The Daily Mail Online has chosen to use this image due to it successfully conveying the unrest in American politics right now. They used a reference to an elite person, which is usually seen as more newsworthy, as well as major negativity. A lot of the world are watching the elections, so to know that Trump wants to stop the counting is scary. By reporting this, they target Americans that live in the UK and want to keep track of the elections. Historically, the Daily Mail are right-wing leaning and supported fascists such as Hitler and Mussolini and although Trump isn't technically a fascist, he shares some ideas with Hitler. Culturally, the Daily Mail is a tabloid and has many tabloid conventions, such as a very dramatic and emotionally charged headline - despite the subject being more serious.
This is the same event but reported by The Guardian. They have chosen to use a less emotionally charged and dramatic headline and report it in a sensible fashion. The Guardian is a left-wing broadsheet, so everything they report is serious. The headline "US elections 2020: Biden holds lead over Trump in tense wait for results" is informative and factual, and the picture they have chosen to use shows a white man yelling at a black person, which is stereotypically considered to be a thing that Trump supporters do. Culturally, The Guardian has chosen to report this as it's a current affair that will affect everyone.
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