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Article Analysis Assessment 13

Article Analysis Assessment 13

Q First, read a news story from the newspaper or the Internet. Answer the following questions regarding your news story: 1) What is the main issue, who are the main actors being discussed; Second, read all the articles and watch all the videos assigned in this module. Answer the following questions regarding one of the assigned articles or videos: 1) What are the basics of this article/video (who, what, when, how, why, etc.); 2) What is the overall main point the author is trying to convince you of? 3) Do you agree with the author’s argument? Why? Why not? Finally, tie together your news story with what you learned from the assigned article and videos for this week. Type your answers using your own words, no outline or bullets, complete sentences and paragraphs, single-spaced, full-page. PreviousNext

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The news article which would be sought to be elucidated this week, appeared in the Guardian, named, “Coronavirus could turn back the clock 30 years on global poverty”, by Kaamil Ahmed. The author has offered the picture of an unfortunate reality wherein research has warned that “economic impact of global shutdown could push half a billion people into privation” (Ahmed, 2020). Added to this is another alarming projection of the possibility of the poverty levels in the developing countries to be pushed back by up to 30 years. Thus, in the simplest of terms, in the wake of the pandemic, what is being apprehended is the onslaught of a poverty tsunami.