Article Rebuttal

BCOM 275

Article Rebuttal An article located on a controversial subject is discussed. The article is titled “A Very Controversial Article” written by Athena Louise. The article's main idea is regarding illegal aliens in the workplace along with illegal aliens not paying taxes. The rebuttal will consist on ideas on how the topic is not accurate in its findings. The author of the article will be analyzing to find reliability, credibility, and validity. Fallacies in the article will be discussed as well. The article talks about how illegal aliens are unskilled workers who get paid off the books for laborer. Thus creating a larger community of people receiving benefits from the state without paying taxes (Louise, 2011). First off let’s analyze the first topic of unskilled illegal aliens. The article mentioned that all illegal aliens are unskilled (Louise, 2011). Many illegal aliens receive education and experience from his or her country on a skilled trade. The immigration status does not reflect on the ability of the worker. The second topic is regarding illegal aliens getting paid off the books. The article mentions workplaces hiring illegal aliens and paying off the books (Louise, 2011). First of all it’s illegal to hire undocumented workers; second the fallacies of being illegal is recognized because workers must have documentation of ability to work in the United States before a company can hire (The Houston Chronicle, 2010). After doing my research I found that the third topic to be untrue. On the contrary illegal aliens cannot receive welfare benefits, and legal aliens have strict guidelines to receive benefits such as a waiting period after green card (The Houston Chronicle, 2010). The author presented a controversial argument. The reliability of the information is found to be matter opinion by the author. After research the key points of the article were found not to be reliable. Since reliability is nonexistent the credibility of the author has been decreased. The credibility is established by the information presented to the audience. Thus because the author is just stating opinion she is not considered credible because her key points lacks resources to support her claims. The argument lacks validity because fallacies are throughout article. The fallacies observed are the use of rhetoric devices to persuade the audience one way. Thus using negative terms throughout article shows the use of rhetoric devices. No logical fallacies were acknowledge in the argument because the author used lack of education and resources to declare her stand on a controversial argument In summary an article was reviewed. Through reviewed of the controversial article a rebuttal to the claims was established. The analyzation of reliability, credibility and validity of author is established. Lack of reputable sources of findings lack of reliability and credibility, thus creating a non-valid argument. The rebuttal to key points in the article is given with supporting resources.

References Louise, A., (2011). A Very Controversial Article. Retrieved November 16, 2013 from: http://ezinearticles.com/?A-Very-Controversial-Article&id=308782 The Houston Chronicle, (2010). Illegal immigrants on welfare: fact or fiction? Retrieved November 16, 2013 from: http://blogs.chron.com/immigration/archives/2008/01/post_80.html