The Washington Post recently published an article that brought to light many of the degrading comments that Donald Trump, the Republican presidential candidate, said about women in a conversation with Billy Bush. According to the article, Trump was recorded making inappropriate comments and bragging about how he kisses, gropes, and has sex with many women. After the recording of Trump was leaked to the media, he made a public statement apologizing for the comments that were made; however, according to the news article, instead of giving a genuine apology for his comments Trump pointed out the Bill Clinton had said and done far worse things than the comments that were made in that recording. Trump also used the term “locker-room banter” to describe …show more content…
Dawes, the false consensus effect can be defined as the egotistic bias to overestimate the degree to which people are like us. This bias will lead people to believe that certain opinions, preferences, and habits are normal among other people, when in reality they are not. This concept can be applied to Donald Trump’s apology after the recording was leaked to the media. In his apology, Trump justified his actions by saying that Bill Clinton had done even worse things than he had said in that recording. This false consensus that Trump created in his apology serves as a cognitive bias that increases his self-esteem. By justifying his actions with the actions of someone else he is normalizing the situation and showing the media that he is not the only one that has done this, and that many people do far worse things. In a recent experiment that tested the false consensus effect, Brian Mullen and a group of scientists found that people who engage in a given behavior will estimate that behavior to be more common than it is estimated to be by people who engage in alternative behaviors. In the apology that Trump released after the recording was leaked, he describes his conversation as simple “locker-room banter” and says that he did not mean any of it. By using that specific term, Trump was implying that he was simply engaging in a typical conversation that “average” men partake in. The specific term that he used to describe his comments also served as a way to create a false consensus because it normalized the situation and made it seem like an “average” person could engage in a conversation like that. Donald Trump’s strategy in his apology was to create a false consensus and make it seem as if his recording was not something worthy of so much controversy. By justifying his actions with someone else’s comments and using terms such as “locker-room banter, ” Trump attempted to normalize the situation and make it seem socially
In the United States, the government has been run as a “representative” democracy. With every presidency comes change, however, one thing does not change and that is the State of the Union Address. Every President is tasked with giving a speech to address the state of the country specifically on the economy and the current budget. The speech is supposed to give American citizens a sense of hope, comradery, and belief that the leader of the free world is making every effort to make this country better for all who are apart of it. However, with the newly elected President, during his State of the Union Address he promoted division and intentional attacks towards immigrant in the United States.
The National Apology of 2008 is the latest addition to the key aspects of Australia’s reconciliation towards the Indigenous owners of our land. A part of this movement towards reconciliation is the recognition of Indigenous Australians and Torres Strait Islanders rights to their land. Upon arrival in Australia, Australia was deemed by the British as terra nullius, land belonging to no one. This subsequently meant that Indigenous Australians and Torres Strait Islanders were never recognised as the traditional owners. Eddie Mabo has made a highly significant contribution to the rights and freedoms of Indigenous Australians as he was the forefather of a long-lasting court case in 1982 fighting for the land rights of the Torres Strait Islanders. Eddie Mabo’s introduction of the Native Title Act has provided Indigenous Australians with the opportunity to state claim to their land, legally recognising the Indigenous and the Torres Strait Islanders as the traditional owners.
Rhetorical analysis assignment: President’s Address to the Nation. Since the 9/11 attacks, the Bush administration has been calling on all citizens and all nations to support his Middle East policy. Nonetheless, the U.S. has been involved in the Middle East struggle for more than half of the century, wars were waged and citizens were killed.
"I ask that all Americans demonstrate in their personal and public lives... the high ethical standards that are essential to good character and to the continued success of our Nation."
In this paper I am going to discuss the rhetorical appeals, as well as the argumentative structure, audience and purpose set forth by George W. Bush in his September 27 speech in Flagstaff, Arizona. More specifically I will refer to the rhetorical appeals of ethos, pathos and logos, and explain how they are used to gain the support and attention of the audience and further the further the purpose of the speech. As I explain these appeals I will also give an insight into the argumentative structure and why it is apparent in this particular speech.
George W. Bush’s “9/11 Address to the Nation” is a speech in which he talks about the catastrophic event on September eleventh, 2001. Two airplanes crash into the Twin Towers in New York City on this day, shocking the entire world. He addresses this speech to the people of America on the night of the disastrous event, to let the people of the United States know what is going on. This speech explains how the United States is a strong country, the motives behind the event, as well as to bring the United States together and stronger.
What has changed in the media and political culture? Why is exploitation of sex and politics on front burner of the American agenda? The private matters of the President were once just that — private matters. Now they are published and are accessible to the American public by way of the Starr Report (http://CNN.com/starr.report/)and the mainstream media. The impeachment of the President symbolizes the pinnacle of the integration of sex and politics by the media.
