In this clip the reporters interview Darcus Howe, who is a writer and broadcaster, who is a witness to the riots. Throughout the clip the background shows a frie brigade van next to a burnt down building in Croydon. This gives the audience the image that the rioters (folk devils) are extremely violent as they appear to have no respect for the public as they arson buildings that people may still be in. This shows that they do not care for the public since the rioters have put them all in danger.
I don't feel that this broadcast is biased because although the interview takes place with two adults, Darcus Howe, gives the youths a voice in saying that the police blew Mark Duggan's head off. He also puts his own point across as he was not surprised at the riot and how he feels that this incident was the main cause for the riots.
Youths in this interview are given a fair voice as an adult has understood why this has happened however, he disagreees with all of the violence. He stands up for youths and mentions that his grandson has been hit by the police when he has done nothing wrong while also insinuating his race.
The reporters interview a rapper, a youth, and two adults to get a debate about the riots. In the background of where this interview takes place, the images shown are violent and could be seen as horrific to anyone who is watching this. The broadcast is therefore using moral panic to make the interview look more debatable and aggressive. In each image, there is a police officer. This could indicate that the actions taken have been actions of criminals or it may also be seen as the police are trying there hardest to keep the youths in order. This is also seen as a binary opposite as the rioters are youths and the police are adults.
I do not feel that this broadcast is biased because they have interviewed 2 adults as well as a black and white youth to get everyone's opinions. The age range in this interview is varied as this helps the debate since anyone could tune in to the channel and find something interesting about the debate.
Youths are given a fair voice in my opinion on this clip because two of them are youths and can seem to relate to what is going on in the riots.
The reporter interviews the public, including youths as well as adults in how they feel about their community and the riots which have occurred so far. The images used are of abandoned shops in the background, however there is crowds and crowds of volunteers (including youths) with broomsticks in the air and helping clean up the mess from the rioters. This suggests that not all of the youths are in a deviant group. One person actually mentions that the rioters are 'only a small minority' of youths. This therefore represents the majority of youths in a good light.
I do not think that the broadcast is biased as this clip shows adults as well as youths. This also helps show that these different age generations can get along peacefully, calmly and show each other respect. Youths here are given a fair voice as they are speaking calmly and rationally into the camera and they are interviewed fairly. I find this clip interesting as the 2 video clips above show youths behaving terribly, whereas in the clip above the youths have reminded everyone that the rioters are only a small majority of youths as most young people would find this type of behaviour appalling.
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