Trump's Impeachment

         I chose the topic of Trump's possible impeachment. The articles I chose to compare were the New York Times and Fox News. I chose these sources in particular to see the difference in word choice between the liberal and conservative viewpoint. In the New York Times article, the language used was very neutral for the most part and did not succumb to the abuses listed in Orwell's essay. The article did not make use of fluffy language or metaphors without meaning. The language was very clear, concise and straight to the point. Much to my surprise, the language used didn't seem very biased. The Fox News article was written by Donald Trump Jr. and thus had a clear bias conveyed through the language which it used. He used literary devices in order to convey his opinion on the matter. For example, he used a similie comparing democrats to "a bunch of lunatics. Words were used to paint democrats in a bad light.This article only somewhat displayed the "decay of language". Some metaphors with no meaning were used as well as unnecessarily fluffy language.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/02/us/politics/republican-impeachment-defense.html
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/donald-trump-democrats-dad-office-punish-supporters

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