Media Flashcards
How did the press report the Indian rebellion?
Horrific light and thrilled by tales of British soldiers saved
What happened at Cawnpore in July 1857?
200 Captive women and children were murdered
When were 200 Captive women and children were murdered in Cawnpore?
July 1857
What general was put in the media during the Indian rebellion?
Major General Henry Havelock, who recaptured Cawnpore in July 1857 and Lucknow in September 1857
What general was put in the media due to the fact that they recaptured Cawnpore in July 1857 and Lucknow in September 1857?
Havelock
What happened after Havelock died in November 1857?
Public paid for a statue of him to be erected in Trafalgar Square
Who was a public hero that, when the he died, the public paid for a statue of him to be erected in Trafalgar Square?
Havelock
What was popular in the media in 1882?
Arabi Pasha’s revolt
What did the Pall Mall Gazette write in March 1882 about the Arabi Pasha’s revolt?
‘The Moslem mob’
When had the Pall Mall Gazette described the Arabi Pasha’s as ‘The Moslem mob’?
March 1882
Who described the Arabi Pasha’s revolt as a ‘The Moslem mob’ in March 1882?
Pall Mall Gazette
What did the daily mail say in July 1882 about Arabi Pasha’s revolt?
the rebels killed ‘all the Christians they could find’ in Alexandria and they had left the city in ruins
Who said that the rebels in the Arabi Pasha’s revolt had killed ‘all the Christians they could find’ in Alexandria and they had left the city in ruins?
Daily mail in July 1882
What did the economists predict regarding the Arabi Pashas revolt?
June 1882: ‘Very great losses must be incurred and great disturbances to business’
Who said in June 1882 that there would be ‘Very great losses must be incurred and great disturbances to business’ due to the Arabi Pasha’s revolt?
The Economist
