http://aww.ninemsn.com.au/news/celebstories/7938453/subo-struggling-on-less-than-900-per-week (ninemsn)
http://www.hollywoodnews.com/2010/08/02/susan-boyles-family-in-control-of-her-millions-giving-her-reasonable-allowance-though/ (hollywoodnews.com)
Here are three pieces of news about Scottish singing superstar Susan Boyle’s personal financial crisis. It is said that Susan, under a strict weekly budget made by her managers, could only get about $500 per week to cover all her living expenses.
It’s quite interesting for me, because, now, as a superstar, Susan is gaining fame from every part of the world, and her bank account is expanding with booming sale of her album. She should have been a millionaire, I suppose, who is leading a luxurious life rather than living in her old council house as reported.
I got this news from news.com.au first, which is my favorite one among these three. It has an eye-catching headline claiming “Millionaire Susan Bolye complains she’s broke”. How could Auntie Susan be broke? I was puzzled by the headline, thus, it won my click. The news page lists three keynotes on the top of the report, which further arouse my curiosity. It’s written in simple words, clear structure, and moderate length. I found it’s quite easy to understand, even for a foreign student like me. The reporter uses ‘local supermarket’ instead of ‘clothing chain Tesco’, ‘bus’ instead of ‘public transportation’, which may arouse resonance directly whether you are familiar with the brand ‘Tesco’ or not. It is well-reported news for common readers, but maybe not for Susan’s fans. They may complain that it is too short, having no Susan’s own voice. Anyway, it works for me.
I got the same news when I checked updates on ninemsn and hollywoodnews. The former one reports with different information from the other two. It says Susan got $900 per week. I checked it on Google, and found ninemsn made a mistake. Except its fail in checking up sources, ninemsn presents well. Its page leaves some questions for their readers, and welcomes comments. I like this part, because any reader could add something new on this topic, and others can get much more than the news itself. The one from hollywoodnews is my least favorite. Bad in structure and expression made it worthless.
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