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The news can be very biased.

Today a group presented, there movie was Control Room and they really opened my eyes because most of the time the news is very bias and it only tells us when American soldiers are killed and wounded. What is the artist saying and what rhetorical devices are used?

Irony.

What is the photographer trying to say about childhood obesity?

Celebrity Politicians

Is it just me, or has America portrayed our political canidates as celebrities? How do you view the subject? Are they really superior to us citizens? Are they an "actor" or a leader?

hmmm.....

hmmm... to buckle or not to buckle? this ad sure makes me want to buckle up. i mean really, if you think about your car more as a catapult and less as a shield then you might consider that you want to buckle up. i know that technichally "big attention-getting things" arent standard rhetor and logic, but it sure draws quite an audience. this was a great way to get someone thinking along the same lines as you, if you have a big idea and show it. especially if its interesting. like this.

Untrusthworthy politics?

What type of rhetorical devices does this political cartoon demonstrate? How are McCain, Palin and Clinton being portrayed as?

What You Really Get

Above is a chart that contains the two presidential candidates’ stands on different issues. Note that is does not contain the names of the candidates, or their political party, age, race, none of that. What rhetorical ideas are in this unusual display of information? Is it a good idea to have an election that the public only receives opinions and ideas of a candidate with out knowing who they actually are until the inauguration? Also, please do not give away who x and y really are.

White House Fear of Facts

What is the argument presented in this cartoon? How does the illustration represent the white house fear of facts as well as the economic crisis in America?

SNL (problems with the economy)

 

Ok, ok, I know that I posted a video from SNL last time but I was cracking up so hard that I had to post this one.  As Oscar Rogers said about the economic we need to “FIX IT!!”. Do YOU agree? What do you think of AIG insurance “vacation trip” once they got a 35 million dollar loan? No really what do you think of it? No really? Also what other opinions was portrayed in the video. What is the argument in this video? Is it funny? What makes it funny? Is humor a rhetorical device? 

COPY AND PAST:     http://www.nbc.com/Saturday_Night_Live/video/clips/update-thursday-part-2/742141/

Vice Presidential debate

Did Palin hold her own against ubiquitous Washington man Biden? You tell me...and stick to the facts, man.

Is Big Brother watching you?

There is no specific right to privacy in the constitution. We usually dont think of privacy as a privledge, its just a fact and we take that for granted. but are your actions as private as you think? the supreme court decision in 'Bartnicki v. Vopper' states that illegally recorded cell phone conversations were allowed to be published as long as "the information concerns an issue of public importance, and the press did not participate in or encourage the interception of the phone call." This case took place in May of 2001, before 9/11. Imagine the magnitude of phone calls that the government records, justified, no doubt, as an act of "international security." How many calls have they recorded? How many of them were actually of terrorists? how many more were political intrests pursued in an effort to increase one parties influence over the other? How many were used to justify warrants of arrest for potentially dangerous criminals? I dont doubt that monitoring the media and internet are nessicary ways of preventing crimes, however i judge that monitoring phone conversations is an invasion of privacy. Its just wrong. The first amendment gave us the "freedom of speech," the freedom to state our minds and voice our opinions openly, but what if we didnt want to share those opinions? our thoughts are private, untill someone else is listening. how justified is eavesdropping, how far can it go?


these are my thoughts on invasion of privacy. id like to hear yours.

How does this picture portray Mr. Nesbitt to someone who might not know him? Do you think a viewer would get an accurate image?

Cartoon Argument

Ok so here goes nothing. The argument portrayed in the cartoon is that the government keeps piling up their debt and just letting it sit to waste. 

Let's get down to some multimedia rhetorical analysis!

Hey guys, let's kick this sucker off. What is the argument in this video (the link is at the bottom)? What are the tools that are used to prove this point? Is it funny? What makes it funny? Is humor a rhetorical device?

Let me reiterate to you, you don't have to comment on every thread. Your eight comments can be to any threads you choose and you certainly can comment multiple times on the same thread. You will be graded on the quality of your interactions, and primarily for your comments. Extra consideration will be given to those who comment more than the requisite 8 times.

Let me know what you think, because thinking is the key.

Watch the video here.

Factcheck.org

We talk about logic and rhetoric in class. In this election year, both candidates bombard us with outrageous claims, and this website is a great way to keep the rhetoric in check. They check the factuality of all claims made by both candidates and then give us the truth (or at least a reasonable analogue).

http://www.factcheck.org

Finding your blogging voice

No matter which subject you choose to write your blog about, and no matter what theme you choose or have made for your site - there is one thing, and one thing only, that will truly make your blog stand out - and that’s you.

Your writing style is your “voice” online, and once you find it, your blog will begin to shape around it. If you’re new to blogging, it may take a while for you to find your own style. When you first start its very easy to either be too dry and news-like, giving you no voice at all, or too much like one of your favorite bloggers.

Just like any writing, when you’re first starting out you will most likely look at examples of others, and whether you know it or not, will emulate them in some form or fashion. After you’ve begun to blog for a while, however, you’ll find your voice starting to creep out and eventually taking over.

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