Issue 1
1. Name the issue
Tragedy of youth driven to despair by bullying
2. Describe one media account of this issue
Alex is a young boy how has been assaulted on many occasions caused by bullying. He hung himself last Thursday and was found dead on Friday.
3. Where did you get this media account from?
The Daily Telegraph website.
4. Is this media account correct or reliable? Why?
After reading other websites like http://www.bullying.co.uk/feed_archive.aspx, this is certainly correct and had already happened.
5. Where else might you be able to find more information about this issue?
This is a major issue and takes a large amount of space on the Daily Telegraph website. This could have been advertised in many other newspapers including Chinese ones e.g. Sing Tao.
Issue 2
1. Name the issue
Deadbeat Aussie parents hiding in New Zealand
2. Describe one media account of this issue
Many child abusing parents have moved to New Zealand to avoid the Child Support Agency. It has been decided that child abusing parents can not leave Australia until paying the child support debt.
3. Where did you get this media account from?
This is from the Daily Telegraph Website.
4. Is this media account correct or reliable? Why?
Yes, I believe this is a might be a reliable source of information. http://abcnews.go.com/ has this article posted and could be correct.
5. Where else might you be able to find more information about this issue?
The ABC News website has this article.
