Gaza – Israel rocket fire in summer 2014
Article 1: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/04/world/middleeast/israel-gaza-hamas-fatah-.html
Article 2:
For my rhetoric paper I am analyzing the two sides of the rockets that were being fired between gaza and Israel this past summer. The first article I am using is fro the New York Times which is (contrary to popular belief) an Anti-Israel paper I will analyze different aspects of the article such as the language that is used and the pictures that are displayed. The Second article I will be using is from Fox News, usually a Pro Israel Anti-Gaza news source. With this article I will also be looking at the language and pictures that are displayed. I chose this topic because I feel that every news outlet in the world takes a side in this conflict and there is not one source that strictly displays the facts without bias. While I know it is virtually impossible to write a paper without showing a side I will do my best. This is a topic I feel a deep connection to. Last year I spent the year in Israel doing religious study. Being an orthodox Jew I developed a strong connection to the land of Israel. And being in Israel I acknowledged first hand the different viewpoints people had on the actions that were taken by the IDF, Israel’s army. My entire life I have been exposed to propaganda from both sides. Although looking for bias in articles is something I have done before especially with regard to the Arab-Israel conflict. I am looking forward to get a chance to spend a lot of time on analyzing different articles and bringing out the unobvious bias clues given off by these news sources.