--- title: The news: who makes it and how — a lesson of Mova's school · trees and pragmatics description: «The news: who makes it and how», a lesson of the politics course of Mova's primary school, sentence by sentence with dependency trees and pragmatics. It begins: The news is made by people: reporters find out what happened by going to the place and talking to people, and editors decide which stories --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/politics/10-the-news-who-makes-it-and-how/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/) / [Politics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/politics/) / The news: who makes it and how # The news: who makes it and how Lesson 10 of the politics course of Mova's primary school: 17 sentences, each with its syntax tree and pragmatics. The lessons are written for Mova, and their agreed trees are part of Mova corpus 0.4 (CC BY-SA 4.0). How Mova does on its tests: [the lesson at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/politics/10-the-news-who-makes-it-and-how/). - [0](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/politics/10-the-news-who-makes-it-and-how/0/) — The news is made by people: reporters find out what happened by going to the place and talking to people, and editors decide which stories go in, which go first and which are left out, because there is never room for everything. - [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/politics/10-the-news-who-makes-it-and-how/1/) — Think of your class newspaper with ten stories and room for four: whoever chooses is shaping what everyone thinks matters, and grown-up news works the same way. - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/politics/10-the-news-who-makes-it-and-how/2/) — A news report tries to say what happened; an opinion says what someone thinks about it; both can be on the same channel, so ask yourself which one you are hearing. - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/politics/10-the-news-who-makes-it-and-how/3/) — First reports, especially "breaking news", are often unclear or wrong, and headlines are short and made to grab you, so read past the headline, check more than one source, and notice who is speaking: a named spokesperson or an unnamed "source close to the team". - [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/politics/10-the-news-who-makes-it-and-how/4/) — News shows what is unusual, so it often feels sad: nobody reports the planes that land safely; and a good news source owns its mistakes by printing corrections, which is a sign you can trust it more, not less. - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/politics/10-the-news-who-makes-it-and-how/5/) — A reporter finds out what happened and tells the public; a live report is shown as it happens, often from the place where the story is. - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/politics/10-the-news-who-makes-it-and-how/6/) — Breaking news is news about something happening right now; early reports are often unclear or wrong, and good news channels correct themselves as facts come in. - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/politics/10-the-news-who-makes-it-and-how/7/) — A headline is the big title of a story; it is short and made to grab attention, so it can make things sound bigger or simpler than the full story; clickbait is a headline made mainly to get clicks. - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/politics/10-the-news-who-makes-it-and-how/8/) — An editor decides which stories are used, which go first and how long they are, and checks them; those choices shape what people think is important. - [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/politics/10-the-news-who-makes-it-and-how/9/) — A news report tells what happened; an opinion piece or commentator says what someone thinks about it. - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/politics/10-the-news-who-makes-it-and-how/10/) — News mostly covers things that are new, surprising or important, which often means problems; millions of good, ordinary things happen every day but are not news. - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/politics/10-the-news-who-makes-it-and-how/11/) — Different news channels choose different stories, words and experts, so the same event can sound very different; comparing several sources shows what they agree on. - [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/politics/10-the-news-who-makes-it-and-how/12/) — Bias means leaning towards one side; a source is where information comes from. - [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/politics/10-the-news-who-makes-it-and-how/13/) — Some news programmes are made for children, such as Newsround in the UK and Behind the News in Australia; they cover real news but explain words and background. - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/politics/10-the-news-who-makes-it-and-how/14/) — A spokesperson speaks officially for a group; an anonymous source gives information but does not want their name used, so reporters should check what they say carefully. - [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/politics/10-the-news-who-makes-it-and-how/15/) — A correction is a notice fixing a mistake in a news story; admitting mistakes shows a news source cares about accuracy. - [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/politics/10-the-news-who-makes-it-and-how/16/) — People argue about anonymous sources: some say they help reveal truths people are scared to share, others say we cannot judge information if we do not know who said it. - ← previous: [Around the English-speaking world: Canada, Australia, Ireland, New Zealand](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/politics/9-around-the-english-speaking-world-canada-australia-ireland-new-zealand/) - next →: [Debates and rows on chat shows](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/politics/11-debates-and-rows-on-chat-shows/) - ↑ back to [Politics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/politics/)