This article written by Ken Valenti and Joseph Spector describes how smoking is banned on a metropolitan transportation area. The authors' purpose of this article was to inform the readers on the banning of cigarettes in a specific area. Both authors supported this by including many facts, and also some opinions from the people who opposed to prohibition of the cigarettes. The authors themselves included no opinions as they acted as narrators; projecting the thoughts of others. I found no bias/slant in this article, as the authors provides a fair amount of information on both sides of the argument.
The main strategy that Valenti and Spector used for this article was between ethos and logos. The reasoning for logos is that the author had some statistics such as "The state of Department shows estimates that secondhand smoke kills 2,500 New Yorkers every year," This shows how people are effected due to too much exposure of smoking in public places. Ethos is shown as author uses someone else's views on this topic; " 'Exposure to secondhand smoke can lead to serious health problems for nonsmokers, and this law will make outdoor MTA train platforms, ticketing and boarding areas a cleaner, healthier place for all commuters," the governor added.' "
The authors' viewpoint was agreeing with the banning of smoking, even though both sides of the argument presented. There were a few connotations that the authors used in order to create a clearer meaning to the article such as when they wrote "The MTA oversees public transit for New York City and its suburbs." The word 'oversees' was used rather than other such as control or boss-around, and supports the authors' viewpoint. The text features in this article is: the titles, authors, date published, and source (LungUSA)
This article is accurate because both of the authors work for the Lungusa website; a good source for lung information. "Gov. Cuomo's action today will greatly improve public health and will ensure that commuters are better protected from the very real dangers of secondhand smoke," said Dr. Irwin Berlin, board chairman of the American Lung Association in New York. All in all, I'd say that this article is great for facts and information.
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