http://entertainment.time.com/2012/09/28/fox-news-apologizes-after-airing-live-footage-of-suicide/?iid=ent-main-mostpop1
The article I read came from entertainment.time.com and is written by James Poniewozik. He writes about how Fox News center accidentally aired live footage of a man committing suicide and describes Fox's apology to the public. He also raises the question: Why air live footage of car chases? They are not national news and have no reason to be televised.
The exigence of the text was that Fox aired live footage of the public, which was very controversial, and released an apology to the public. The purpose for James writing the text was to inform the public of this information and show readers the apology from Fox. He also chose to write this article to raise an argumentative question of why do national television programs air live footage of car chases. This article was geared to an audience of adults who are up to date on current news or would be interested by this topic.
The rhetorical devices used in this article are: logos, ethos, pathos, argumentative (modes of discourse), and persuasion.
Yes, I think James Poniewozik accomplishes his goal through his text. First, he gives the audience background information by explaining how the incident occurred and gave a copy of Fox's apology. He uses this as an example for his bigger argument: Why air live footage of car chases? Immediately after, he uses logic to explain why it is wrong to air them and gives many reasons to back himself up. He makes it seem unnecessary and a waste of television time. By the end of the article I found my self wondering why car chases are aired live because of 1. the incident that occurred and 2. the reasons James Poniewozik listed. He sufficed in convincing me and I think he will convince the rest of the readers.
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