This article was headed with an ironic weather picture of different wind fronts despite the “perfect storm” part of the title being purely metaphorical. Within the article, it describes Edie Bowser’s murder trial where he is reported to blame the incident on a “perfect storm” in his head, triggered by low sodium levels. The article reports on the event factually, stating how he is attempting to plead for insanity in order to escape the death penalty. They also state that he had post-traumatic stress disorder from serving the US army despite never being deployed. This does raise an interesting question, but the author’s strive for pure facts seemingly kept them from speculating on any of it, especially to how one can receive post-traumatic stress disorder despite never witnessing real combat. Ultimately, the reporter uses facts that they gathered and logically present the situation, from Bowser’s personal accounts, to what his lawyers believe, to how the trial proceeded. Meanwhile the reporter seems indifferent about it, which is a good thing.
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Davis W.A guy who analyzes news articles for an AP Lang class, who hates clickbait titles and biased "news". Archives
May 2017
CategoriesClick-bait: An article that attempts to gain nothing more but clicks for its ad revenue by using a fake title that does not accurately reflect what the article describes at all.
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