A Rhetorical Analysis Of Massimo Calabresi's Troublemaker

Massimo Calabresi’s “Troublemaker” is an article about Putin and his relations with the United States. The article contains several complex topics but there is one imminent goal, to expose the efforts Russia is making in degrading the standard of professionalism carried by the United States. Calabresi writes to an audience that is the typical United States citizen. Mr. Calabresi has proven his credibly by the several documentaries and articles that he has previously done for TIME magazine. Massimo Calabresi is the senior correspondent for TIME magazine therefore his title is backed with years of credible and interesting articles. Calabresi starts creating his credibility by providing reputable sources, citing straight facts, and successfully catering to emotional appeals; however, around the end of the article, his attempts to appeal to
By including several facts and statistics winded up into logical statements he creates powerful statements that seem effortless. Calabresi’s accuracy and flow of words makes any article a great one, he puts complicated processes into words that are familiar to all people. Calabresi clearly shows this in the troublemaker segment, for example: [T]he evidence contained in the report was so highly classified that not even the analyst's assistant would be allowed to package it for hand delivery across the river to President Barack Obama at the White House the following day. Three separate versions were to be distributed over the coming days: one top-secret, highly restricted version that included signals intelligence and other sources and methods; a less classified document for Congress and agency officials; and a third, declassified version for release to the public. And once those findings became public, say the senior intelligence and Administration officials, a whole new round of political recriminations would