Article Rebuttal January Prather BCOM/275 Business Communications & Critical Thinking January 13, 2013 Francis Demasi I am writing about an article I read called “Scam of the Month- Visalus Sciences.” Visalus Sciences is a health and wellness direct selling company that was founded in 2005. Visalus sells supplements, shakes, and other drinks all designed to help people lose weight, get in shape, fight aging, support immune system, boost metabolism, manage appetite, increase energy and
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This is a rebuttal to an argument made in an online article that marijuana is not an addictive drug. By doing a systematic process and analyzing the argument presented, it is easy to see how the use of logic and the knowledge of fallacies, bias, and opinions can help anyone spot a bad or weak argument. First Claim: The article from Wiki Answers first states that one must first know what the definition of "addicted" and "habitual" is. It claims that "addiction" is not the same a "habituating" are
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Article Rebuttal Backseat Lawyer, 2007, a lawyer views on the News. “Broadcasting the trail of Michael Jackson doctor Conrad Murray. Should this be? Do the Pros Outweigh the Cons? The trail of Dr. Conrad Murray is being national televised, and he’s being charged with manslaughter charges for the death of Michael Jackson. It is argued that putting the event on such in Los Angeles seems to be no big deal. The lawyer understood the huge profits that will be gain in Los Angeles – large audience
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Article Rebuttal When writing an article, the author intends to grab the reads attention by reporting topics that are important and bring up a valid argument, usually from a one-sided prospective. The article that I feel holds a particular importance to me reports on the subject of outsourcing manufacturing of goods by American companies and is written by Roger Pol. In this paper I will attempt to disprove Pol’s (2011) article, “China Is Not the Biggest Threat to American Manufacturing”, by scrutinizing
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ARTICLE REBUTTAL Rachel Bailey BCOM/275 September 10, 2013 Vialet Rayne The article that I decided to dispute is about a victim who has to pay child support to the aggressor. According to the article, a 15 year-old boy who was raped by a 34 year-old women is now being subpoenaed to pay child support. Thirty-four year-old, Linda Kazinsky, repeatedly raped the now 19 year-old Jeremy Steen on a weekly basis for 3 years. After Steen alerted police, Linda Kazinsky was arrested and charged with
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Article Rebuttal When referring to pit bulls in the article Another Deadly Attack...Should We Ban Pit Bulls? the author states “…they try to inflict maximum damage by biting, holding, shaking, and tearing” (McCarthy, 2009, para. 3). Many of the arguments the author presented for the ban of pit bulls are done in a response to a recent attack and the facts stated in these articles are often misrepresented or taken out of context. Many statistics and studies that show that pit bulls are less
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Extreme Makeover: Criminal Court Edition This paper is going to discuss and argue points regarding tattoos and the meaning behind the tattoos, which will also disagree with Article titled: Extreme Makeover: Criminal Court Edition, By John Schwartz, and Published in December 5, 2010 in Clearwater, Florida. A Florida judge has agreed with a defense request to have John Ditullio’s tattoos covered up by a makeup artist so that they cannot influence the jury in his murder trial. The court paid $125
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Demonstrative Communication Paper Kevin Day BCOM/275 October 7, 2014 Robert Spotswood Demonstrative Communication Paper Demonstrative communication can come in many forms. For the purpose of this paper, examples used will reference non-verbal communications used and accepted within the United States of America. The types of non-verbal languages range from the use of time to use of space, eye contact to body language, and vocal variations to facial expressions. The first of these, chronemics
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The article I am rebutting is titled “ Schools are failing at Sex Education”. The author states that schools may be teaching the factual aspects of sexual reproduction, but schools are failing to cover parenthood, relationships and sexually transmitted infections. ("Schools are failing," 6/8/2002, p. 32) The notion that schools should be teaching sex education is a red herring fallacy. Sex Education also know as “family planning,” “reproductive health,” “human growth and development,” or “ family
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Global warming has been a heated topic of discussion for years. There are the people that believe in science and statistics, who say that is becoming more of an issue due to machine diagnostics and scientific evidence. The other side is the people that believe in religion and make choices by money, based on a plan created by god and an argument for our resources going to a cause that is inaccurate and impossible to fix. There does not seem to be a middle ground on this topic because you either believe
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