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| Tony Fischer, "TIME Magazine; Person of the Year, Greg's Art and My Photo Online." 12/27/2008. via flickr. Attribution 2.0 Generic. |
The stories that I have chosen are from Rolling Stone linked here, and from Time linked here.
The debate regarding the former, titled "Donald Trump Is Skipping the GOP Debate Because He Hates Women", focuses on Donald Trump boycotting the most recent Republican Debate on Fox News due to perceived bias against him from moderator Megyn Kelly. Donald Trump back in August at the Republican debate was confronted by Megyn Kelly for his statements which degrade women. Trump took this line of questioning as offensive, and garnered a personal problem against Megyn Kelly. The article lays claim that Trump does indeed have a hatred for women, and does not want to be confronted again by a woman who had previously made a fool of him.
The most sympathetic character of the story is Megyn Kelly. She is the reporter for Fox News who attacked Donald Trump and his comments against various women. The article may paint her also a very poor reporter due to her frequent racist stories which they link to here, However, the main focus is on her tough questioning of Donald Trump, and her at this moment correct ability to call Trump out on his poor comments
The least sympathetic character of the story is Donald Trump. The article goes on to frequently name him a misogynist, as well as a "schoolyard bully" who makes "weird, inappropriate, and outright hostile" comments. Donald Trump throughout the article has a variety of accusations laid against him, with the story definitively stating that Donald Trump has nothing but hatred for women, which many in the comments section outwardly disagree with.
The debate regarding the latter, titled "Donald Trump Doesn't Win in Cheap Seats at Rally" details out why Donald Trump's decision to have a rally rather than attend the Republican debate was a poor idea. The article highlighted that many of those in the audience, surrounded by many empty seats, were not planning on actually pursuing the Trump vote whatsoever. Many came because they were curious about what Trump had to say, but none of them actually took the vote of Trump legitimately seriously to the point that they would go out and vote for him themselves.
The most sympathetic character of the story is the people that attended the rally for Donald Trump. The author painted them with the picture of those who were simply curious without real interest in the policies of Donald Trump. Only one had given actual thought to voting for Trump, however he did not know the caucus process and was unwilling to learn. The author painted the audience as a very innocent minded audience coming to hear Trump.
The least sympathetic character is again Donald Trump. However in this case, it is because he had gotten himself into a situation where he gave up the debate stage to come speak to those who were unwilling to actually participate in the democratic process. He lacked the foresight to realize that he could do much better taking on the other Republican candidates head-to-head on the debate stage than at a rally filled with those lacking in dedication.
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