The situation in these Ukraine’s cities is stressful. In Donetsk, Lugansk and Kharkov, thousands of people seized the government buildings in the demonstrations that took place the last Sunday. After reading in two different ideologies outlets (RT and BBC), we can identify significant differences in the way these two communicate the acts.
According to RT
In Donetsk, more than two thousand people gathered in Lenin Square in the center of the
city where they demanded for an independence referendum like the one that Crimea had. They claimed that their right for self-determination must be respected.
The people also carried Russian flags and banners and they chanted “Russia, Russia”. In the top of the administration building, the protesters carried a giant Russian flag.
In Lugansk, around one thousand people rallied in front of the local Ukrainian security service office. Demonstrators took the security building as they demanded the release of 15 pro-Russian activists. 6 of them were released.
In Donetsk, more than two thousand people gathered in Lenin Square in the center of the
The people also carried Russian flags and banners and they chanted “Russia, Russia”. In the top of the administration building, the protesters carried a giant Russian flag.
In Lugansk, around one thousand people rallied in front of the local Ukrainian security service office. Demonstrators took the security building as they demanded the release of 15 pro-Russian activists. 6 of them were released.
In Kharkov, demonstrators followed the example of Donetsk and Lugansk took control of the administrative buildings and clashed against far right activists. Around 10.000 people participated in the protests. Pro-Russian rallies are taking place almost every weekend after the dismissal of Victor Yanukovych.
According to BBC
The information that BBC has, is short and it doesn’t specify as much as RT does. However, the main idea is the same.
BBC shows demonstrations not as big as RT does. For example, it says that in Donetsk, around 1.000 people participated in the seizure of the building, by the other side, RT says there were 2.000. And also in the other cities, BBC didn’t tell any specification in the number of participants. RT did it. I think that BBC shows this story in a general way in order to decrease the impact of the new, and to show that these protests are not are “strong” as RT says they are.
BBC also said that the Ukraine's Interior Minister Arsen Avakov accused President Putin and Mr. Yanukovych of "ordering and paying for another wave of separatist turmoil in the country's east". Obviously, RT didn’t mention anything about this, because this would make a bad image of Putin.
Finally, there´s an analysis from Bridget Kendall (a diplomatic correspondent from BBC) who says that these kinds of protests are not the first ones and that they are not that big. So, ¿who´s telling the truth? ¿is BBC decreasing the impact of the real new? Or maybe ¿is RT exaggerating the information in order to encourage a Russian invasion?
Bibliography
http://rt.com/news/ukraine-donetsk-protest-russia-733/
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-26910210
According to BBC
The information that BBC has, is short and it doesn’t specify as much as RT does. However, the main idea is the same.
BBC shows demonstrations not as big as RT does. For example, it says that in Donetsk, around 1.000 people participated in the seizure of the building, by the other side, RT says there were 2.000. And also in the other cities, BBC didn’t tell any specification in the number of participants. RT did it. I think that BBC shows this story in a general way in order to decrease the impact of the new, and to show that these protests are not are “strong” as RT says they are.
BBC also said that the Ukraine's Interior Minister Arsen Avakov accused President Putin and Mr. Yanukovych of "ordering and paying for another wave of separatist turmoil in the country's east". Obviously, RT didn’t mention anything about this, because this would make a bad image of Putin.
Finally, there´s an analysis from Bridget Kendall (a diplomatic correspondent from BBC) who says that these kinds of protests are not the first ones and that they are not that big. So, ¿who´s telling the truth? ¿is BBC decreasing the impact of the real new? Or maybe ¿is RT exaggerating the information in order to encourage a Russian invasion?
Bibliography
http://rt.com/news/ukraine-donetsk-protest-russia-733/
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-26910210
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