Question

Learning Objective: Use critical thinking to judge the accuracy of a speaker’s message.

Assignment: First, watch this Excerpt from George W. Bush's Speech on Democracy (https://youtu.be/DDOxeXmZYFM). The, critically analyze and assess the speaker’s message by responding in writing to the following questions:

Is the speaker qualified to draw the conclusions?

Has the speaker actually observed what he is talking about?

Does the speaker have a vested interest in the message?

Is there adequate evidence presented to support the conclusions?

Is the evidence relevant to the conclusions?

Does contradictory evidence exist that refutes what has been presented?

Does the message contain inadequate or invalid reasoning?

Guidelines:

Write in paragraph form.

Use sentences and formal, standard English.

Submit essay as a Microsoft Word file (.doc, .docx). Do NOT paste it within the textbox.

Additional research is not required. However, if sources are used, acknowledge them appropriately.

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Answer 1

Yes, he is fully qualified to draw conclusions on this because he was the president of the US and led the nation amidst these circumstances that he was pointing out. He has observed and acted on most of the things that he was talking about such as fighting terrorism, gangs and market fluctuations. He definitely has a strong interest in the nation because that's why he was able to become a president and the love of the country never fade away. Throughout the speech he was only speculating whatever is possible and it was like a stage speech without evidences. Only evidence he was sighting was the past. The evidences were not effective enough to support the conclusions. All descriptive ones and not factual ones and they are calling the Americans to be more humanistic by accepting everyone as equals.