The Sharpeville Massacre
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Question 1 In what ways do sources A+B agree about the events in Sharpeville on the morning of 21st of March? Source A is from a South African magazine and was written by the only journalist to see what happened at Sharpeville. Source B was published in an English newspaper the day after the shootings, but it doesn't tell you who wrote the source, or where they got their information for the story from, this leads me to think that this source is less reliable and that the information in this source could have been passed on by...
viewpoint, and the ones that support the policemen are written so they sound contrived and exaggerated. There are quite a few sources that are from one man, Humphrey Tyler, and if he was lying then it would completely change the stance of the whole booklet and I may start believing some of the policemen's stories more. If the booklet actually had a source from one of the policemen involved then they would tell their side of the story instead of someone higher up in authority that would make something up so they wouldn't be attacked by the press.
viewpoint, and the ones that support the policemen are written so they sound contrived and exaggerated. There are quite a few sources that are from one man, Humphrey Tyler, and if he was lying then it would completely change the stance of the whole booklet and I may start believing some of the policemen's stories more. If the booklet actually had a source from one of the policemen involved then they would tell their side of the story instead of someone higher up in authority that would make something up so they wouldn't be attacked by the press.
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