Soumia Argument Analysis

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The article published by CTV news about the proposal made by law student Soumia Allalou to dedicate time for women-only sessions at McGill University fitness center in Montreal was less effective in covering bias compared to CBC because of the lack of variation in source selections, manipulation of news, and addition of stereotypes. The news paper fails to include sources that support both the aiding and opposing points of view. Also, they twist the news by omitting some crucial details relating to the story and including irrelevant ideas that drift the reader’s attention away from the actual news. News papers are critical when it comes to the sources and opinions they choose to include in their articles as it can greatly influence the reader’s …show more content…

Those opinions are taken from a petition signed by students on campus that do not believe in this separation between males and females in today’s society. For instance, one quote reads: “ If you can’t work out with other people around you, same-sex or otherwise, hire a personal trainer to come to your home (McGill Splits over Women-only Gym Sessions).” The author does not refer by name to the protestors but, nevertheless; still include several quotes made by them while omitting any opinion that aims to back (Ugolini) the idea proposed by Allalou. However, CBC’s article conceals any prejudice by providing both the supporters and oppressors different points of view. They quote an individual identified as S.B :” This is incredibly regressive and paints in dangerously broad strokes of dangerously black and white paint. I don’t deserve to be …show more content…

For example, the article by CTV states that Allalou is in fact a Muslim that beliefs in the Islamic religion (McGill Splits over Women-only Gym Sessions). People who work at CTV newspaper are well aware of the current political issues that revolve around Muslims. Therefore, it is no accident that they included this in order to label and marginalize this girl and portray her as one of those terrorists that aim to control the rest of the world. The article by CBC also include similar hints such as:” said Allalou, who wears a hair covering…” (Ugolini). This one however is a bit more vague with its approach, but with the current incident with Muslims’ such a label can easily change the readers perspective on the news. Omission of details is also critical in regards to delivering of news. Article by CTV barely discusses the fact that the proposal in actually going to be taken into account. In particular, they say that McGill’s athletic brass “might” be open to the request (McGill Splits over Women-only Gym Sessions). When in fact, the Student Society at McGill are already working with Allalou to fulfill her request which is expected considering the fact that other universities do specify certain women-only hours at their gyms. By omitting this detail, CTV is trying to give people false hope that the petition might actual

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