Lawrence Crutcher Shooting Analysis

In America, when any sort of tragedy strikes the nation, citizens consistently turn to media outlets and politicians in order to determine the facts of the tragedy and how they should feel about it. Citizens want to know if they should feel sympathetic, annoyed, or even enraged. This is why citizens of the United States find it so important to determine the presidential candidates’ thoughts and feelings on tragedies and if they can agree with them. With the recent shooting of Terence Crutcher, many news outlets have covered the fact that Donald Trump claims he was troubled by the shooting. Despite there being only one event, news outlets can cover the event by using different framing techniques so that their audiences develop the desired opinion. In the article from BBC, there is no opinion apparent throughout the article, as it just delivers the facts about Trump’s stance on the shooting of Crutcher. The article mentioned how he was speaking to a crowd of
Instead of using the technique of logos, the article uses pathos in order to make Trump more appealing. Instead of mentioning how he was speaking in front of black pastors, as the BBC article did, it just mentioned how he was speaking in front of a church. This article also mentions that although Trump is a “tremendous believer in police and law enforcement”, he is still “very, very troubled” by the incident. The article fails to mention how he was also questioning the actions of the police officer, asking why the officer would just shoot Crutcher and how she should stop “doing what [she’s] doing”, which was mentioned in the BBC article. This article appeals to audiences who identify as sympathizers for police rather than their victims, as it paints Trump as someone who understands tragedy, yet also understands police need to do their