News Analysis on the First Presidential Debate
Source Information
Date: October 4th, 2012
What news organization (or individual) produced this?: FoxNews.com
What is the type of news source?: online article
Content
What is the main headline?: Obama, Romney battle over economic policies in first presidential debate
What facts (statistics, important events, etc.) are included?: Obama says that Romney wants a $5 trillion tax cut, Romney wants a 20% all-across-the-board rate cut, Romney wants to replace "ObamaCare".
Is anyone quoted? If so, who? What did they say?: Yes, Romney was quoted and said: “Under the president’s policies, middle-income Americans have been buried.”
What information or ideas might have been left out?: Foreign Policy and International Policy
Message
Who is the intended audience?: People that can vote
Does the author seem to have an opinion? If so, what is it?: No not really. The author discussed both candidates fairly equally.
What is the tone of the source?: The tone is very informational and serious in a way because politics can be a serious matter.
What words or phrases create the tone?: All the quotes from Obama and Romney create the tone.
Is any one person or group discussed positively? Negatively?: No but the author does say that Obama was off his game.
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