That's Entertainment Michael Medved Analysis

In the article “That’s Entertainment? Hollywood’s contribution to Anti Americanism Abroad” (2002), Michael Medved argues about the deceptive portrayal of the American society and lifestyle that is destructing the eyes and minds of people living abroad presented by the American entertainment industry. Michael Medved studied at Yale Law School and graduated with honors. He is a political commentator, well-known film critic, a regular writer for the US nowadays, and a progressive and conservative political consultant. Moreover, he has his own successful major Seattle radio talk show that has 4 million listeners at least per week. Although Medved has majored in law school, he is still considered credible and qualified to write this article. In other words, he has successfully managed to persuade his readers and audience with his own point of view through the use of well-constructed and strengthening facts as well as the use of relevant supporting evidence and statistics.

Michael Medved discusses the false and misleading illustration of America’s image …show more content…
In addition, he uses an explanatory tone as well as his own conservative and personal views that help to influence the reader’s mind. In other words, he tries to elucidate his point by appealing to his similarity with the reader’s circumstances. On the other hand, an objection can be raised regarding his over use of expert’s quotes and personal experience. He has also over generalized in several areas of the article as he jumped to conclusions without qualifying his statements. In addition, he should have been more objective throughout the article which makes it slightly biased. However, due to his use of different strategies throughout the entire article he has achieved the main goal of persuading his audience with his disagreement towards the entertainment