Rhetoric Analysis

Filtering the News
One of the incredible feats of media journalists is denying that there is media bias by equating it with conspiracy theories. When people share the same bias, they don't need a conspiracy. The harm comes from the fact that most of the public gets to see only that part of reality which has been filtered through the same preconceptions shared by 90 percent of those in the media.

In this character the author, Thomas Sowell, uses ethos of being a person who writes media and then stating what he knows about media, it has bias. He brings up the logic that when people share bias it's not a conspiracy that that's what they are printing or writing about, it just is a bias on their part that can't be overlooked by the public! He also brings up that logically the media that we see has been filtered since there is only a few things that writers can cover, but he makes it clear that we don't have to just accept what is said, we can research for ourselves. Through Sowell's word choice we get a sense of Pathos since there isn't anyone who doesn't fear conspiracy theories and such things. This draws fear out and then when that idea is brought to life he then gives the facts on it...what it's really like. It's just a bias he says and isn't anything planned, but for some to deny that such a bias exists are insane! By knowing that there is ethos, pathos and logos in this article, that we have a clip of, it helps his argument to appeal to all senses and to be strong. Having a well rounded argument that covers all it's bases helps to be both convincing and solid.