Here's everything YOU need to know about the Alabama Senate race
In this article by Daniella Diaz for CNN, Diaz gives us the 'need to knows' of the Alabama senate race. Now, this isn't the first time I've seen these regular headlines from CNN and Time magazine with related titles saying something like, 'Everything you need to know about ____,' but, this is one instance of it.
Not only does this persuade a reader to believe that this is an inclusive overview of the Alabama senate race, but with Diaz's occasional opinion being written into the article it also persuades the reader towards a side. Diaz says, "[Roy Moore]...a much less popular figure among Alabama Republicans than Trump." It's become an understanding, thanks to the media blasting polls and opinions, that Trump is not very liked. Now, Diaz, without referencing any statistics, has claimed that Roy Moore is less popular than Trump amongst the general Republican population of Alabama. This insert of opinion, as trivial as it may be, might persuade those who liked Moore to be under the impression that nobody does.
To contrast, when Diaz says, "In 2014, Moore wrote letters to all 50 state governors calling on them to convene a constitutional convention to ban same-sex marriage," she is merely reporting. It's terrible Moore did such a thing, but if he did then its a check-able fact and the audience should take that information to form their own opinion on Moore - not one based on what seems like a comparative opinion.
Most of the article is void of personal opinion simply stating the current affair of the senate race in Alabama. But, that one line was unnecessarily placed and showed her opinion of Moore rather than reporting with full objectivity on the race.
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| Photo by Jomar Thomas |
Not only does this persuade a reader to believe that this is an inclusive overview of the Alabama senate race, but with Diaz's occasional opinion being written into the article it also persuades the reader towards a side. Diaz says, "[Roy Moore]...a much less popular figure among Alabama Republicans than Trump." It's become an understanding, thanks to the media blasting polls and opinions, that Trump is not very liked. Now, Diaz, without referencing any statistics, has claimed that Roy Moore is less popular than Trump amongst the general Republican population of Alabama. This insert of opinion, as trivial as it may be, might persuade those who liked Moore to be under the impression that nobody does.
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| Birmingham, AL - Photo by Zach Farmer |
To contrast, when Diaz says, "In 2014, Moore wrote letters to all 50 state governors calling on them to convene a constitutional convention to ban same-sex marriage," she is merely reporting. It's terrible Moore did such a thing, but if he did then its a check-able fact and the audience should take that information to form their own opinion on Moore - not one based on what seems like a comparative opinion.
Most of the article is void of personal opinion simply stating the current affair of the senate race in Alabama. But, that one line was unnecessarily placed and showed her opinion of Moore rather than reporting with full objectivity on the race.
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