1). Identify who is the writer and/or speaker. Margot Storm is the editor of this story, as she revised it and rearranged the piece. The main writer in “Reserve Police Battalion 101” was historian Christopher Browning, who created this piece by gathering his information from various interrogations. 2).
In the passage “The Word Police” by Michiko Kakutani, there is great tone emphasized throughout the article. However, in the fifth paragraph of the article, Kakutani has some certainly strong, overwhelming tone. Kakutani first establishes their opinion with an appeal that there is an impulse to find political correctness, saying that “Certainly no decent person can quarrel with the underlying impulse behind political correctness…”. This general assumption implies that every decent person knows that there is some urge to be politically correct and that anyone who does not know this, is not a decent person. Kakutani then goes on to use pathos to say that these opinions can either make or break someone.
In Zeitoun, Eggers does not only promote awareness of social injustices but uses pathos: an appeal to emotion, ethos: an appeal to credibility, and logos: an appeal to logic, to show Zeitoun’s experience during Hurricane Katrina and post-9/11. When Zeitoun is being imprisoned at Camp Greyhound because he was accused of being a terrorist, Eggers specifically described by using powerful imagery the horrible conditions that took place such as the forced strip-downs, being sprayed with toxic gas, and being abused by the soldiers. Eggers also uses ethos to show Zeitoun's credibility in his neighborhood by helping stray dogs, saving lives of many people on his street, and his excellent work performance. Reading this book, anyone can immediately develop a connection with Zeitoun and feel utter sympathy for him without the knowledge of the true felonies he has been charged
In this article Durham police constable Glen Turpin was fired on Wednesday September 23rd for excessive use of force after a seven year paid suspension. He was terminated from the Durham Police Force after a tribunal decision. Turpin was fired after he was found guilty of. ” Unlawful or unnecessary exercise of authority.” Turpin had faced two criminal trials for assaults against prisoners, but before his down fall he was a decorated officer who received commendations in 2005 for saving a hostage.
The book explores police corruption in relation to gender. Marilyn Corsianos has tried to expand the reader’s knowledge and help them get a better view on how corruption and policing and their relationship to gender. She brings out to light many aspects of corruption that are not regarded as corruption but considering their nature they qualify to be referred to as corruption. Acts such as racial profiling, gender prejudice, and selective law enforcement are some of the corrupt acts that have been overlooked by the society. According to the book, police tend to defend injustices in the community other than fight them.
By saying that the media is at fault for not anticipating the pre-9/11 threat he, Tom Fenton, believes that the media should be taken very seriously and are “in charge” of picking up clues from the people and places they are reporting on. Since Zinser uses this he is using Tom Fenton’s emotions on the subject to get the reader’s attention. This article used ethical appeal, logical appeal, and emotional appeal to grab the audience’s attention. As a whole, logical appeal was used predominantly, and emotional appeal used . Using the emotional appeal more than logical appeal in this type of article would have
Each news source has its own social and political view on who is considered the offender and victim. The viewpoint of that source can affect an individual’s perception on the case.
Who is Beyoncé really? Is Beyoncé a menace to society, or a creative individual who possesses great influence on others to get her message across? Noah Berlatsky made this question evident to readers as they move through the article. The article Beyoncé, Sex Terrorist: A Menace for Conservatives and Liberals Alike begins by introducing how two people both of political power and say react to the way Beyoncé conveys herself.
A basic news article must answer six questions: who, what, when, where, why, and how. However, this creates the expectation that a news reporter must create a “story” rather than an article, or a narrative that interests the reader. This creates temptation to focus on individual stories rather than the larger issues at hand, or even for reporter to cultivate a narrative from information. Even still, reporters face more challenges in the form of manipulation by sources such as politicians and experts with agendas. In the case of Jessica Lynch, the Iraq War, and today’s news coverage, viewers can see that the media, the military, and politicians all can play a role in distorting reality or creating myth.
Guarding the News: An Analysis of The Guardian The Guardian is a self proclaimed “lean left” or “centre-left” newspaper originally published in the UK (AllSides: Media Based Ratings). The paper additionally offers US, UK, Australian, and International editions online. The audience and context to which this paper reports has a large scope. I will be analysing the newspapers online US edition. The Guardian can be reached using: https://www.theguardian.com/us.
An event that takes place in the world can be described from various angles. Particularly newspapers apply this in order to follow their respective agendas. This Extended Essay will examine how two Israeli newspapers report about violence, particularly aiming to answer the research question: How does the portrayal of two violent acts that occurred in 2014 as part of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict vary between Haaretz and The Jerusalem Post?. Haaretz considers itself to be a Zionist left wing newspaper, while The Jerusalem Post is orientated more towards the center, however, some agencies argue that it leans towards the political right. Therefore, Haaretz reports from a viewpoint that is favourable to a Palestinian.
But the Truth, explores how far one journalist will go to protect the integrity of her and her source against the federal government. Nothing But the Truth is about journalist Rachel Armstrong and her fight to protect her source for an article she wrote.
Corruption is a type of misconduct and offense in which the police break their contract and oath by abusing their power for personal gain or even for departmental gain. Examples of types of police corruption a. Bribery- police officer receives bribes so that they cannot write tickets for people who have gone against the law for example, from prostitutes and gambling, bribery does not only affect the united states but its world spread, examples of other countries with highest percentage of bribery are Pakistan and France. b. Assault on suspects- police officers use excessive force on suspects leading to injuries and at times suspects end up dying in their custody. Some police officers have been charged with murder of suspects in their custody.
LICEING THE 21ST CENTURY The police are the public and the public are the police - Robert peel When we talk about the criminal justice system the public at large plays a very important role right from the prevention to reporting to the investigation of the case. The criminal justice system cannot achieve its goal without the active participation of the general public. If we take a look at the ancient police setup in medivial and ancient india we come across that there were various provisions for the participation of the public working with the police. The word police, inspires confidence inspires a sense of truse, security, commitment, and public service.
