International Law - Dianne Brimble
Dianne Brimble Case
The media is one that in any major event plays a vital role in getting a reaction to the case from the public. In the Diane Brimble case the media played a major role throughout the whole trial as well as before and after which had a massive impact on the public’s view towards the case and what information they knew about it.
The role that the media played in the case before the case was to start was as soon as the case broke was to tell the public of what the unfolding situation was. To let them know of the details that had been released by the police and P&O (the company which was involved in the case). The media were asking around for interviews of people that were on the cruise ship at the time that the event occurred and interviewing a range of people varying from those who were directly linked to the case such as victims family and P&O to people who had gone through a similar experience to what happened in the case but not at the same extremes. The security staff on board the P&O cruise ship were originally told that Dianne Brimble died of a heart attack although the media played a main role in questioning the authenticity of that claim as more information was released to them about the state that Dianne was left in when she died and where she was left. The main role that the media played in the time after the event had happened but before the court case had started was that they were giving the information to the public in fact and the details of what had happened.
During the court case just after the event had happened, the media played a massive role by letting the public know what was happening at the current time and of any scandals that have emerged at the time. They let them know how the case was evolving and if any new information was brought to the table. Not only were they doing this but many media reporters were taking their own opinion on certain aspects of the case and therefore changing the public’s
The media is one that in any major event plays a vital role in getting a reaction to the case from the public. In the Diane Brimble case the media played a major role throughout the whole trial as well as before and after which had a massive impact on the public’s view towards the case and what information they knew about it.
The role that the media played in the case before the case was to start was as soon as the case broke was to tell the public of what the unfolding situation was. To let them know of the details that had been released by the police and P&O (the company which was involved in the case). The media were asking around for interviews of people that were on the cruise ship at the time that the event occurred and interviewing a range of people varying from those who were directly linked to the case such as victims family and P&O to people who had gone through a similar experience to what happened in the case but not at the same extremes. The security staff on board the P&O cruise ship were originally told that Dianne Brimble died of a heart attack although the media played a main role in questioning the authenticity of that claim as more information was released to them about the state that Dianne was left in when she died and where she was left. The main role that the media played in the time after the event had happened but before the court case had started was that they were giving the information to the public in fact and the details of what had happened.
During the court case just after the event had happened, the media played a massive role by letting the public know what was happening at the current time and of any scandals that have emerged at the time. They let them know how the case was evolving and if any new information was brought to the table. Not only were they doing this but many media reporters were taking their own opinion on certain aspects of the case and therefore changing the public’s
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