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Article Analysis Assessment 9

Article Analysis Assessment 9

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 recent news article which would be sought to be discussed is the one which appeared in the New York Times, named, “Climate Change has Lessons for Fighting the Coronavirus”, by Somini Sengupta. The author traces a lamentable tale of the way in which the issue of climate change has always been relegated to the backdrop. Even as the abatement of the pandemic as also slow down the process of global warming necessitate early aggressive action; the truth has been “alarming levels of inaction” (Sengupta, 2020) in global response to curb the virus. Kim Cobb, a climate scientist, has been a vehement advocator of the need to bend the curve of planet warming emissions; however, the net result has been an accentuated pace of the same, with disastrous consequences around the world.