Thursday, October 7, 2010

Three Op-Eds

The first of the three Op-Eds I read was called President Obama's "Rap Palate" written by Thomas Chatterton Williams. The article was very persuasive. The article has lots of "Logos" which means good reasoning. A lot of facts saying President Obama is supporting the way rappers are telling America what to do is quite evident. I believe the article has "Pathos" because it was very emotional. To be a reader, it was hard not to feel for the author, having a somewhat bad taste in my mouth towards the President after the reading. At the very end of the writing, I felt "Ethos" were put into play. After stating that the author listened to the President talking about certain subjects, and being an American citizen, the credibility of the author seemed quite good, applicable for the situation. I happen to disagree with the author on this subject. The author took the whole concept of the President's taste of music way out of proportion. Even though I disagree, the article was legitimate. The article can be found here.
The second of the three Op-Eds I read was called Obama's line on the stimulus: Everything is absolutely fine written by David Freddoso. This article contains "Pathos" in which the author presents one side of the argument, that the stimulus package actually worked, and then completely turns the tables and shows you how the stimulus is a complete and embarrassing failure. Appeal to popularity played a major role in this article. The author spouts out about polling which supports his argument and therefore I do not believe that in this case, appeal to popularity falls into the logical fallacies category, which also led me to the belief that this article contains no logical fallacies at all.
The third and final Op-Ed that I read was called Anatomy of the Obama Meltdown written by Victor David Hanson. This article talks about the major and catastrophic failure that is the Obama administration. The author presents many forms of "ethos" in which his credibility is placed in question because of his blabbering rants on his own opinions, which are seldom supported by credible facts. I did not notice any other obvious logical fallacies.

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