4) 8/10/18 - Mail online - Paedophile cannibal

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Paedophile cannibal, 22, tells court he boiled a man's eye before eating it with 12-year-old 'girlfriend' and microwaved victim's severed head before devouring his brain

Zverev, pictured arriving in court, said he microwaved the severed head of their victim Alexander Popovich, 21, for three minutes, before eating his brains

Arkady Zverev, 22, admitted to murdering Alexander Popovich, 21 and admits to having sex with co-accused 12 year old he calls his girlfirend. Zverev told court he and school girl had eaten victims brains and eyes. This is an example of hard news because it is appeared as a headline on the front of mail online and also has been reported on different news channels which shows the seriousness of the story. I think the audience pleasure is surveillance, this is because people are being made aware of a disturbing incident that has happened. I think this makes readers realise that things like this do happen a lot more than it's coverage. I think this is an example of quality journalism and not clickbait because the article tells the reader exactly what the headline said but in depth. 

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