...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)...
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...Article Rebuttal Christine MacRae BCOM 275 February 23, 2015 Lloyd Krieger Article Rebuttal According to an article found on the Natural News website, vaccines are one of the primary contributing factors related to increased rates of autism. (Adams, 2014) The article goes on to provide supporting quotes from various authors on the subject. Of those supporting quotes, some claim that a preservative called thimerosal found in vaccines, such as the flu shot, is the culprit. Another author’s method of persuasion was rhetoric in their comparison of the ‘dangerous’ vaccines to faulty tires. Despite the many claims that vaccines are to blame and the growing hysteria in parents against vaccines, there has been no hard evidence supplied to support these claims. The frenzy surrounding vaccinations began when Dr. Andrew Wakefield wrote a counterfeit research paper claiming that there was a link between the MMR (measles, mumps, and rubella) vaccines and autism. The doctor has since been discredited as he was paid over $700,000 by an interested party, to falsify his research and findings in a related lawsuit against the vaccine’s manufacturer. (Salahi, ABC News, 2011) However, even after Dr. Wakefield’s claim has been proven to be false and lack any supporting evidence, there are still those who cannot be convinced otherwise. Years later, there is still a substantial following of parents who believe that vaccines stand to do more harm than good in regards to their children’s health...
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...Article Rebuttal Week 3 BCOM 275 Article Rebuttal Work policies or rules are good tools to run a business. At spouse’s workplace, there are two policies or systems that could not agree with. First work policy is with regard to “One mistake and you’re fired.” It is always been observe at work, and this intimidates the workers, especially the Flex, and Part time employees. I do understand of the importance of this kind of policy because this requires a very intense training, patience, and much of common sense, especially in the well-being of the children. Sometimes this policy is not the answer to fix the problem. Because of just a simple mistake, employees are laid off from work. When new employee or someone becomes a “Ratio worker” he or she has to go background check, physical test, and enormous amount of training. In approximately two months, he or she can work with less supervision and considered as a ratio worker. With single mistake, a worker is sent home with no reassurance to return for work or he or she is fired. This I consider an inconsiderate or not reasonable to fire an employee just because of one mistake. The mistake should be weigh according to a degree of seriousness. No guideline or what basis why someone is fired just of a mistake. Everybody makes mistakes because no one is perfect. If the mistake posed a very serious offense it is understandable, but the mistake should serve as the reason for learning to solve the problem in case it...
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...Article Rebuttal Kao Saechao BCOM/275 February 9th, 2015 Dr. Sharla Walker Article Rebuttal Vaccination in children has been a touchy topic for today’s society. Do I vaccinate my child and risk life-changing diseases or do I not vaccinate my child and run the risk of other children catching diseases? On one hand, there are parents who decide not to vaccinate their children for the fear of long-term diseases such as Autism and other contaminates. And on another hand, there are parents who whole heartedly in vaccinations for their children. In an article, by S. Edmonson, the author believes that all vaccines are contaminated with diseases. The author believes as such referring to Dr. Maurice Hillerman; the former head of vaccines at Merck. Dr. Hillerman has stated on camera that all of their vaccines were contaminated with a virus. Should parents vaccinate their children? Yes, of course. However, the statement may not be untrue regarding if there are “vaccines contaminated with diseases”, there is still more to the story. What is a Vaccine? A vaccine, in essence, is made from a virus itself; contaminate or disease; if you will. A vaccine may be made from different forms of viruses such as: living or weakened, killed, or segments of other viruses. These different types of vaccines are no different from those we received as children. Varicella (Chicken Pox) is a vaccination most of us have received as children made from living forms of viruses. Other vaccinations...
