Doyle McManus is a Washington D.C. Op-Ed columnist for Los Angeles Times who writes about national and international political issues twice a week. McManus is a four-time winner of the National Press Club’s Edwin Hood Award for reporting on U.S. foreign policy. At one point he moved to Washington D.C. to serve as a State Department and White House correspondent. In addition, McManus was foreign correspondent for the United Press International for three years. Starting his journalism career in college and continuing on after he graduated, McManus is an experienced writer on analyzing the significance of different international and national political issues.
Although McManus writes about international issues, he primarily focuses on national political issues. On one hand, he concentrates on is the presidential election. In his January 29th column, “Trump Did Great This Week (according to his supporters),” McManus explains that President Trump’s rhetoric and strategy needs to change “to appeal to a larger share of Americans.” Instead of picking and choosing who …show more content…
By writing many paragraphs that only have one or two sentences, he is able to show multiple views on the topic he is writing about. For example, to answer his question about Republicans in Congress acting as a check against Trump, McManus writes in his February 1st column, “Will John McCain Lead the Loyal Opposition?,” “Despite McCain’s outlier dissents, it still looks unlikely.” He then proceeds to explain why in another paragraph, “The normal impulse, especially for a party that has won control of every branch of government, is to rally around the president.” After the one-sentence paragraph, he goes more in-depth with three short sentences. He continues this trend in multiple columns, sometimes making readers confused when he is transitioning into another
Although McManus writes about international issues, he primarily focuses on national political issues. On one hand, he concentrates on is the presidential election. In his January 29th column, “Trump Did Great This Week (according to his supporters),” McManus explains that President Trump’s rhetoric and strategy needs to change “to appeal to a larger share of Americans.” Instead of picking and choosing who …show more content…
By writing many paragraphs that only have one or two sentences, he is able to show multiple views on the topic he is writing about. For example, to answer his question about Republicans in Congress acting as a check against Trump, McManus writes in his February 1st column, “Will John McCain Lead the Loyal Opposition?,” “Despite McCain’s outlier dissents, it still looks unlikely.” He then proceeds to explain why in another paragraph, “The normal impulse, especially for a party that has won control of every branch of government, is to rally around the president.” After the one-sentence paragraph, he goes more in-depth with three short sentences. He continues this trend in multiple columns, sometimes making readers confused when he is transitioning into another