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Text: Jade Markus. “Calgary police told to remove thin blue line patches from uniform.” CBC News. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/calgary-police-thin-blue-line-1.6403260
Some elements of this text to consider:
- This story was filed under the “Calgary” section of the website which indicates that the audience is more local than national.
- The news article includes quotations from both side of the issue and seems to be neutral.
- The text uses language, sentences, and paragraphs that are not that complex indicating that it is aimed at a broad segment of the target audience. The CBC is the Canadian national broadcaster so it does have a mandate to provide news to the country as a whole.