Reporters and Rhetoric

The essay Reporters and Rhetoric by Geoffrey Cowan, agrees with Orwell's perspective on the essay "Politics and the English Language". He also adds on that the media should also be aware and be careful with their word choice when writing articles or providing news coverage. Reporters should be making sure to not only cover the issues but also spend time analyzing the issues for themselves. As he says, " Rather than allowing any political figure or administration to define the terms of public debate, reporters and editors should examine the issue for themselves and reach an honest conclusion." I strongly agree with Cowan's argument. It should be the reporters job to get all the facts out and use them to form their own conclusion on whats going on...instead of flipping through the channels and hearing the same report over and over again about the same issue just said by different people. This serves as a reminder that we cant always go by what the reporters write we as Americans owe it to our country to keep ourselves informed and to form our own conclusions based on our own ideas and perspectives.