Someone’s mistakes can easily be debuted online, making the levels of public shame go beyond its limits. In Source C, “Is the Internet a Mob without Consequence?”, there is an article about an adult who got a massive amount of hate for an inappropriate tweet. In the document, the adult named Ms. Sacco received intense reactions and consequences: “Yet as soon as it was clear that she had made similar comments in the past, the Internet turned into a voracious and vengeful mob. Ms. Sacco was tried and judged guilty in a public square of millions and soon attacked in a way that seemed worse than her original statement. Within hours, people threatened to rape, shoot, kill, and torture her.” (Bilton 9-13). With the negative feedback, the lady realized her tweet was an awful mistake; however, when dealing with the internet, there is no “deleting” mistakes. Also, being shamed to the extent of having millions watch her in a public square and then threaten to do so many wrong actions like killing is just brutality wrong. The responses following the tweet are in fact far more disgusting than the single tweet posted which started the entire breakout. Furthermore, with the rise of social media, Monica Lewinsky also had her fair share in being harassed and humiliated online. Monica shares with the audience, “But the attention and judgement that I received, not the
The main argument in The Apology by famous ancient Greek philosopher Plato is whether, notorious speaker and philosopher Socrates is corrupting the youth by preaching ungodly theories and teaching them unlawful ideas that do harm to individuals and society. In his words Socrates quoted the prosecution’s accusation against him: “Socrates is guilty of corrupting the minds of the young, and of believing in supernatural things of his own invention instead of the gods recognized by the state.” 1 Further Socrates consistently introduces tediously compiled number of examples to provide valid and sound arguments to prove that he is innocent of the charges brought up against him to the court.
an article named "Another Lesson about Pubkic Opinion" by Stephen Earl Bennett, when looking at public approval ratings of president clinton regarding the scandal was a shock. the author explains that although the ratings have dropped in the beginning of the scandal, it remained high through out the scandal. he stated that the reason for that is the public saw president clinton was effective regardless of his loose morality. in this case, the public seemed to accept the idea that not all public officials will be completely flawless when it comes to morality. also the public had chosen to to look at the situation as having a glass half full of water instead of it being half empty. after all, if president clinton is getting his duties done in his term in office, the public may possible be able to forgive him for his mistakes regarding the Lewknski
Stormy Daniels, an adult film star, Karen McDougal, a former playmate, and Rachel Crooks, a secretary at Trump Tower, all accused President Trump of various sexual misconduct charges. Daniels and Mcdougal both came forward to talk about the use of hush money in their affairs with Trump, while Crooks, alleges the president forcibly kissed her outside of Trump Tower in 2005. These scandals have sparked conversation across the USD community. Three students at the university shared their opinions on the events, while evaluating Trump's performance as president thus far.
of women, but I have not heard him do it of late" (A Scandal in
He thought, and others on Twitter, that it was an outrage that people were condemning him by society to laugh off and make jokes about himself, that sparked controversy before. The author’s main claim is that the Emmys shouldn't have brought Sean Spicer and become a Twitter moment online. That people shouldn't used people who were part of the presidency to be a gag and invite them to special events, even though they were once considered intolerable. This is the author’s main claim because him as a viewer didn’t appreciate the non needed cameo of Sean Spicer as he thought people were being too forgiving after he promoted actions by Trump to then throw him under the bus. In the article there was something that was not mentioned in the piece that can add credibility to this argument/stance is that how previous White House Press Secretaries or any other part of the Republican party who have renounced their post seem to make appearances more often than people who have not done much wrong. For example, Omarosa who “quit” for personal reasons from her job as a White House liaison, is now seen on the Television show Big Brother, after not being known what she did in the White House only to give intel about what goes on inside there. However, compared to Hillary Clinton most people can’t stand her
One of the segments in the video is between Clinton and a talk show hostess. The talk show hostess tries to get Clinton to admit she changed her mind on same-sex marriage, but Clinton is reluctant to do so because, as she says, the hostess was really trying to manipulate her words. Clinton is right. If she were to admit she changed her mind, the media would invariably accuse her of fabricating her views to earn votes. This is pathetic. Isn’t open-mindedness something Americans value? Can’t someone change their mind because they realized they were wrong? The media is in the wrong, but Clinton isn’t exactly off the hook; she lied to the public. So, what is the answer to all of
Afraid to take responsibility, these people refuse to make any choices that may lead to them to getting labeled as a “criminal” or “delinquent.” Some people go as far as to hide their own actions, thoughts, and behaviors by blaming others for their behavior or choices. Donald Trump exhibits this behavior himself, especially regarding his infamous “Access Hollywood” tape--a recording of him making vulgar comments about women. During his presidential campaign, he publicly admitted to the authenticity of the recording; however, Trump recently claimed that the voice on the tape was either Hillary Clinton imitating him or that the tape was fake. Whether or not his allegations are true, the fact that he has revoked his previous confession, and has begun to blame others indicates that he is hiding the truth. Admittedly, one could assert that somebody who hated Trump did fake the tape and thus, turned him into a victim of fraudulence. However, a more compelling perspective is that the voice on the tape does belong to Trump, and after the issue of his sexual harassment swept through America, he began regretting his decision to record/publish the “Access Hollywood” tape. People tend to blame others if they refuse to acknowledge their responsibility or are unable to accept what happened. He may have realized his mistake, but his pride and stubbornness