News Values

The Guardian - Tories reveal plans for green tax hike on air travel
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/politics/story/0,,2031199,00.html
Consance: readers who are on a more right-wing side of politics would take an interest in this story.
Continuity: this story could go on and develop
Threshold: the event is big as it affects people who fly and particularly frequent air flyer's.

The Mirror - EXCLUSIVE: THE BIG BROTHER COVER-UP
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/topstories/tm_headline=exclusive%2D-the-big-brother-cover%2Dup%26method=full%26objectid=18732760%26siteid=89520-name_page.html
Threshold: at the time the event was huge, was channel 4 right to show this "bullying" in order to gain more audience figures? was Shetty actually bullied?
Continuity: This article suggests this is the end of the Big Brother racism, however, this news has been on-going since the incident.
Reference to elite persons: the news is about Jade Goody, who's claim to fame was in fact Big Brother....good for her.

The Independent - Blair is called to account over abandoned troops
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/politics/article2347521.ece
Personalisation: The article suggests that it is Blair's fault soldiers who suffer from a mental illness after being in Iraq are not getting any help
Reference to elite persons: Blair..its his fault, or so they say.
Composition: the journalist is making Blair look bad.

The Sun - Poor at gates of Liz wedding
http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2007110503,00.html
Reference to elite persons: Its celeb gossip news, Liz Hurley's wedding.
Consonacne: The news is from a tabloid paper which therefore will appeal to the target audience.
Continuity: "The epic week-long wedding", it was probably reported all week.
Personalisation: refers to Liz Hurley's wedding to Arjun Nayar.

The News of the World - "I just cant wait until i never have to see your face again" (Paul's phone rants at Heather)
http://www.newsoftheworld.co.uk/story_pages/news/news1.shtml
Reference to elite persons: the news is about celebrity couple who are in the middle of a divorce.
Threshold: In a way the even is big as Heather backs out of her "bitter divorce battle" and is settling for money and property.
Conconance: The article is written in a soap-opera way, which appeals to the working class readers of the paper.
Continuity: The story has been reported since the divorce began, it lost its appeal as it dragged on, but the settlement has made it something to report once again.