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http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/trump-not-planning-visit-fbi-headquarters-after-comey-firing-spokesperson-n757771
The article above is about the tension between President Trump and the FBI. The diction the authors, Kahlan Rosenblatt and Ken Dilanian, create is formal. They don't seem very attached to the article as much as they are simply trying to get the information across. This is evident by the word choice. Their sentences sound very formal and not personal, "Amid the continuing fallout over his decision to fire FBI Director James Comey, Trump was considering an appearance at the FBI's J Edgar Hoover Building in downtown Washington, DC. The White House publicly floated the idea as recently as Thursday morning". This gives the piece a forthright tone. The article also uses fairly simple syntax. The sentences are declarative and occasionally short like the sentences "By Thursday afternoon the plan had been completely nixed" and "Comey's dismissal on Tuesday came as a shock to the political world". The tone of the article is forthright. The article is very straight forward and direct. There is no real second story, there is only the fact that the FBI is not in agreement with President Trump. The authors even include officials saying this, "...Trump would not be well-received at headquarters". The purpose is to share why the FBI and the President are butting heads. The article achieves this by writing sentences like the following, "the FBI told the White House the optics would not be good. FBI officials made clear that the president would not draw many smiles and cheers, having just unceremoniously sacked a very popular director". The overall goal of the article is to share the tensions between the FBI and the President. The purpose is valuable because by writing about this event, the information will get to the people, and the people can see the drama that's going on in the capital. In the beginning of the article the authors hint to the tension between the two and give background information on what caused the tension. Through the article the authors touch on how both sides feel about the tension and the decision to fire Comey, and how it cause the tension. At the end of the article the authors retouch on where the tension has escalated to. To support the argument they are making, the authors use lots of first hand sources, people who are in the middle of the problem, stating how they feel about the situation. the argument is a strong argument because there are countless first hand sources telling how they feel and their views on the situation.
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My name is Stephanie Crisfield. I am a junior at North Cobb High School and this is my blog that is dedicated to analyzing NBC News. Welcome!
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