Weekly Media Assignment

Name of the Articles: Mincing Up Michelle, Obama Sharply Assails Absent Black Fathers, Politics and Race: History Lessons


The authors of the articles: Maureen Dowd, Julie Bosman, Leonard Garment, Barbara Meister, Michael Meyers, Kathy A. Rogers.

Title of the Articles: Same as name

Why: I choose my articles mostly because the titles were interesting

Summarize: Mincing up Michelle is about Michelle Obama who is the new female being attacked by the Republican Party. Their first main target was Hillary Clinton but now that has shifted since Clinton is out of the race.

Obama Sharply Assails Absent Black Fathers, Senator Obama spoke on Father’s Day at a church on the absence of Black Fathers. The article said this is not a speech that would be given by a white candidate.

Politics and Race: History Lessons
This article consisted of letters to the editor. I take from the articles that each person finds evidence in history to provide and all lead up to the candidate for President, Senator Obama. Also that all the points paved way for a African American candidate.

Perspective: I thought all the articles were very good and each one made a valid point.

Compare: Each article I read dealt with the Obama family. The first on was about Mrs. Obama and the other two about Senator Obama. But when it came down to it all were about race.

Displayed: Yes, in the first article about Mrs. Obama, she is picked not just because she is a Senator Obama’s wife but because she is a woman and to go a step further she is African American. The other article deal with Obama and I see patterns of race.

Media: I personally see the media framing this election on race and gender because this is the first time we have had a female candidate and an African American candidate do so well.

2008: For me it all depends on the individual and I’m a Obama supporter. He seems to appeal to the same thing I do.

Privilege: I saw privilege in the first article on Michelle, there was a remark about the first lady being black.

Closing: I really enjoyed the article and I actually will continue to read the others we were given.