A case study of how Gulf News covered the arrest of a couple for kissing in public
Your task:
Research Gulf News coverage of the above story
Example links (you dont have to read them all): http://gulfnews.com/news/gulf/uae/crime/british-couple-denies-lip-kissing-claim-it-was-peck-on-cheek-1.597307
http://gulfnews.com/news/gulf/uae/crime/british-kissing-couple-loses-jail-appeal-in-dubai-1.607664
http://gulfnews.com/news/gulf/uae/crime/couple-to-appeal-public-kissing-verdict-in-dubai-1.595649
http://gulfnews.com/news/gulf/uae/crime/lawyer-advises-kissing-couple-in-dubai-to-appeal-again-1.607960
Answer the following questions:
1. Why did the story make news?
2. Why is it a controversial case?
3. Which concept(s) discussed in class is it related to and why?
4. What are journalistic principles at issue here?
5. The first clause of the UAE Journalist Association code of ethics states that Journalists should not seek to provoke or inflame public feelings by any means or use means of excitement and deception or dishonest reporting. Do you think Gulf News adhered to this guidelines? Why/why not?Need aProfessionalWriter to Work on this Paper?