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...BCOM 275 Entire Course (UOP Course) For more course tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.com BCOM 275 Week 1 DQ 1 (UOP Course) BCOM 275 Week 1 DQ 2 (UOP Course) BCOM 275 Week 1 Individual Exercise 1.1(UOP Course) BCOM 275 Week 2 DQ 1 (UOP Course) BCOM 275 Week 2 DQ 2 (UOP Course) BCOM 275 Week 2 Individual Assignment Demonstrative Communication Paper (UOP Course) BCOM 275 Week 3 DQ 1 (UOP Course) BCOM 275 Week 3 DQ 2 (UOP Course) BCOM 275 Week 3 Individual Assignment Article Rebuttal (UOP Course) BCOM 275 Week 3 Learning Team Debate Paper Outline (UOP Course) BCOM 275 Week 4 DQ 1 (UOP Course) BCOM 275 Week 4 DQ 2 (UOP Course) BCOM 275 Week 4 Individual Assignment Knowing Your Audience Paper and Communication Release (UOP Course) BCOM 275 Week 5 Team Assignment Debate Paper Part A and B (UOP Course) ----------------------------------------------------------- BCOM 275 Week 1 DQ 1 (UOP Course) For more course tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.com Which step in the communication process do you consider to be the most important? Why do you think this? Which of these steps is the most uncomfortable for you? Why is this? How might you work to change this? ----------------------------------------------------------- BCOM 275 Week 1 Individual Exercise 1.1 (UOP Course) For more course tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.com Complete exercise 1.1 from Ch. 1 of Communicating in the Workplace. Choose two misunderstandings you experienced and fill out the chart...
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...Article Rebuttal Colton Fitch BCOM/275 July 18, 2012 Peter Quinn Article Rebuttal In an article titled “No college football playoff, please” the author Chuck Klosterman argues that a playoff system for college football would be bad for the sport. In a short rebuttal to the article I will analyze the reliability, credibility, and validity of the data used by the author as well as identifying any fallacies in the argument. In the article the author takes a position against a playoff system for college football and ends it by stating, “I realize no one else feels this way. I do not care” (Klosterman, 2007). That statement itself is a common fallacy of rationalizing. The author is stating their opinion on the issue at the same time rejecting any other feedback on the topic. So basically saying this is what I think and what you think does not matter. The author’s argument itself is not reliable for he only states his side of the issue; this leaves a lot of controversial issues left untouched. As far as the credibility of this argument the author’s only source used is that of his own opinions. This makes it hard for the audience to take the authors side regarding the argument. Without any outside sources one can only relate to the authors opinions. The argument itself can be considered as valid only because the author sticks to the premise against a playoff system and also concludes with that same train of though regarding the subject. Therefore...
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...Gun Control Rebuttal Robert Brown University of Phoenix BCOM/275 Shawn Castle February 17, 2014 Abstract Today, with all of the publicity that crimes involving firearms receives there is a lot of controversy over whether or not stricter gun control laws are needed. This essay will discuss one author’s belief that stricter gun control laws are needed and my rebuttal to his argument. I will analyze the reliability, credibility, and validity of the data used by the author. This essay will also identify fallacies in the argument. Gun Control: One Author’s Opinion and My Rebuttal As I was looking on the internet for an article on a controversial subject, I came across this one article that peaked my interest about gun control and why we should have stricter gun laws. Being the avid gun lover that I am, I decided to read the article. As I was reading this article I found it hard to believe anything that this author had to say. As he was talking about the reason’s that he believes there should be stricter gun laws he starts to mention some statistics about crime rates that involve firearms but fails to mention any sources as to where he ascertained his information. Looking at the statistics I found on the Federal Bureau of Justice website, during 2009 the percentage for violent crimes that involved firearms was only 8 percent (Federal Bureau of Justice Statistics, 2009). I find it hard to believe and support the author’s point of view after analyzing the reliability...
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...Article Rebuttal: The United States and Syrian War William L Johnson BCOM/275 September 10, 2013 Article Rebuttal: The US and Syria War My rebuttal article is the story of the Middle Eastern war in Syria. Syria has decided to turn over all of the chemical weapons to Russia and eventually have Russia destroy them so that the war between the US and Syria will not commence. President Obama is still trying to convince Congress to have an airstrike on Syria but more than half of Congress is oppose to this war because we the people of the United States just finished two wars one in Iraq and the other in Afghanistan. CNN has posted, ” A new diplomatic solution in the standoff between the Syria and the United States surfaced unexpectedly Monday as the war-torn country said it supported a proposal to hand over control of its chemical weapons(Shoichet & Crawford, 2013).” “President Obama told ABC News anchor Diane Sawyer that the Syrian reaction was a "modestly positive development" and a military strike would "absolutely" be on pause if Syria's chemical weapons were put in the hands of an international body (Padia, Schifrin, & Hughes, 2013).” For, the most part of this case I think that this case is a good form of argument of authority. Because based on the facts that President Obama is trying to force Syria to do something that he has no proof of or any knowledge of. The article is also part of Argument from Ignorance or Non-Testable Hypothesis based on President Assad...
