"Right wing" and "Left wing"views, are political ideologies which are given these labels depending on their position on policies such as taxes, immigration and benefits. In this country the Labour party represents the Left wing, meaning their policies favour the working class and social equality, they also favour social change and higher taxes. Representing the Right wing is the Conservative party or "Tories" who favour an exclusive society and have quite xenophobic views on immigration, they also favour a capitalist state and less state involvement.
Right Wing
The Sun is considered to be a centre/right wing newspaper. This is visible from this headline as it attempts to portray Rupert Murdoch, who's company News Corp owns The Sun, as a humble man who will accept whatever punishment is handed to him. When it is more likely that he was just sorry that he was caught. Also the image displayed shows and old, frail man as well as his age, which will help to sway the readers view in favour of Murdoch.
Left WingThis article by the centre/left paper the Daily Mirror shows a cartoon of Rupert Murdoch and how much his shares have fallen since that phone hacking scandal came to light. This front page headline mocks Murdoch's losses and compares him to Homer Simpson, the image also shows a graph of Murdoch's shares literally going down the toilet. This type of headline is in keeping with the Daily Mirrors political alignment and also appeals to their main audience of Labour supporters, and working class citizens.
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