News

News comes to us from several sources including   newspapers, television and radio broadcasts and increasingly the Internet. Each medium has its own style, but we can also identify a journalistic register, of which newspapers are the most significant users.
It is easy to tell by the size and shape of British newspaper what kinds of readers they are aimed at. What are the two main types called, and who reads them? What other differences are there between newspapers?
There are two types of papers in Britain: broadsheets and tabloids. Each of the national papers can be characterized as belonging to one or two distinct categories: The ‘quality press’   or the ‘ popular press’.
Broadsheets( quality press):   are quality papers which include long information articles and editorial comments, comparatively few illustrations. Their main aim: to provide readers with comprehensive coverage and analysis of the international and national news of the day. They devote much space to politics and other ‘serious’ news. They use a serious tone, formal and wide vocabulary and standard English. The quality daily papers are “The Times”, “The Guardian”, “The Daily Telegraph” and the “Financial Times”. 
As an examples of wide and metaphorical vocabulary of quality papers,   I have chosen some words and phrases from   articles about Oscar nominations:

- garner (formal) to take or collect something, especially information or support
«…Hugo (***), garnered the most Oscar nominations…» («The Times»)
-pole position the front position at the beginning of a car or bicycle race
“…this does put Rango in pole position to win Best Animated Feature…”(metaphorical)
( “The Times”)
-gaining traction
“…it looks as if The Help is gaining traction too, with Best Film and two Best Actress nominations”
( “The Times”)
-edge out
“Will Viola Davis edge out Meryl Streep, who loked solid for The Iron lady?”
( “The Times”)
-pass the baton
“…who can pass the baton to one of the greatest performers... [continues]

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