Framing Assingment: Belgium Suspect Enditment

Framing Assignment
With the recent attacks in Belgium, many news media outlets have strategically found their own ways to frame what happened and ways of portraying the story. With the recent new of suspect Salah Abdeslam being extradited to France, USA Today reports that Abdeslam’s lawyer, Cedric Moisse, said his client, who dropped his earlier bid to fight extradition, “would like to cooperate with the French authorities. This is his will and this is the word he wants everybody to hear." This may be an example of framing because I would guarantee that there was more to this story and that the suspect didn't willing comply or cooperate with this extradition right away, and probably neither did the Belgian government. Since the media outlet is USA Today, it makes sense that this article would be framed because it is high up in the rankings. In an article posted on The Blaze, the statement said Abdeslam gave the “clear consent” for the transfer, and that the Belgian court has approved of the extradition. With this article, the only picture shown is his face from his neck up, which is practically the same and only picture that all the other media outlets are showing, nothing more. The lack of visuals on these media sites also is a way of framing because they are neglecting to include other pictures that may provide more depth and better clarity to the story. On a CBS local New York website, the same single visual of the suspect is there with no further imagery. Since this website is local and probably has a more narrow viewer base, you can understand why a smaller outlet like this would benefit from framing and getting the same message across that all the other big time media outlets are saying. All these website are also news outlets, which shows that they would all want to convey the same message across all news outlets and platforms, and would may even have something to lose by not doing so.