In the article "In taking on Jorge Ramos, Donald Trump May Have Tussled with the Wrong Media Star" by Christine Mai-Duc of the Los Angeles times, the author discusses the validity of Jorge Ramos as an influence on the Latino voting power after a press conference where Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump told Univision anchor Jorge Ramos to "go back to Univision" and the anchor was escorted out. The author uses logos, ethos, and pathos to argue her position on immigration and the value of the Latino population in America involved in politics. She uses logos by stating facts about Ramos and his credibility as an anchor and a public figure. She uses ethos by expressing her beliefs that all legal immigrants in America should have just
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Mai-Duc then moves into her views on immigration laws, a major topic in this presidential race, and relates her argument to what Ramos has experienced. Mai-Doc starts by examining Ramos ladder to success. Furthermore Mai-Duc states “A native of Mexico City, Ramos moved to Los Angeles as a student in 1983 and took UCLA Extension classes in journalism. He landed an on-air job at KMEX-TV, Los Angeles' Spanish-language station. Three years later, he was named an anchor for Univision, becoming one of the youngest national news anchors in television.” (Mai-Duc 4). The reader might at this point feel identified with Ramos, as Mai-Duc portrays to an extent how hardworking Ramos was as an immigrant to get to the position he is in now. Mai-Duc also might appeal to immigrant and pro immigrant readers by using pathos letting the reader know how strong Ramos feels about immigration being an immigrant himself. Thus Mai-Duc inferences ‘"Because once you are an immigrant, you never forget that you are one." For many Latinos, Trump telling Ramos to "go back to Univision" resembles the phrase "go back to Mexico", a racist and repeated insult heard among Latinos still to this day”’ (Mai-Duc 5). Mai-Duc uses Ramos' stance concerning immigration as support for her argument. She shows that Ramos is an important public figure among Latinos as well as a strong believer in a fair and equal society that gives immigrants the same rights as U.S. citizens. Towards the end of the article, Mai-Duc describes Ramos as an individual who welcomes conflict and will not back down from an argument. According to Mai-Duc Ramos quit his first reporting job at a Mexico City TV station after he was ordered to "soften up" his views on a very delicate subject concerning the Mexican government. (Mai-Duc 6). Mai-Duc uses an ethos appeal in this quote
Mai-Duc then moves into her views on immigration laws, a major topic in this presidential race, and relates her argument to what Ramos has experienced. Mai-Doc starts by examining Ramos ladder to success. Furthermore Mai-Duc states “A native of Mexico City, Ramos moved to Los Angeles as a student in 1983 and took UCLA Extension classes in journalism. He landed an on-air job at KMEX-TV, Los Angeles' Spanish-language station. Three years later, he was named an anchor for Univision, becoming one of the youngest national news anchors in television.” (Mai-Duc 4). The reader might at this point feel identified with Ramos, as Mai-Duc portrays to an extent how hardworking Ramos was as an immigrant to get to the position he is in now. Mai-Duc also might appeal to immigrant and pro immigrant readers by using pathos letting the reader know how strong Ramos feels about immigration being an immigrant himself. Thus Mai-Duc inferences ‘"Because once you are an immigrant, you never forget that you are one." For many Latinos, Trump telling Ramos to "go back to Univision" resembles the phrase "go back to Mexico", a racist and repeated insult heard among Latinos still to this day”’ (Mai-Duc 5). Mai-Duc uses Ramos' stance concerning immigration as support for her argument. She shows that Ramos is an important public figure among Latinos as well as a strong believer in a fair and equal society that gives immigrants the same rights as U.S. citizens. Towards the end of the article, Mai-Duc describes Ramos as an individual who welcomes conflict and will not back down from an argument. According to Mai-Duc Ramos quit his first reporting job at a Mexico City TV station after he was ordered to "soften up" his views on a very delicate subject concerning the Mexican government. (Mai-Duc 6). Mai-Duc uses an ethos appeal in this quote