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...Agnosticism Rebuttal Thomas Pearce BCOM 275 5/14/2012 Dr. Ken Edick Abstract In this rebuttal you will see the outlook of an atheist and their direct response and quotations of their dislike and disapproval our living and loving god. You will also receive my response of disgust and disapproval of the opinions created by a non Christian who believes in a creator without wanting to admit that it is our living god. Agnosticism Rebuttal In the article “For God So Loved the World, that He Was Completely Indifferent to It &Us” (atheism.about.com/od/arguementsagainstgod) the author Austin Cline claims that how does a god who loves people allow people to have problems, kill one another, rape people, and suffer financially. Anyone who was raised like I was in a Christian home knows that trials and tribulations are reflection of Lucipher who is allowed to attempt our free will and choice. Austin goes on throughout his article questioning how are we capable of loving something on faith that we cannot see. Well that is simple every day we live on something created by our living god that we cannot see and that would be air. So to claim that it is stupid and immoral to love something that you cannot see is just ignorant. “Indifference, however, means really not caring what happens – not caring if one lives or dies, prospers or fails, experiences pleasure or suffering.” (Austin Cline) This may be true to an atheist or another form of non-believer...
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...Rebuttal Article Jodi Eckert BCOM/275 November 14, 2011 Rebuttal Article I recently read an article from the Miami Herald about a Florida judge who overturned a death penalty hearing. I was never interested in law before but thanks to my son who is in training to be a police officer in the sheriff department has sparked my interest. This article is about a judge that has taken upon himself the role of telling juror that they should be the one to state whether a guilty person should get the death penalty or not. A U.S. District Judge has ordered that a case should go back to a new sentencing hearing and that the jury should make the decision on death or life in prison. You see Florida is one of the few states that allow juries to issue the death penalty, and the vote does not have to be unanimous, the majority vote is the decision on life or death. Trial judges in Florida have the authority to override jury recommendations on death penalty cases. It would appear that they rarely do according to the writer. His article points out that because of the judge overturning the jury verdict that their will be more appeals hitting the court system from others in prison for the death penalty hoping for new sentencing hearings. I completely agree that the jury should be the one to determine life in prison or death row, by reading this article it would appear that the author is not to keen on the judges decision either. If would appear that the Florida law is going...
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...Article Rebuttal Doug Petroff BCOM/275 December 14, 2011 DeeAnna Stiglich Article Rebuttal The article chosen for this assignment was published in the University of Denver student newspaper and titled Capital Punishment is Wrong, the United States needs to abolish the death penalty sentence. In this article, the author Ryan Hanschen states that the death penalty does not act as a deterrent to crime and offers supporting data to his claim that the death penalty should be abolished, but his sources lack credibility. The sources he cites in the article, such as Coloradans against the Death Penalty and Amnesty International are an interested party. These two sources stand to gain if the death penalty is abolished because abolishing the death penalty is their mission. Ryan Hanschens blatant use of rhetoric is obvious when he states for his argument, “How can we call ourselves the land of the free with a straight face while remaining one of the only first world countries that still executes its citizens?” Also his bias is apparent when he states, “we must end this vicious practice of capital punishment in the United States.” Included in the article is a University of North Carolina study that shows that the odds of minorities receiving a death sentence rose 3.5 times among those defendants whose victims were White, indicating a bias against minority defendants. However, this study did not provide data indicating the percentage of crimes committed by minorities vs. the...
