Advice for Palin & Gingrich

 
The following response is based upon this article by Ed Rollins, CNN. 


The main point of this article was for the author to express his opinions on what he feels Sarah Palin, and Newt Gingrich should do to better their public appearance. So, the who of this article would be exactly those two Republican politicians, Palin and Gingrich. The what of this article is the author's opinion or view on how these two politicians act in public speaking situations and what they could do to improve their images. This subject doesn't necessarily have a specific location, so the where cannot be defined or found. Since this was written on January 19, 2011, that date would be the when of this article. The 'why' of this article can be explained as a response to a recent interview that Palin appeared in on Fox's Sean Hannity show, where she claimed she was not going to "shut up" anytime soon. In the beginning of this article the author begins by bashing on Palin and her inability speak intelligently, or represent Republicans in a positive light. Then towards the end of the article, the author brings up Newt Gingrich, a fellow Republican, who seems to be in the same position as Palin and therefore offered some advice for her. They both could be potential presidential nominees, although unlikely, it is a possibility, and the author acknowledges that they both need to do a better job at represented themselves. The piece of advice that Gingrich offers Palin is that she needs to, "be more careful and think through what she's saying and how she's saying it". 

I believe from observation that this article was not journalism. It merely was based upon opinion, even though there were supporting quotes from both Palin and Gingrich. The author's main point was to provide criticism about these two politicians, therefore I do not think it provided information for people to become more self-governing.


CBT - Language Arts - Growth 
This CBT relates best to this article, because as it states, "courage is fallen man's response God's imprinted truth", aligns with the issue the author wrote about. Earlier in the article he writes how Palin boldly proclaimed she would not "sit down or shut up", which is bold courage, but could be considered a false sense of courage.