Current Event 1: Kristen Wedegis
Link: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-45270225
Assessment of news source: The British Broadcasting Company (BBC) is headquartered in London and is a publicly funded news organization--one of the oldest of its kind. The BBC's mission to inform, educate and entertain an audience at any location and age is made possible through funding from governments, international organizations, and private donations. As a result of the BBC's extensive array of diverse monetary supporters, the news organization is allegedly one of the more objective and impartial sources, but bias in news is always present. The BBC is thought to be slightly left of center, holding a liberal political bias in their reporting coverage.
Summary: Yemen has faced a series of onslaughts from the rebel Houthi movement, Ansar Allah, for the past two years, leaving the war torn country in a massive famine. Though there have been many attempts at peace since the beginning of the Ansar Allah rebellion, the United Nations have launched a new crusade calling for the warring parties to attend another round of consultations in Geneva on September after a recent air strike left 44 schoolboys dead on a field trip. A low bar has been set regarding the outcome of Geneva; however, officials emphasize that "baby steps" are all that are necessary for a beginning to the end.
Analysis: Throughout the article, Doucet (author and BBC's Chief international correspondent) incorporates quotes from various officials and diplomatic sources that shed light on Yemen's never-ending war. In order to prove the validity of each quote, Doucet includes a brief description of every source (their position, title, etcetera), boosting the ethos of the facts presented in the article by justifying each quote's accuracy on the subject. In addition to this, Doucet employs logos with the facts and statistics regarding the conflict's timeline and casualties. Through Doucet's discussion of the famine brought on by the rebellion, the audience is called to empathize with the victims (especially children) facing these issues. Overall, Doucet maintains a neutral but urgent tone and avoids the slippery slope fallacy when analyzing the outcome of the consultations in Geneva by highlighting multiple possible results.
Opinion: I find it interesting how the death of 44 schoolboys in Yemen caused multiple nations to take action, yet the United States--a country with a record amount of child and teenage deaths due to school shootings in the past two years--has remained silent on this issue. Not only has the U.S. withheld their support for the United Nations' effort to bring peace to war torn Yemen, the U.S. continues to back the rebel coalition through provisions of arms.
Assessment of news source: The British Broadcasting Company (BBC) is headquartered in London and is a publicly funded news organization--one of the oldest of its kind. The BBC's mission to inform, educate and entertain an audience at any location and age is made possible through funding from governments, international organizations, and private donations. As a result of the BBC's extensive array of diverse monetary supporters, the news organization is allegedly one of the more objective and impartial sources, but bias in news is always present. The BBC is thought to be slightly left of center, holding a liberal political bias in their reporting coverage.
Summary: Yemen has faced a series of onslaughts from the rebel Houthi movement, Ansar Allah, for the past two years, leaving the war torn country in a massive famine. Though there have been many attempts at peace since the beginning of the Ansar Allah rebellion, the United Nations have launched a new crusade calling for the warring parties to attend another round of consultations in Geneva on September after a recent air strike left 44 schoolboys dead on a field trip. A low bar has been set regarding the outcome of Geneva; however, officials emphasize that "baby steps" are all that are necessary for a beginning to the end.
Analysis: Throughout the article, Doucet (author and BBC's Chief international correspondent) incorporates quotes from various officials and diplomatic sources that shed light on Yemen's never-ending war. In order to prove the validity of each quote, Doucet includes a brief description of every source (their position, title, etcetera), boosting the ethos of the facts presented in the article by justifying each quote's accuracy on the subject. In addition to this, Doucet employs logos with the facts and statistics regarding the conflict's timeline and casualties. Through Doucet's discussion of the famine brought on by the rebellion, the audience is called to empathize with the victims (especially children) facing these issues. Overall, Doucet maintains a neutral but urgent tone and avoids the slippery slope fallacy when analyzing the outcome of the consultations in Geneva by highlighting multiple possible results.
Opinion: I find it interesting how the death of 44 schoolboys in Yemen caused multiple nations to take action, yet the United States--a country with a record amount of child and teenage deaths due to school shootings in the past two years--has remained silent on this issue. Not only has the U.S. withheld their support for the United Nations' effort to bring peace to war torn Yemen, the U.S. continues to back the rebel coalition through provisions of arms.
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