"Contraception Isn't a PR Game; It's a Woman's Right" By: Rev. Al Sharpton
Who is the author and what are his/her credentials?
http://www.aeispeakers.com/speakerbio.php?SpeakerID=568
This is a link to information about the author who wrote the article. "Rev. Al Sharpton is one of America's most-renowned civil rights leaders" (AEI Speakers Bureau). He is committed to equality for all people. Sharpton ran as a U.S. democratic candidate in 2004. In February 2007, he was called "the most prominent civil rights activist in the nation" by the New York Daily News. Sharpton started his ministry at a very young age. A few years after his first sermon he was licensed to be a Pentecostal minister. His civil rights career began at a young age too.
Who is the publisher or sponsor? What does the organization typically publish?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Huffington_Post
The Huffington Post is an American news website and blog, featuring columnists and various news sources(Wikipedia). This website provides a variety of alrticles: news, blogs, original content, politics, business, entertainment, technology, popular media, life & style, culture, comedy, healthy living, women's interest, and local news.
(I got all of this from Wikipedia)
What are the leanings or biases of the author/publisher?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Huffington_Post
The Huntington Post claims that their political views don't affect how they cover their news, but reps. of the republican party believe that the Huntington Post writer's are hostile to their views.
They have also been criticized by several science bloggers and also online news sources for including articles by supporters of alternative medicine and anti vaccine activists and censoring rebuttals written by science bloggers before publishing.
(I got all of this from Wikipedia)
http://usliberals.about.com/od/thepressandjournalist1/p/Profile-Of-Rev-Al-Sharpton-Activist-Msnbc-Host.htm
Rev. Al Sharpton is a democrat, so that could make his articles biased. He is also a Baptist minster, so that could also make his articles biased.
What is the context of the argument? What preceded or provoked how others have responded to it?
Sharpton makes the argument that birth control/contraception isn't a religious freedom, or the federal government, but it's the right of women everywhere in the world. This provokes people to respond because the opinions/views on this issue are very controversy and usually extreme. You are either completely for it or completely against it. He also brings up in the article about how certain religious hospitals wouldn't provide birth control/contraception options for women and that the government has made some of them provide these options no matter what religion the hospital is.
(All of this came form the article)
I think that the argument in this article is put together very well, and seems very convincing. Knowing, the author is a minster, gives him good ethos. He also uses pathos and logos in his article.
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