by LeJzae Davidson
Although its been a couple of years since former Vice President Joe Biden has been in office, he is still the talk of the town!
Joe Biden, most known for being partner, bestfriend, and Vice President to Barack Obama from 2008-2016, has become a trending name on your favorite news sites in 2019… for different reasons than you think. Joe Biden is currently “Whats Hot!”
Googling the name “Joe Biden” right now would be a very interesting search. Not only is he a new potential candidate in running for president of the United States, he is also a new candidate for “creepy” incidents in the political world.
Two women have recently accused Biden of invading their personal space and it has hit all platfroms, including some of the top news sites, Twitter and more. Lucy Flores, one of the women who spoke out about an incident she had with Biden said she wanted to keep quiet about the incident because of “general fear of retribution and backlash and judgment and all the things that happen to women who speak out against powerful men.” Amy Lappos, the other woman who accused Joe of being inappropriate also spoke out about her incident. She said, “It wasn’t sexual, but he did grab me by the head,” Lappos said. “He put his hand around my neck and pulled me in to rub noses with me. When he was pulling me in, I thought he was going to kiss me on the mouth.” On the other hand, Stephanie Carter, who is the wife of former defense secretary says that the photos of Biden being “creepy” towards her are “misleading.” Either way, Joe Biden has made a name for hisself for some “unnatural reasons.”
Joe Biden decided to publicly apology for his actions through twitter, but many women, people around the world, the #meTOO campaign, and even Donald Trump will not let his actions dissolve.
Should Joe Biden’s inappropriateness befurther looked into?
Politics in Mass Media 
You have used a casual voice, which is perfect for a blog post because it shouldn’t sound like a research paper. The topic of the post is good because of it’s relevance, Bennett would be proud! It would be beneficial for you to use the inverted pyramid model since you don’t really get to the point of the post (Biden’s inappropriate touching scandal) until the fourth paragraph. Also, watch out for grammatical errors such as, “Joe Biden decided to publicly apology for his actions through twitter.” Since your subtopic is “News Sites,” this should be the lens through which the Biden issue is spoken about. Your mentions of Twitter make this seem like your subtopic may be “Social Media.” I would just make an effort to cite news sites by name rather than generalizing. Also, you need to put your sources at the bottom of your post.
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You do a great job discussing a very relevant topic in this post. I like the way that you bring in the perspectives of different people, including the current president and the women involved in the scandal. You could improve the blog by bringing in the perspectives of different news platforms, since the topic of your blog is news sites. For example, you could examine how Fox News and CNN covered this scandal, the ways in which they were the same and different. I think this would make the goal of your post even more clear.
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