Ferguson Article Comparison (Nick, Caroline, Sang)

The shooting of an unarmed man, Brown, stirred up a multitude of controversy; not only in St. Louis, but all throughout the nation. In the Fox News article, it elaborates on the different sides taken by different regions around the country on what happened with Michael Brown. While in the Democracy Now article, it only talks about the aftermath and the efforts to the control emotional eruptions in the area. We feel that the text was intended to figures in education, teachers and students. We feel that the secondary or unintended audience was toward society in general and pretty much throughout the nation. In relation to the appeals of Aristotle, we would most heavily relate it to the pathos part of the ‘triangle’. Primarily in the Fox News article, they speak mostly to the audience, educating those that read the article to be conscious of the situation that occurred and be more socially aware. However, in the Democracy Now article, we saw it point more toward the credibility or the ethos. For example, in the text, it is stated, “One of the BearCat armored trucks used during protests there was paid for with $360,000 in Homeland Security grants.” In both articles, they touched upon the aspect of race in relations to the conflict. Overall, the Fox News article was based around educating us, demonstrating different perspectives around the nation and the reactions to the situation that have occurred. On the other hand, the Democracy Now article, how the government has responded to the event proceeding the killing of Michael Brown.