Syrian Refugee Crisis

Syrian Refugee Crisis: How Much Do You Really Know?
How does the media’s perpetuation of misinformation through the use of bias and rhetoric persuasion, affect the viewpoint of its intended audience? Widely referred to as today’s worst ongoing humanitarian crisis, the Syrian civil war continues to force Syrian refugees into seeking asylum elsewhere, which is said to serve as a financial burden to neighboring countries in the Middle East. Believed to have been the cause of the Syrian refugee crisis entirely, the Arab Spring protest of March 2011 served as a catalyst towards that development of the ongoing Syrian civil war. As a way of demonstrating civil disobedience towards the Syrian president Bashar al-Assad, crowds of protesters began to

Due to how Groody strictly believes that there should be an increase in effort for providing asylum to more refugees, his article falls underneath the biased spectrum. In terms of what message the author is trying to convey in his article, Groody emphasizes on how he believes that, “... the humanitarian response to the Syrian refugee crisis requires not only faith-based actors but also governments and nongovernmental organizations, indeed the whole human community. In the face of the world's many needs, this suffering can overwhelm us and make us numb, at times. Yet even if we cannot do everything, we can do something,” (Groody). As suggested this quote, Groody directly calls out for a humanitarian response from all governmental/ nongovernmental organizations, the general public, and faith-based religious groups to increase the amount of effort towards providing asylum for the refugees. Groody directly calls out for a humanitarian response from all governmental/ nongovernmental organizations, the general public, and faith-based religious groups to increase the amount of effort towards providing asylum for the refugees. Based off of this quote, the reader is able to acknowledge how

By using reliable facts, expert opinions, and lack of fallacies being used in her article, Brandt effectively provides both perspectives towards why there should be an increase in the amount of effort towards providing more refuge for Syrian civilians, alongside why providing refuge might serve as a burden for neighboring countries. refugee crisis, and its effect on neighboring countries. Through the usage of skewed statistics, strong language, and emphasis on the negative effects of asylum in neighboring countries, Benedetta persuades her intended audience towards why the Syrian refugee crisis is taking a toll on the Middle East and the US, in their attempt to find a solution towards the ongoing issue. In today’s society, most news sources fail to is provide an accurate source of information to the reader without manipulating things through their own perspective, the perpetuation of misinterpretation is to blame on the media and their inability to give raw information. Therefore, the reader cannot be entirely blamed for consuming the inaccurate information they are being given. Although it is usually the media’s wrongdoing, we also see the misinterpretation of information