If our life was a room, the internet would be a window. which allows us to see a whole different world outside.1 Somebody wants to escape from a boring situation inside their countries, like this man, Farhad Manjoo, the New York Times columnist, has published his article “Netflix Is the Most Intoxicating Portal to Planet Earth”.2 He attempts to persuade the readers to embrace the diversity and question about cultural boundaries by using Netflix.3 Manjoo weaken his article’s credibility in by showing his bias, however, he also builds his credibility by providing statistics and facts in his article and he appeal to evoke emotion the readers by questioning about the sensitive topics.4 The article is about an opinion toward Netflix. The author …show more content…
He points out the facts about numbers of Netflix’s subscribers and Spending: “Netflix, which has 139 million paying members around the world…In 2016, the company expanded to 190 countries, …, a majority of its subscribers and most of its revenue came from outside the United States…the company spent $12 billion on content in 2018 and is projected to spend $15 billion this year…“Elite” has been seen by 20 million viewers around the world. For my analysis, He persuade the audience by using the numbers of subscribers and viewers, which is a “Appeal to Crowd fallacy''. To sum up, he uses the large amount of spending on Netflix’s product to make the audiences feel that Netflix is supporting multicultural representation, and make the audiences think that diversity is worth supporting because most people watch and …show more content…
The writer tries to make the reader think if what is happening in their society is right or not? Is it good for us? Should we change? If we think that what we are used to is not right anymore or too conservative for modern society to do. To sum up, the writer uses a “false dichotomy fallacy” tactic to persuade the readers. In the article, there are conservative and progressive sides. The writer makes us think that the conservative side is illogical because they don’t want to talk about sexual topics or admit that homosexual is right. While progressive side looks more logical because they are open minded people and always want a better world with a diverse society. The conservative looks illogical in the article because of the bias of the writer, as he is a progressive