Monday, December 14, 2009

Opinion pieces - period 3

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/14/opinion/14mon2.html?_r=1&ref=opinion

http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/category/allison-arieff/

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/12/opinion/12sat1.html?ref=opinion

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/13/opinion/13sun2.html

4 comments:

Ray said...

the first few articles, (medical insurance agency and execution article) were muddled with emotions and obvious bias that really turned me off as a reader. The copenhagen and the environment summit article were well written and seemed to make one think more than try to specifically persuade. The last few articles seemed to be lacking a profound opinion. Talking on your phone while driving isn't new and the effects it has have been well documented

erica.c said...

the first articals about execution and health care were not written that strong.the articles were bias. i think that they could have been written better. the article about chinas pollution was written very strngly. i liked the way that article was written a lot. the article about cell phones was written okay. the articles did not tell you anything different. everything mentioned was basic information that everyone already knows.

Unknown said...

Death Penalty

It’s an argument and persuasion type of editorial. The author choices a side with is that the death penalty is inhumane, and further expands on it. The article has no direct quotes. Its focus is the new one drug method of execution; it also focuses on the three-drug method. Does not provide an alternative solution or does it show an opposing viewpoint. It’s written on an important topic, which is a deep-seated problem within the society. Sort of has the 5W’s format. Deals with a contemporary issue.

mia. said...

With the twitter article i noticed that there were a lot of facts given throughout the article. With the photos and freedom article i noticed that right off the bat the author started with, "In a sad but unsurprising denouement this week..". Personally i feel that the author is immediately putting emotion in their article, using words like "sad".