Donald Trump's Already Won By William Harwood

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Objectivity is an area in which all news reporters find difficulty. While newspaper articles are meant to be objective in nature as reporters are meant to simply report the news with facts as their basis, Editorials and the like are free to be subjective nature basing the stance one takes on a topic purely due to one's opinion or how one feels about the topic. This struggle is always present as one can see with the recent presidential candidate, Donald Trump. In the article by the Huffington Post which is titled "Donald Trump Has Already Won", the author, William Harwood, writes about the question that many Americans have asked themselves about this upcoming presidential election, "Has Donald Trump already won the election?" He responds to the question with both anger for the aforementioned Mr. Trump and an air of respect and awe at what Mr. …show more content…

The author claims that "one thing is certain: Mr. Trump cannot lose. Because he's already won." He uses language such as "foolish" to describe those who expect Trump to lose. He goes even as far as to swear on several occasions throughout the piece, showcasing his emotional attachment to the topic in question. The author presents no real fact to the topic of Trump's victory, but merely speculates and implies his own outcomes based on how he feels about the candidate and the candidate's views. In continuation, the article published by The Christian Science Monitor showcases the other side of journalism. The author, Peter Grier, writes about the same topic as Mr. Harwood, yet he manages to convey the news to the reader without injecting much of his opinion. He states that Trump may win and then presents both

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