For some, Open Mic Night at the local bar might conjure up some pretty bad memories - random people yacking about this or that, one minute a guy tells you about the novel ways to trim your hedges into the likes of farm animals, while another talks about his belief that aliens live amongst us. You and your buddies roll your eyes and dash for the door. And this is for good reason! Neither speaker took the time to consider some very important things.
You see, when a speechwriter sets out to draft a winning speech, he not only considers the topic - he thinks about the speaker, audience and purpose of the speech. Why, you ask? He does this mostly to keep the attention and interest of his audience. Let's take a closer look at this.
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Konnikova and Nisbet's opinions toward the news media are that often journalists not always are responsible when writing or reporting the news.
Journalist Matthew C. Nisbet wrote the article "Why Partisans View Mainstream Media as Biased and Ideological Media as Objective," in July 2011. In the article, he questions the way some journalists try to bias information by the way they write and use certain terms in order to get the reader to think in a determined way.
On the other hand, journalist Maria Konnikova wrote an article titled "How Headlines Change the Way We Think," in December 2014. In the article, she questions the way some journalists try to influence the reader's mind catching its attention through the use of sensationalism or biased headlines that are not completely true or cause confusion.
