London Riots (Day 1: 6th August)

This video is news coverage of the first day of the London riots. Throughout the video there is footage being played in which there is a bus on fire with many people gathering around it.

. Who do the reporters interview?
 During the video there are no real interviews in the streets as this is when the disturbances first began. I think that them media didn't expect the following events to last as long as they did.

. What images were used in the riots? What does this show as a representation of the riots?
Throughout the video there are the same shots playing on repeat of a bus which has been torched with a large congregation of people who are gathering around it.



This video is the BBC News coverage of the first night of London riots. (This video is the first and only time that the BBC refer to the riots as 'London Disturbance'. Any time afterwards the BBC referred to it as the 'Tottenham Riots'.)

. Is the broadcast biased?
 The broadcast is not initially biased as there is insufficient information. At this point it was only known that there had been disturbances and not who was causing them. This is due to the lack of reporters at the scene of the disturbance and the ones who were there couldn't give video evidence of the occurrences.
There were occasions however in which the news reporter would use words such as 'mob' instead of group which would the protesters more of a bad image.

. Are youths given a fair voice? 
For this interview it is hard to say whether or not the youths are given a fair voice due to the lack of interviews at the scene of the disturbance.