Tuesday, March 24, 2009
MC 202 Assignment
I plan to write this assignment about abortion and my opinion and my position on the subject. I'm not sure how I should write it, if I should write an editorial, or a column. If I write it as an editorial I would back up my opinion with facts and other information about the subject. Right now I'm leaning towards writing it as an editorial. Let me know what you think would be better to write it as.
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Kerry - my feeling is that you need to write a column, because positions on abortion are very personal. An editorial must reflect the position of the newspaper, not necessarily your own, and most papers are reluctant to editorialize about abortion, because it is such a personal matter, and such a polarizing issue. But, in a column, you can be more personal. However, you still need to research the issue, and use facts to support your personal opinion. Also, abortion is a very broad topic - might be better to find something specific (urge Obama to appoint conservative judges? repeal Roe V Wade? parental notification?) and take a strong stand on that, instead of tackling the overall issue of "abortion-right or wrong?" See me if you have questions about this.
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