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Article Analysis Assessment 1

Article Analysis Assessment 1

Q First, read a news story from the newspaper or the Internet. Answer the following questions regarding your news story: 1) What is the main issue, who are the main actors being discussed; Second, read all the articles and watch all the videos assigned in this module. Answer the following questions regarding one of the assigned articles or videos: 1) What are the basics of this article/video (who, what, when, how, why, etc.); 2) What is the overall main point the author is trying to convince you of? 3) Do you agree with the author’s argument? Why? Why not? Finally, tie together your news story with what you learned from the assigned article and videos for this week. Type your answers using your own words, no outline or bullets, complete sentences and paragraphs, single-spaced, full-page. PreviousNext

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The article which would be sought to be explicated is, “Trump is Abusing His Tariff Power, Too”, Paul Krugman, which appeared in the New York Times. It is a well-knit piece of article which hints at the way in which the different considerations blend together to produce a specific scenario. In this case it is the enmeshing of the legal, economic as well as political ramifications of the Presidential decision. The issue being dealt with is the tariff war and the main actor who is sought to be discussed is the existing President of the United States of America, Donald Trump. The case refers to the repetitive threats made by the President to apply prohibitive tariffs on the import of automobiles from Europe.