Identifying news values
...refore considered to be news worthy. 2. PROMINENCE AND PROXIMITY: Although the article mentions the fact that there were 13 fatalities, its focus/angle is primarily on the person who is more news worthy. As the deceased was the former premier of Lebanon and he was the major shareholder of the third South African cell phone network he is deemed as a prominent person. Also the fact that Mr. Rafik al-Hariri was a shareholder in a South African company (not a South African himself) it is also news worthy because it is “close to home” in term of South Africans maybe being affected by the accident (indirectly). 3. CONSEQUENCE: As mentioned above the deceased is indirectly “connected” to South Africa as he is a major shareholder in this South African company. This may have indirect or direct repercussions to South Africans, which in turn makes the article news worthy. However the article does assure readers that the accident wi...