Malcolm X

The assassination of Malcolm X made headlines in almost every newspaper, magazine, and broadcast. Every different piece of media chose different ways to distinguish the story by allowing the reader to experience the assassination as if it was right in front of them. Each of the five newspapers that were chosen used their own word choice, tone, and information for their audience in order to get their point across. The New York Times and the New York Post were two of the newspapers that seem to have different views on the events of February 21, 1965.
The New York Times portrayed Malcolm X as a “Negro Extremist” who was the leader of a Black Nationalist movement. The New York Times made clear that this assassination wasn’t a racial feud between white supremacist and the Negro race. The newspaper gave clear notice of who the killer was and what race as they noted from a police spokesman saying the 22-year-old Negro, Thomas Hagan was being held on charges for the murder o...