Today, I looked at articles written about Gordon Brown, who has been a victim of phone hacking.

Broadsheet newspaper - The Guardian - http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/jul/11/phone-hacking-news-international-gordon-brown

• Newspaper, audience- men and women: 20+, subject -phone hacking, purpose - inform / shock the reader.
• Broadsheets use sophisticated language.
• Aimed at a more educated audience (as suggested by language use.)
• Very formal. 
• Name dropping - shows insight and reliance.
• All points are backed up with sources.
• Definitely trustworthy.
• Tells it as it is, with proof.
• Doesn't write ambiguously. 
• Fully detailed, covers everything.

Tabloid newspaper - The Daily Mail - http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2013534/Gordon-Browns-fury-use-criminal-underworld-News-International.html

• Newspaper, audience- men and women: 20+, subject -phone hacking, purpose - inform
• More emotive.
• Less formal than broadsheet.
• Less sophisticated language.
• Average intelligence (audience).
• Not overly detailed.
• A lot of quotes from Brown.
• Strong blame on News International.

Online News. - BBC News. - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-14119225

• Genre - online news, audience - world, 20+, men and women, subject - Gordon Brown phone hacking - purpose - to inform.
• Increased use of quotes.
• Increased use of dynamic verbs.
• 'Disgusting' - quite colloquial.
• A lot of rhetorical questions - implies blame - questions should be answered.
• Quotes from other politicians.
• Told from Brown's point of view.
• Emphasis on family situation 'we', 'my wife and I' etc.