The Global Mail: "Chow's campaign strategy: out Ford the mayor" article

A new competitor for mayor, Miss Chow

            I don't often read newspaper articles, and somehow had a strange suspicion that the authors for the newspaper used biased assumptions towards certain events- all the time, but I was wrong. In the article from the Globe and Mail, the author Marcus Gee states that a potential future mayor of Toronto is nailing it's present mayor, openly wanting him kicked out. Marcus Gee didn't actually include a physical opinion of what he "prefers", in the article, but in the mean time, he included arguments that Olivia Chow had made, offending Rob Ford.

            The main idea of the news "flash" article (as previously written), was that Olivia Chow was nailing Rob Ford, constantly with problematic situations that our mayor was not able to solve, complete or even start. Some of the arguments that the Chow campaign included, was that Rob Ford had started many impossible projects in Toronto, that would collapse the economy.

Miss Chow is definitely nailing Rob Ford hard, with his mistakes...

           Since the news print wasn't a long article, it didn't include many characters. The main characters mentioned, were Miss Olivia Chow: a driven politician who is running for mayor. She wants to convince Torontonians that she has things in common with the voters, (she came as an immigrant to Canada), which could relate her to most of the public. The next character mentioned was Rob Ford. He was being "prosecuted" by miss Chow, after his horrific job as mayor. Throughout the article, Miss Chow constantly nails him with complaints from the public, advertising problems that he hadn't solved properly. Olivia Chow's campaign was mentioned quite a few times, supporting their possible future mayor, and going around the city, trying to convince Torontonians to vote for the "Chow campaign. Lastly, the politician "John Tory" was mentioned, in one of the arguments that Olivia Chow had. Tory and Ford were apparently responsible for the major subway going to Scarborough. In Chow's opinion, a much cheaper "light rail" would do fine, as Rob Ford (and John Tory) have no idea where they will achieve the needed money.

           In the article, I think there was a hint of a bias opinion from the author. Of course it's fair to be a little bit sided to the opposite character of a "crack cocaine mayor". But on the other hand, the repeated quotes and events that were completely against Rob Ford, with the minority of arguments against Olivia Chow was just a pinch over the top.  As I stated that the author had included much of the strategies and "disses" that Olivia Chow had told Rob Ford, he only included a small area informing that she hadn't given any reasons why voters should vote for her, reasons why she could change Toronto, or what she would do. All her strategy was, was to nail our present mayor, with the problems he couldn't, or hadn't solved. To conclude, I don't think that articles should have that small amount of biasses in it.

           The article was actually quite well written. Somehow I didn't realize that you had to be a good writer, but the way the author added the bias part, and added in all the different areas of Chow's accusations,  was really good. The news article was very informative,  being a person who doesn't read, watch or listen to the news. I'd never heard of Olivia Chow beforehand, and as I read about the new possible mayor, I completely started to understand most of her strategies, and a lot of projects that mayor Rob Ford hadn't completed. This article could convince me to propose Olivia Chow as a "candidate" for my parents' options in the fall votes this year.

Olivia Chow, running for mayor

           I think that Olivia Chow could be a good mayor for Toronto, because in the article she claimed that more affordable projects, rather than the faraway, unreachable projects that Rob Ford and John Tory had produced or agreed to. She also went around Toronto, to the areas that weren't being as funded, so there is a possibility that (from the article's view) she has recognized the low funded areas, and may help them if she became mayor. But, so far the Chow campaign has shown no promise
s or guarantees that Olivia Chow would meet all the wants of Torontonians, because she had been busily accusing Rob Ford, wanting the votes from his previous voters in the coming elections.

           The author of the news article, Marcus Gee had composed the arguments against Rob Ford- by Olivia Chow well. Miss Chow has proven that Rob Ford has not only (already) made a fool of himself, but hasn't answered many wants or needs of the public. The unneeded mistakes that he did let miss Chow have a small advantage to hook Rob Ford's previous voters, and get them to vote for her. On a different page, the author included just a small hint of bias. Obviously most Torontonians don't approve of Rob Ford's moves in politics, but I still think that reporters shouldn't have a biassed opinion. Perhaps Olivia Chow can be our next mayor- the votes are coming up, this fall!

                                                             Miss Chow for mayor!