Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) stems from a critical theory of language which sees the use of language as a form of social practice. It is an interdisciplinary approach that deals with issues across disciplines. As a methodology, it enables a vigorous assessment of what is meant when language is used to describe and explain. Texts, language, communication should always be considered in their social context as they both shape and are informed by wider processes within society.

CDA has a very "linguistic" outlook (which prevents incorporating linguistic and non linguistic dimension). Talk is a social action – therefore, it analyzes the talk, not the person It seeks to expose connections between language, power, inequality, and ideology and how they manifest. Discursive power i.e., control over a discourse by e.g., a powerful group is crucial for this method. Discourse is socially constitutive as well as socially conditioned.

As far as I understand the articles, they are both about Iranian migrants attempting to cross The Channel. So, if that may not be an "incident" in the strict sense, I would say that these articles are about the same topic and therefore comparable.

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