My candidate, Ben Carson, has
a wide range of recent news stories, everything from now leading in the polls
to being an impostor. I think this is because people like him for the blunt
things he says and people also really dislike him for that as well. The three
news stories I looked at were; "Is Ben Carson the New Republican
Frontrunner?" by The Atlantic, "Ben Carson’s remarkable gibberish on
Syria and Iraq, explained" by the Washington Post, and "Is Ben Carson
an impostor?" by Yahoo Politics.
The first news article about
Ben Carson rising to be number 1 in the polls also discusses his recent
autobiography discrepancies. The article says though that Ben Carson it
becoming the frontrunner by how he is handling these accusations and now has a
1-point lead on Trump. This article is both positive and negative.
The second news article about
the conversation Ben Carson had about Syria and Iraq was mainly about Ben Carson’s
response to U.S. foreign policy strategy in the Middle East. His response was
scattered but the article says it was right but there were also a lot of
"incredible nonsense" and then says he ends with a pretty decent
solution. This article was good in going though Ben Carson's response and
explaining all of it. This article is also both positive and negative but
written very fair.
The last article is very
negative towards Ben Carson and talks about all the reasons we shouldn’t trust
him. This article attacks Ben Carson on his autobiography, his integrity, and
his whole person and story. This article does not seem to be written fair, it
says things like "Let’s leave aside the fact that, in most pursuits in
American life, not trying to kill one’s mother is considered a net plus".
This to me, seems like a sarcastic joke about Ben Carson trying to kill his
mom, it seems very accusatory.
I think this positive and
negative news coverage is good for Ben Carson in general. Most of the news
seemed fair, telling both sides of the story. There are obviously bad news
stories about him as well but the people who read that either already agree or
disagree with it.
The coverage Ben Carson
should be seeking moving forward would be news coverage discounting the negative
news stories about his autobiography because right now that is the biggest negative
news about him.
http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2015/11/is-ben-carson-the-new-republican-frontrunner/415542/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2015/11/11/ben-carsons-remarkable-gibberish-on-syria-and-iraq-explained/
https://www.yahoo.com/politics/is-ben-carson-an-impostor-1298024733794358.html
It is nice that you found coverage of both positive and negative, its better than just being all negative-plus almost all candidates a little of both. It is also good that it is fair writing and not one way or the other
ReplyDeleteI think a lot of times it can be all negative because negative is more interesting to read so I was also glad to see positive things
ReplyDeleteDo you think his autobiograhy really playes a vital role in attaining more people to vote for him? or are there other key issues?
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Deletegood post! Does he have a real chance to overcome the negatives and his soft demeanor to maintain a sturdy campaign?
ReplyDeleteGreat job at showing both negative media coverage and positive media coverage. Do you think Carson will continue to dig himself in a rut with the press? Will it prevent him from maintaing his spot in the polls?
ReplyDeleteWay to cover the negative and positives of Ben Carson, but do you think that eventually voters will realize he spews some awful things ?
ReplyDeleteJustin - I think he is running because of his autobiography because he said so many things about what he would do differently in the government and a lot of people agreed with him
ReplyDeleteJohnny- I really don't know because voice is such an important thing about being the president
Jake - I think Ben Carson will continue to say exactly what he is thinking and I think that could be a good or bad thing
Tyler - I think some people agree with what he is saying and do not find them awful