OVERVIEW: In the article named "Osama Bin Laden's First Draft", Nocera describes how journalists as well as the government don't tell the whole story,
SOAPSTONE: The subject is the 'dangers of a single-sided story'. The speaker is Joe Nocera. His colleague wrote about the same thing, but was criticized; Nocera rose in defense of his colleague. The audience are the people whom commented on his colleague's work. The purpose of this article was to show the readers that the whole story is never shown. The journalist's tone was defensive. TONE: Joe Nocera's tone was defensive in this article. Since he rose in defense of his colleague, it's the only logical answer. He wanted to show his readers that everyone has different opinions, and that they should be able to speak-out about them. |
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