http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/bbc/8320549/Rastamouse-provokes-complaints-of-racism-and-teaching-bad-language.html
1. The issue is presented as promoting the use of Jamaican slang amongst young children, which parents feel as promoting mild racism for their children. The issue is presented as provoking a response from the parents of the audience, as presented through the verb "provoked"
2. The author is presenting the show as being a positive source, through the presentation of Rastamouse "entertaining children" and the fact that it states the intention of the eponymous rodent is to "spread love and respect". .
3. The parents are presented as being worried for their children, as the author states that the mothers who are interviewed as "concerned" and "{raising} fears", implying the parents as the victims, possibly creating a reaction of sympathy from the reader. However, the program is present from BBC's accounts as being "positive" and "educational", possibly to counteract against the negative opinion already presented and therefore creating a neutral viewpoint overall and matching the unbiased standards of The Daily Telegraph
Good work Tom, for number two also try to consider how the author represents himself, through the register and sentence structure of the piece.
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