Friday, June 28, 2019

Joke vs Mockery




Russia's involvement in the 2016 presidential election has been a widely debated topic. Apparently Russia meddled with the election to help Trump win because they thought Trump would better follow their interests. Recently Trump and Putin met for the first time since the report was released that proved Russia's involvement in the election. Trump told Putin not to meddle with the 2020 election in that meeting. Two headlines from CNN and Yahoo News talk about the same event in very different ways. The Yahoo title reads: "With a smile, Donald Trump jokingly tells Vladimir Putin not to meddle in the election" The CNN title says: "How Donald Trump made a total mockery of Russia's election interference" The word choice used here by CNN shows the author frustration with this event. In contrast to this, the Yahoo article treats this much more lightheartedly. 

Sources: 
https://edition.cnn.com/2019/06/28/politics/vladimir-putin-donald-trump-election-interference/index.html

https://www.yahoo.com/gma/smile-donald-trump-tells-vladimir-putin-not-meddle-062500201--abc-news-topstories.html

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