The Framing of News

I wanted to check out the latest from Egypt this evening, so I first went to the BBC:

Then I went to Al Jazeera:

From the headlines alone, you’d think he gave two different speeches. I won’t read too far into it, and the articles reported much of the same information with varying emphasis, but it seems the BBC is quick to report a victory on behalf of the protesters, while Al Jazeera is implying the protests must will go on. Take another look at the two pictures of Mubarak.