Dr. Moussad Ali-Mohammadi, a nuclear physics professor at Tehran University (Iran) was killed outside his home in Qeytariyeh, which is the northern section of Tehran. Their is ongoing speculation as to who is responsible for the bombing and why. Both CNN.com and Telegraph.co.uk present information in online articles that leaves the audience better informed about the subject. In both articles the United States was an alleged suspect because fellow colleague of Mohammadi issued the statement "he was assassinated by terrorist organizations probably supported by the United States and has connections with the Americans and the Israelis under different names. Both articles also cited that a U.S. administration official refuted the claim by saying the allegation was "absurd". Whats ironic about the two articles is that they put the administrative officials quote in completely different parts of the piece. In the CNN article, the quote is placed three paragraphs deep into the article contrasting from the telegraph article were the quote is placed in the final paragraph. Take this information as you will, I'm not a article expert; it just seems curious.
The CNN article hints that Mohammadi's death was a cause of terrorists trying to halt Iran's Nuclear scientific and technological development, which a reader interprets as weapons of mass destruction. CNN provided the following quote by Iran officials "terrorist moves and apparent ommission of Iranian nuclear scientists will definitely cause no obstacle in the way of the country's scientific and technological development. Rather they will speed up it." Telegraph did not include that quote for whatever reason. Overall the telegraph is more vaugue, CNN provides more evidence and quotes.
Another notable difference between the two articles is that CNN allows readers to comment at the end of the piece and Telegraph does not.
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
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