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...Article Rebuttal “Three banks singled out for not helping homeowners” BCOM/275 Article Rebuttal Wells Fargo, Bank of America, and JPMorgan Chase are all banks that have been bailed out by the American taxpayer in order to make home affordability a reality. In an effort to assist homeowners, the Obama administration rolled out several Programs that would enable homeowners to modify their existing loans. The Department of Treasury and Housing and Urban Development created a program that would assist troubled homeowner during these challenging economic times. The Home Affordable Modification Program (HAMP) and the Home Affordable Refinance Program (HARP) were created to help modify and refinance loans that became unbearable to manage. The big three claim to have helped countless homeowners modify and refinance their current loans, yet homeowners have openly stated that they have been given the runaround. What is happening to the federal bailout money? Is it really being used for its initial intent? Claim 1 Bank of America claims to have helped tens of thousands of homeowners into mortgage modifications and refinances every month. The three lenders received $24 million in incentives from the government and get $1000 for each completed modification. . Rebuttal The Obama administration singled out three of the nation’s largest mortgage servicers for impeding its foreclosure efforts by failing to help homeowners modify their loans. The administration will withhold...
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...Oral Article Rebuttal - Capital Punishment BCOM/275 18 October 2012 Debra Brown Capital Punishment Article Rebuttal This paper is to examine an article based on an argument that a 23 –year- old Texas mom of five children received 99 years for gluing her two –year- old hands to the wall and beating her. The child suffered bleeding in her brain, which put her in a coma for a couple of days; a broken rib, multiple bruises, and bite marks, and skin torn from her hands on the wall. * Elizabeth Escalona savagely beat her two- year- old child to the edge of death because of potty training issues. * For this monstrous crime Elizabeth received 99 years in prison with eligibility of parole in 30 years. * Lawyer asked for probation or a prison sentence of fewer than 10 years. My argument is the crime Elizabeth Escalona committed was so heinous she should be punished by death. Remember, this happen in the Texas judicial system that is known to have the highest number of executions per year in the United States. Because Texas is the capital of capital punishment Elizabeth Escalona should receive the death penalty. Her lawyer asked the judge for probation or a prison sentence of less than 10 years stating that she came from a broken home, abuse and childhood of drug use and gangs. This is no excuse for the crime committed. The state of Texas has established government assistance...
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...Rebuttal Article Rebuttal Jeff Holliday BCOM/275 Article Rebuttal In a rebuttal to the article “Obama is a great president; we’re just a lousy country, I would like to analyze the reliability, credibility, and validity of the data used by the author, as well as identify any logical fallacies in the argument. According to the U.S. Department of Labor, in 2009, when President Obama signed the stimulus package into law, he promised a six percent unemployment rate by this time. Granted, a drop has been seen in the unemployment, but what the author does not seem to realize is the number of Americans who have stopped looking for work. The Department of Labor has reported an unemployment rate of 8.2 for the month of March 2012. The actual unemployment or U-6 rate as of March is hovering at 14.5 percent. Many argue that it has become so easy to gain government benefits, that looking for work is no longer a priority. The President needs to limit benefits to push people to search for work or take jobs that may not be their first choice. Unfortunately, many Americans have become so discouraged with the lack of performance from the current administration that the author has come to this conclusion. The author of this article has a clear bias to what the President has or has not accomplished to date. Fallacies used within the article would include generalizing Americans as lazy and obese. He states the Obama has given Americans all of the tools to succeed, but Americans just aren’t...
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...Article Rebuttal BCOM/275 Article Rebuttal The controversial subject that I choose to do this paper on is drug testing on those who receive food stamps. I am for it. People who abuse getting welfare from the government for themselves or their children messed it up for those who are true to the law. I believe that they should get drug tested only because they do have children and they are neglecting them by trading in the food stamps for money and buying drugs for their selves. Those parents or guardians who are doing this are being greeting and not putting the children’s needs first. Kentucky is trying to get HB 208 passed. The bill states the adult recipients will have to undergo a blood or urine test when they first get assistance, and then each year thereafter, assigned randomly (Word Press Admin, 2011). It is a good way to get parents or guardians to realize what they are putting their children through, although it will not take drugs off the street, it may make better parents. Tax payers will no longer have to worry about their money getting put to bad use. The bill states anyone receiving public assistance, monetary assistance, food stamps, and medical assistance must undergo a urinary test or blood test in order to receive those benefits (Harmon, 2011). If one shall test positive under the circumstances they will not be reported to the police, they will simply lose all benefits they get. One cashier who works at a grocery store states that people go in there...
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