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The Chinese men’s national Basketball after his brawl with the Lebanese national Team in 2001 and Puerto Rican national Team in 2005, the Chinese team did it again this time with the Brazilian Basketball team in a Friendly game in Beijing. Many sports and non-sports websites news were interested in this brawl especial that is not the first time that this team fights with their guests.
“huffingtonpost.com” didn’t only posted pictures about the fight, but also they published a video that shows the brawl from the first minutes till the end. This video is a great reference to the fans and readers to judge on the Chinese basketball team and to see clearly their action in the basketball court. A picture was used of this drawl to show the reality in closer of this unsporting team.
“eeo.com.cn” the Chinese online news website, published an article titled: “Should the Chinese Men's Basketball Team Have to Apologize?” by Zhu Chong. The author of this article posted a big picture of this brawl to give the readers an idea about the fight and who begin it. Posting a big picture is a good idea because it lets the reader to see details of the fight.
“bbc.co.uk” also was interested in this story, but the author was a little bit poor with his tools. He only used one picture in a small size. In this article, the title of the text is more interesting for readers more than the picture.
To conclude, in this kind of stories the usage of a picture is a good tool because it shows the main point of the text, in this case is the fight. But by using a video, the reader will be more interested to watch and have more information about it. Because the video will gives the opportunity to readers and fans to watch and hear what’s happening in the basketball court, and will shows the reality of the fight from its beginning till the end. The Tools used in these articles were more than enough to create a relation between the texts and the websites readers.
reference:
AP (2010), “Basketball: China team brawl with Brazil”, available:
http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/general/others/basketball-china-team-brawl-with-brazil-2105946.html
Unknown (2010), “Brazil-China ‘Friendly’ Basketball Game Ends with Huge Brawl”, available:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/10/13/brazilchina-friendly-bask_n_761595.html
Chong Z (2010), “Should the Chinese Men's Basketball Team Have to Apologize?” , available:
http://www.eeo.com.cn/ens/homepage/briefs/2010/10/14/182681.shtml