Lauren Clancy
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are writing an article for The New Statesman on corruption in politics. Using Drew’s article to explore the issues she raised.
Political corruption is the use of legislated powers by government officials for illegitimate private gain. These sort of legislated powers are not so shocking to the people of today, as many are used to such political corruptions. As in this day and age, MP's can get away with scandals in order to get themselves second mortgages and multiple houses in order to ‘keep them happy’. Although, the money scandal is just on a small scale, as governing powers are now spying and hacking phones and computers on an hourly basis, in order to ‘protect England’ although some people have taken offence. Although, one of the biggest scandal's known is the Watergate scandal of The United States in the 1970's. The Watergate scandal was a break-in at Democratic National Headquarters, in order to steal papers allowing him to spy and bug anyone of his choice. It was discovered that the participants were involved with Republican members of Nixon's administration, who was president at the time. When news of the break-in came out the Nixon administration tried to cover the incident up, and Nixon resigned before he could put sent to court.
Elizabeth Drew, who wrote a leading commentary on the Watergate scandal captured the most important of the scandal throughout May 1973. Drew explored the events day by day, as she saw some of the most bizarre things that then connected up to create the story in her eyes. As Drew first recalls, she remembers the plane crash of which lead to the death of Howard Hunt's wife, Dorothy. Hunt being an American intelligence officer and writer, was not accused of anything yet just left the crash of the plane. Yet, when his wife was found with $10,000 in $100 notes, of which the same notes led back to Mexican campaigns donors, questions were suspiciously asked. Drew expresses her beliefs of the Mexicans being told of apparent Government favors for money, in order to sabotage and develop money for the government to keep to themselves. As well as hoping to keep the information to themselves, although this did not happen so well as everyone was to suspect after the plane crash. This was a shocking horror in the 70's, as people could not believe the government would do such a thing to other people in the world. Yet, now in 2013 this kind of behavior would not be such a shocking horror, as scandals just like this are known of over the whole world.
The biggest way of this news travelling fast in the 1970's was by word of mouth, of which is very clear to see as Drew talks about a cocktail party she attended on May the 5th. Drew speaks of a cocktail party she attended of which she found out more potential information about Watergate, or what was believed about the Watergate scandal and who was responsible for such matters. Although, Drew understood not to believe this as nobody would know the truth without being of one involved, as too many different stories were told by word of mouth from person to person. Although, she was later to find out that particular people, James Dean, were in fact involved in the scandal. James Dean especially as holding such items in order to spy on others, which were reported to have been supplied by the CIA. Which is interesting, as when looking into the past of the CIA, then director was replaced at election at the time of the break out in the Watergate Scandal.
Such of these matter do express just how much the Government can do as to scandal but have the FBI and CIA on there side and helping them when they should be protecting the outside world. Also with such information being sold to the police, and the police destroying evidence needed to catch such criminals. Who can we actually trust?
Commentary
When starting to think about the adaptations which would be needed to create my text adaptation, I realized the context wouldn't need to be all that different as both the text and my adaption were for the audience of a political newspaper. And so, by knowing this I could simply add in the dates in order to get factual content of the happenings in a day by day view. I used Drew's article in such a way to interpret the ideas and put them into my own choice of lexis.
Furthermore, I researched more into the Watergate Scandal in order to get more of idea about the happenings and read more in depth. By doing this, it allowed me to get more factual information about the scandal in order to write a simple opening when relating to Drew's article.
Also, by adapting the source material from which was writing in the 70's, it allowed me to a 2013 perspective on the article and what happened. As, everyone in the world in now know to these types of happenings of spying and bugging etc. which is a contrast the knowledge of the people of the 1970's. This gives a strong view point to the political newspaper, which would be full of these strong views of different things in the world and so would fit with the purpose and audience of my adaptation.
Finally, I completed my adaptation with the use of a rhetorical question which would cause an argument or debate within the audience of The New Statesman as it is an argumentative and strong viewed news paper. With this sense of a rhetorical question, it would allow the viewers to think of there point on such matters and how they feel about the whole idea of political corruption.
Such of these matter do express just how much the Government can do as to scandal but have the FBI and CIA on there side and helping them when they should be protecting the outside world. Also with such information being sold to the police, and the police destroying evidence needed to catch such criminals. Who can we actually trust?
Commentary
When starting to think about the adaptations which would be needed to create my text adaptation, I realized the context wouldn't need to be all that different as both the text and my adaption were for the audience of a political newspaper. And so, by knowing this I could simply add in the dates in order to get factual content of the happenings in a day by day view. I used Drew's article in such a way to interpret the ideas and put them into my own choice of lexis.
Furthermore, I researched more into the Watergate Scandal in order to get more of idea about the happenings and read more in depth. By doing this, it allowed me to get more factual information about the scandal in order to write a simple opening when relating to Drew's article.
Also, by adapting the source material from which was writing in the 70's, it allowed me to a 2013 perspective on the article and what happened. As, everyone in the world in now know to these types of happenings of spying and bugging etc. which is a contrast the knowledge of the people of the 1970's. This gives a strong view point to the political newspaper, which would be full of these strong views of different things in the world and so would fit with the purpose and audience of my adaptation.
Finally, I completed my adaptation with the use of a rhetorical question which would cause an argument or debate within the audience of The New Statesman as it is an argumentative and strong viewed news paper. With this sense of a rhetorical question, it would allow the viewers to think of there point on such matters and how they feel about the whole idea of political corruption.
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