Techniques of Arguing (Grounding Theory to Close Study Products)

Can you expand (or discuss) any of the claims made below for the ideological agendas of Daily Mail and the Guardian by referencing textual evidence (articles from the newspapers)

Daily Mail agenda

Daily Mail celebrates the public and private lives of the Royal Family. The monarchy is presented as a high ideal, one that brings the nation together. Texts and images present the royals as iconic symbols of British values, elegance and glamour. For example, in an artilce published….

In politics, the Daily Mail supports the Tories and has overall rightwing  and neo-liberal ideas on economy and society. It advocates for less state-intervention, more private enterprise. It also very critical of trade unions. This is clearly shown

It  presents the immigration/refugee crisis through the lens of moral panic. Immigrants are presented as form of disorder, threat and danger. They are also discussed a burden to taxpayers. Sensational language raise concerns over illegal border crossing and immigrant criminality. This is exemplified in an article written by [author]. Author’s main argument is that..

A series of articles present pro-Palestine protesters as public disruption and ‘hate-mobs.’ This type of language was used in an article published on [date] and headlined […]

Daily Mail celebrates ‘tax cuts’ and presents benefit-claimants as immoral citizens who take advantage of the hard work of tax-payers. This is vividly demonstrated in an article..

The newspaper is very suspicious of vaccines and the overall restrictions imposed during the Covid Epidemic. A strong indicator of this ideological approach was the ideas/reasoning/arguments presented in an article..

Daily Mail reporters and column writers often express strong skepticism over trans rights. For example, [name of author] in his [title of article] [or date] argued that

Guardian’s agenda

The Guardian is a centre-leftwing newspaper with liberal ideas on society and culture.

It is highly critical of Tory governments and ideology and features articles that criticize neo-liberal policies (Thatcherism). The newspaper opposes the reduction of funding/budget-cuts for the public services, such as health, education and the arts.

It is critical of the asylum and immigration policies of the Tory government and raises concerns about racial and other forms of discrimination

It supports gay, feminist and trans rights and overall, shows great sensitivity towards social justice issues.

It raises issues concerning the plight of Palestinians in the Gaza war and is critical of US approach to this issue.