Frames: FoxNews vs. CNN

Fox News covered an article about a "custodian of a local shrine and his accomplices killed 20 devotees after intoxicating them in eastern Punjab province". It continued to describe how it was the outcome of a dispute over custodianship of the shrine. Throughout the story, the only interviews that were included were from government officials explaining the what, why, and how of the incident. The article describes how the suspects killed the victims, why the "leader" of the killers would do such a thing, included facts of the shrine, and a short tribute to one of the murdered victims. One interview included was of an area government administrator, who said Abdul Waheed, the alleged killer, was "mentally unstable", and a regional police officer explained how the killings were due to jealousy and a dispute over custodianship. This takes importance away from the murders, making readers think "oh just another mass murder is some other middle east country".

CNN covered the same article and started in a similar way to Fox, briefly describing what happened, how many were arrested, and how many killed. Although, they include that 3 other people were in the hospital under critical condition, a fact that Fox forgot to mention. Fox did explain how the murders went down, but CNN goes into more depth of how the murderers went about killing the 20 victims. After including where this took place, the article has a map of where exactly the city is. This adds importance to the crime, and allows the readers to be more engaged and feel more emotion. CNN also added the name of the shrine and who contacted the police, not included in Fox. CNN also included the quote about Waheed being mentally unstable, but there are not as many interviews included as Fox had. CNN continued to explain how the chief minister has asked for compensation for the families of the killed victims, called for more regulations of shrine custodians, and ended the article about a previous attack at another shrine in Pakistan where 75 people were killed. The article stated ISIS confessed to their involvement, and that people have gathered at a shrine with music and chanting in prayer for the fallen. CNN used more details than Fox; their framing tactics are obviously different and provide different viewpoints and ideas about the story.