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To begin with, the article that I will be using for this critical reflection assignment will be Twitter is destroying Democracy by Damon Linker. The publication of this article was in 2018. The issue that the author explains with detail in this article was; Is democracy being destroyed by twitter? The conclusion of his issue was yes, our democracy is being destroyed because of twitter. This article had many reasons to explain his point of view. The first reason to clarify the conclusion given is that Twitter increases the social compulsive inclinations between those who work in the dogmatic world. The other reason that explains the conclusion will be that Twitter can turn politicians, news reporters and, journalist into unsuccessful,
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false cause-post hoc was used in the beginning of the article. This fallacy was used by explaining that Tweeter is causing the politicians and newscasters to become the worst version of themselves. This fallacy was effective. The reason why is because it was one of the main parts of the overall issue that the author was trying to explain. This fallacy helped the argument, because it was a great way to describe the issue. Also, the other fallacy that was used by the author was hasty conclusion, this fallacy was used throughout the article one place was that if tweeter vanishes than the politicians and news anchors will become their best and more professional selves. This fallacy was effective, because it benefitted what the authors point was that he was trying to get across. This fallacy did help the argument because it assumes that if tweeter is gone the world could become a better place to be.
Furthermore, the bias language that was used throughout the article was weasel words. The value words that were used to elicit an emotional response of confusion, and fear will be denotation, connotations and, ambiguity. The language that was used in getting the point across was effective. The reason why is that the words Twitter, politician and news anchors were used variously throughout the article, as if this argument was directed toward and for the news broadcasters and
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