The Progressive Michigander 4/11/20 Episode 4 Part 2

Analyzes the first attack advertisement of the General Election, Donald Trump's ad attacking Biden on being soft on China. Cites Rising's coverage for alerting me to the ad.

Addresses media criticism of the ad by the Washington Post, USA, and CNN. The media has legitimately criticized the ad for clipping a line from Joe Biden about European travel bans to make it sound as thought the clip was about China. Media criticism has also focused on a very short image of Gary Locke. This video acknowledges that the clip showing him was flawed and should not have featured him since it gives the impression that the person pictured is a Chinese Official.

However, this piece criticizes some of the more over the top critiques from USA Today which suggested that the ad questioned whether Asian Americans are loyal to the country and the Washington Post that said the ad attempted to make it look as though Biden were bowing to the Chinese. Finally analyzed a CNN clip on the attack ad. Finally, this episode analyzes what made the ad effective and how progressives can imitate it in crafting political attacks without having inaccuracies.

USA Today Piece Discussed https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2020/04/10/trump-campaign-slammed-suggesting-gary-locke-chinese-official/5128842002/

Washington Post Piece Discussed https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/04/10/trumps-new-ad-attacking-biden-china-is-complete-utter-mess/

Washington Post Fact Check https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/03/26/trumps-faux-facts-fox-news/?tid=lk_inline_manual_9&itid=lk_inline_manual_9