After reading two of the articles, write a one-paragraph response to each. Consider the following questions for each editorial [your commentary need not be in this order]:
-How does the author of the news article support a specific position on the issue? Provide an example of this slanted perspective.
-What is your personal opinion on the subject under debate? Why do you support/ refute the article's points? [ex. Cigarettes- Why would you take the job/ not take the job?; Locked away- How old do you think an individual needs to be to tell right from wrong?; Global warming- What does your diet mostly consist of?; Distraction- Who do you know that texts while driving?]
-What statistics/ collected data/ pictures/ etc. does the author choose to make his/ her point(s) in the editorial? How are they effective?
In the article "Should I Take A Job Promoting Cigarettes?" the author cannot decide whether or not to take the job. Proof is that the author wrote to the paper asking what he should do. I would never take that job in am million years, unless I had a plan to thwart the company's mission and destroy all of their tobacco. The author provides the facts that "Cigarette smoking causes more than 400,000 deaths in the US each year."
In the article "Driven to Distraction" it discusses the dangers of texting while driving. I am strongly against texting while driving. The article states that texting accidents total up to about 2,600 deaths a year. That is truly disgusting and disturbing. So many deaths over such a selfish and stupid reason is really unnecessary.
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