Amanda Tab Political Correctness

An Analysis The article I will be analyzing is The truth about “political correctness” is that it doesn’t actually exist, written by the journalist, Amanda Taub. The article was posted January 28th, 2015 on Vox.com. In this article, Taub argues against Jonathan Chait’s article, where he shares his views of political correctness being about sensitivity, and writes her opinion on what political correctness is: the safety and protection of minorities. She states “‘Politically correct’ is a term we use to dismiss ideas that make us uncomfortable” and explains that by saying something is politically correct means that the issue is not an issue at all or that it “has no value.” Taub mentions some popular debates regarding political correctness,

The credibility is important for the researcher to know because it would determine if or in what way the researcher would want to quote the article. The CRAAP test makes it easier to evaluate the information and help determine the credibility of an article. The test consists of five parts: currency, relevance, authority, accuracy, and purpose. All are important factors when determining credibility. Amanda Taub’s article was posted at the beginning of the year 2015. The meaning of political correctness is constantly changing so I would say the most pertinent articles are the most recently written ones. That being said, this article would be considered a current article. Its information is still applicable and up to date. The second principle is relevance. As the researcher, I need to make sure the articles are connected to my research. Taub’s article is exactly on the issue I am researching, which is political correctness. Taub answers what political correctness is, who experiences it, and who is guilty of it throughout her article. These are the answers the audience wants to know. The audience Taub is reaching are people who have an interest in the topic of political correctness and want to know a different viewpoint. The article argues Andrew Chait’s article and tries to persuade the public to Taub’s view instead of Chait’s view on political correctness. Reviewing these things about the article has

In order to determine if Taub’s article is rhetorically effective or not, I reviewed some rhetoric basics. The rhetoric situation or exigence that prompted Amanda Taub to write this article is that when she read Jonathan Chait’s article, she felt he did not give the public the correct interpretation of political correctness. Political correctness is being talked about everywhere and Taub wanted the correct information to be available to the general public. She wants the people to understand and familiarize themselves with this political correctness issue. The author hopes to influence her audience that dismissing issues as politically correct prevent the problems to ever be solved. Taub notices that when this happens, people get hurt and other issues may arise, such as discrimination. To help with this persuasion, Taub uses a little bit of ethos, logos, and pathos. I found it difficult to find specific examples of these methods and determine which one is used the most, but I committed to logos being the most significant. Logos is involved throughout the writing. Taub writes in an argumentative way without using research-based facts making the readers have to reasonably and logically agree. Ethos is included in the article as the author’s writing suggests she is educated and credible. Pathos is used when Taub describes how political correctness affects people. Taub gets to our emotions when she