Beginning on August 26, 2016, the phrase "national anthem protest" has become all too well known. At this point in time, over a year after Colin Kaepernick, a former quarterback for the San Francisco 49er's, first knelt for the national anthem, this topic is still a major controversy. Following Kaepernick, many other NFL players have knelt for the national anthem during football games. Kaepernick exercised his first amendment right, the freedom to protest, in hopes of bringing awareness to the oppression occurring in our country. On Tuesday, October 17, 2017, eleven NFL team owners and a few players met to discuss the current situation. No agreement was made on what the league will do moving forward, but the owners and players stated that the meeting was very productive. The author of the article, "NFL Players Huddle With Owners Over National Anthem Protests," Chandelis R. Duster, portrays the situation well. Duster appeals to ethos and pathos in his article. Duster's first appeal to ethos comes from including commentary from several NFL players and owners, including Malcolm Jenkins, Stephen Ross, Jerry Jones, and Roger Goodell. Duster appeals to pathos by stating, "Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones got an earful from a protester who accused him of treating the players like '$40 million slaves.'" By including this, readers can get a feel of how the players are treated, as well as the criticisms and challenges that NFL team owners are facing throughout this controversial time. The audience of this article is mainly directed at people who watch NFL football, as well as people who are interested in the controversial protesting and the reasons behind the protesting. Duster's tone throughout the article is informational, as well as ambivalent. The article focuses on the meeting of the NFL players and owners, and its outcomes. The article seems somewhat one-sided, but this may be the author's way of avoiding future controversy for himself. Kaepernick kneeling during the national anthem.
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On October 1, 2017, Stephen Paddock shot and killed over 50 people and injured over 500 more in Las Vegas, Nevada. He fired the shots from the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay hotel across from a country music concert. Several NBC authors including Richie Duchon, Andrew Blankstein, F. Brinley Bruton, Pete Williams, and Elizabeth Chuck reported from many cities across the globe, describing the awful event in great detail. The author uses a neutral diction, while including segments from society, including Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, as well as the performers at the concert, which provide sympathy from them. The author appeals to ethos and gains credibility by inserting these comments. Including comments from famous people such as the president and vice president show the validity of the event and the outcome. The authors show repetition by using the words "gunshots" and "firing" multiple times. These words become drilled in the readers head, which give them a better idea of exactly what happened in these moments. The author's purpose is to provide information about the shooting to the public. This gives our society a clear picture of the violence that is going on today. The author's tone in the beginning is informational when he describes the event. A tonal shift occurs and the author inserts commentary. The tone becomes very sympathetic and shows many signs of grief for the victims and their families.
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