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Joel Stein is an American journalist who writes as a columnist for TIME. A weekly writer, he often organizes his thoughts into ideas, entertainment, tech, and politics, which is just a few. I enjoyed reading Stein’s work and think his columns are comical, informational, and personable. Stein had a common thread throughout his work that stood out and it was his comedic twist on any story he wrote about. He often ended his paragraphs with a joke or something to lighten up the mood of the column. Stein bantered with himself in funny commentary. This can make any sort of topic Stein writes about become less offensive to readers who might disagree with his views. I believe it is important to express one’s own standpoint about society, and Stein does that perfectly. He keeps topics lighthearted …show more content…

The subjects written in the columns are all topical, and shows his engagement and awareness. All of Stein’s columns have a purpose despite the fact most of them are based off of his own thoughts. Stein frequently refers to information and data from professionals, but also uses opinions from ordinary people, such as his parents. This makes his columns seem more factual and resourceful to read. Stein’s columns were purposeful for advertisements of movies, to humor the reader, but also to educate. The columns were not extremely lengthy. The style of writing used in Stein’s columns are straight to the point which goes right along with his short and blunt sentences. This can covey Stein as being a person with great haste and urgency in his daily life. However, Stein often used metaphors and comparisons for readers to better understand the topic. The importance of this is readers are more educated in the matter, and therefore not ignorant and do not assume. Many problems today with people reading news become ignorant simply because they did not understand what they

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