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In the article titled “C’mon White House, Name Those ‘Enemies of the People’” posted on the blog Daily Kos, the author expressed their annoyance at the fact that the white house is unclear on who the enemies of the American public are. The article criticizes the fact that Trump often makes accusations about fake news and media companies being a danger to the public, while clearly favoring some new corporations over others.
The author seems to being writing for mostly everyone, but particularly for those who already hold grievances with the president. The intention of the article is not prove the inaccuracy of the White House’s statement, but to show that they continue to do so. The credibility of the author is not clear. They do not mention their interest or authority on the topic. The author builds mainly of the tweets and articles of others on the issue and spends little time on their own opinion, which is to simply agree. The authors argument is straight to the point, though not in the most graceful manner.

I agree with the author of this article that the president has made many outlandish accusations. Overall I didn’t think that the article was well written, or even very informative. The author should have been more in depth and backed up their opinion more clearly.   

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