Skip to content
Bramble

UK

Man, 40, dies after being pulled from sea at Havelet Bay, Guernsey

A 40-year-old man, named as Razibul Hasan, died after getting into difficulty in the sea at Havelet Bay, Guernsey, on Monday evening. Guernsey Police said he was given CPR but died at the scene.

2 outlets · 1L · 0C · 1R First reported Account updated
Image: Daily Mirror
Image: Daily Express

1 / 2

The story, neutrally told

Mixed · 2A 40-year-old man died after getting into difficulty in the sea at Havelet Bay, Guernsey, on Monday evening. Left · 1He has been named as Razibul Hasan. Right · 1The Daily Express reported that police officers, the coastguard, and fire and ambulance crews all attended after reports of a person calling for help.

Right · 1Witnesses reported hearing the man shouting for help in the water, according to the Express. Mixed · 2He was given CPR after being pulled from the water but died at the scene. Left · 1Guernsey Police said officers have been closely liaising with his family and expressed condolences to them at what it called a difficult and tragic time.

Right · 1The Express linked the death to a separate incident earlier in October, when a man believed to be in his late 50s or 60s died after being pulled from the sea near Bournemouth Pier, which Dorset Police said they were alerted to at 4.13pm on Sunday, October 4. The coverage does not say the cases are connected, and the cause of the Guernsey man's difficulty has not been reported.

Every sentence links to the reporting it rests on. The pill in front of each says where its sources sit: Left, Centre or Right when one side supplies at least half of them, Mixed when they are evenly split. The number is how many outlets it cites.

Left1 outlet

Framing
Short breaking-news report built on the Guernsey Police statement, with the 'shouting for help' detail in the headline.
Emphasis
The victim's name, the CPR and the police condolences.
Leaves out or plays down
Does not mention the emergency services that attended or the earlier Bournemouth case.
Charged language
“tragedy”
For example
“Razibul Hasan, aged 40, has been named as the victim of the tragedy.” — Daily Mirror

Centre0 outlets

No centre outlet in our sources has covered this story yet.

Right1 outlet

Framing
Fuller report that leads with the witness accounts of shouting for help and the emergency response, then adds a similar earlier death in Dorset.
Emphasis
Witness accounts, the services that attended, and a pattern of sea deaths.
Leaves out or plays down
Does not give any cause or say whether the cases are related.
Charged language
“Tragedy”“sadly died”
For example
“This tragic incident comes as, earlier this month, a man died after being pulled from the sea on Durley Chine Beach.” — Daily Express

Ask about this story

Loading…