Thumb through the editorials in either the Times or Newsday over the weekend… what topics are covered? Read at least one of them and discuss what the writers do… what is the language like?
How are the topics covered?
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A lot of different topics are covered in an editorial. Editorials are more of opinion pieces but have both sides of the story. In the editorial I read, the language was easy to read, but it had facts and opinions. It was still in the third person though. The topic was covered by starting with the facts, then some opinion and both sides, and then ended with some more facts.
I noticed that the editorials have a really strong voice, and you can tell that the people that write them feel very strongly about the variety of topics they write about. The language in the editorial i looked at was fairly easy. The editorial I read was in second person, because the author used "our." The piece was about job loss, and started with a number of jobs that were lost and ended with saying that lawmakers can't diminish the help Americans need.
I was reading the editorial on Disappearing Jobs from the New York times and I noticed that the editorials have all opinion and some facts. The writer started by sayong whats been going on in the Congress and what Obama was saying about the job losses during his speech. The editorial covered both sides of the story, and the language is pretty easy to understand and read.
While looking through the newspapers, I noticed that the editorial section was on a lot of different topics. The writers have very strong opinions and the articles does include some facts. It was easy to read and it was in 3rd person. The articles included both sides to the story but made you feel they're way. Editorials are very persuasive.
Some editorials i found in the NY Times were: "Those Who Ignore History", "A Stimulus For Poor", and "In Love With a Jersey Smell". But one Editorial that stuck out to me was the "Disappearing Jobs". This Editorial was in my opinion different than others. It was well thought and organized. It also some what sounds like a feature article. The author doesn't really add much opinion to President Obama's quotes on this, she just adds facts. They only add strong opinion at the end of the editorial. But there is still some really strong voice in all of the editorials.
--Brittany Blakes.
some topics that are covered are,
~the bailout system
~Beijing human rights protection
~Gun control laws, and the Virgina Tech incident
~A new name for Citi stadium.
i read,There’s No Short Selling in Baseball, which was about re-naming Citi field. their was some sarcasim in this editorial, but no quotes. i sldo couldnt really tell what angle the writer eas going for because it seemed more like a news article, but it did have adjectives. their is also a lot of backup in the writers opinion, and many facts mentioning the bailout plan, and how the family who owns the meth-the wilpon family- is ironically friends with bernie madoff
I read this editorial in the daily news called "Wretched excess." The editorial was really strong and the writer was very opinionated.The language was not that complicated but the way the editorial was written, it was very persuasive. Also, one thing that stood out to me a lot was that there was no quotes in the editorial I read.
I would like to see specifics in this assignment. Many of you just talked about editorials in general. I want to see things you discuss about specific editorials that you read. You are all going to be writing editorials and it is important we don't talk in generals.
The editorial section of the NY times covered a variety of issues. I noticed that at this point that the section was mainly on Barak Obama. The issue was called the Chess Master. The language was easy to understand but very persuasive and somewhat rude. Well that is what a editorial is all about. They give you back round information as well as a good variety of hateful comments. The title "The Chess Master" implies that he was very clever as well as thinks 10 steps ahead. I will try to incorporate what was in the actual news articles in to my own writing.
-Avi
You can cover many different topics in an editorial. From sports to the economy, editorials are based on opinion and facts. You can show emotion in editorials unlike hard news. You can show your side with facts but show the other side with maybe one fact and still be an editorial.
Editorials cover many different topics, not just ones that are popular, but those that writers feel passionately about.
I noticed that most editorials are written in clever, witty language. Writers don't express their opinions in meaningless rants, but support their arguments with facts.
Many different topics are covered in an editorial. Editorials are more of opinion pieces but cover both sides of the story. The language in the editorial was easy to read, but it had facts and opinions. It was still written in third person though. The topic started with the facts, then opinions, and at last it ended with more facts.
Domenico
The editorials that I found in the New York times were very "powerful". In all of them there was a lot of opinion and a lot of information and facts to back up the writer's opinion. The language was pretty easy to read. I imagine they make a point to try and use easy language because they want people to agree with them, and not be confused. That's what i found :)
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