Question 9

http://www.theonion.com/articles/obamas-deficitreduction-plan-includes-spending-cut,20195/?utm_source=recentnews

This article by The Onion is a parody of a normal news article such as this one: http://www.cnn.com/2011/POLITICS/04/28/henry.obama.appointees/index.html

Both articles are after their own political agendas. The first article tries to show that its position is to be trusted “beyond the exclusion of all others” (Warner) by making claims that are an emotional appeal to people’s patriotism by saying things such as, “it's also about being able to be strong and disciplined in applying our nation's limited resources to defending America."

The second article is a culture jam, parodying the way politicians do so by taking the “none of this will be easy” perspective of the first and exaggerating it to the point of proposing to rob Fort Knox.