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What Are The Three Important News Values, Impact, Or Conflic Conflict?

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September 20th on the CBC News website a story published titled “Dudley George's brother in serious condition after being accidentally set on fire”. This story explains a celebratory walk done by Kettle Point First Nations that took a turn when a group called Stony Point set a protest fire in front of a military camp that was just agreed by the Ottawa government to be returned to the First Nations. The fire was set to show that not all band members where in support of the agreement that was made. Perry Neil Watson George was caught on fire and is now suffering from second degree burns. The story also mentions Dudley George, Perry's brother who was shot in a protest in 1995, and the accusations made by the Stony Point people that there chief is buying votes. The news story incorporates three important news values; conflict, impact, and prominence. …show more content…

These conflicts make the story more interesting for readers. In this article there are many conflicts stated between different groups. Firstly there's the conflict between Kettle Pointers and Stony Pointers. Many Stony Pointers did not agree with the agreement made, and instead of having a celebratory walk decided to set fire to the outside of the base leading to Perry George getting burned. Since Perry is Dudley George's brother it brings back an old conflict between Dudley George and the rest of the protesters in 1995 and the police force. Many readers may have remember the story of Dudley from the shooting and then because of that conflict where interested in the new conflict that happened to his brother. The story also brings up the conflict of Cheif Bressette and the Stony Pointers who are accusing him of buying votes. This is something readers may not of cared about on its on but when it is with another story that strikes their interest it becomes more relevant to

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