The issue- Ethics of administration in the White house

Reader- Time Subscribers (of people who keep up with current events)

1. Here, let me recreate the scene, or rhetorical context, of the time period (I’m doing this for the purpose of the exercise, I do not have specific evidence to back this recreation). Let’s say in 2004 there was a larger, public-sphere conversation about the appropriate use of American military might and questions about the ethics of American corporations leveraging of individuals in the Bush administration for lucrative war time contracts. Time is a news magazine, and its regular readers are often seen as a group, or community, of informed, up-to-date-on-current-events type individuals.
   If we take this as true, in your own words describe what you think Stein sees as the gap in this conversation. In your opinion, how does this piece fill that gap? In my opinion, I think the gap is Stein’s attempt to make the reader see how they’re more drawn to the Yankee’s and what’s happening in baseball as opposed to what’s happening within our country. I think he was trying to show how it’s a joke. And topics like A-Rod and the Yankee’s aren’t really important right now.
2. Go back to your answer for question three from CL 9/5. Do you still feel you made the correct choice? If not, feel free to change it. Looking back now, I think Stein was actually aiming at an audience that might not be taking the current events in our country serious enough. I could also see him aiming towards people who are a little naive and unaware.
3. What’s the danger of an essay like this? The irony in Stein’s writing is the danger of this essay because some people (me) might have trouble understanding what he’s really getting at. Another danger of this essay is use of baseball and the Yankee’s to get his point across because it can throw the reader off and be distracting. Lastly, a major danger in this is the fact that some people might be offended.
4. Let’s finish by writing a tentative claim about this article. Here’s a writing prompt to help you:What is the purpose of Stein’s challenging essay? Why are people in this country more interested and aware of what’s going on in baseball and A-Rod’s contracts than what just happened in the U.S and how we’re choosing to handle it?