Rooney, whose involvement in the next World Cup remains uncertain. This event is mentioned again, which means it is a key element for the English citizens. Then, another small frame called “editor's choice” resumes what gatekeepers have seen as essential within the news of the day. [...]

[...] Therefore, the angle told is the one of the United States. This means that even if some mistakes have been made by America since the war has had terrible consequences for the local population most part of which had nothing to deal directly with Saddam Hussein and Al Qaeda the view of the Daily Mail always shows the United States as defending democracy against In this case, the total objectivity of the articles can be discussed. Furthermore, the Daily Mail doesn't use a lot of experts' views when relating the events about this war, even if the views of some researchers from American universities are sometimes mentioned; but it obviously relates many quotations of President Bush and Prime Minister Tony Blair. [...]

[...] The main goal of the European Union and the United States in this conflict is indeed to establish democracy and peace in a country where totalitarianism has ruled the Society for decades. This may take a lot of time, but might succeed thanks to the willingness of the Western World to fight for human rights and democracy, even if the most important tasks remain incomplete: the implementation of democracy and basic human rights should indeed be achieved in a peaceful way. [...]