My Tastebuds

The article “River Plan Too Fishy For My Tastebuds” by Bill McEwen shows how the River Restoration Project is flawed in so many ways. McEwen proves to be more credible because he has worked for the Fresno Bee for 35 years and that shows he is very professional. This article was published by the Fresno Bee. The Fresno Bee receives an average of 8.6 million pageviews a month. The article was propagated in the six-county region of Fresno, Fresno is one of the fastest growing regions in California. There typical readers are farmers and poor people. The Fresno Bee cares more about the environment and the people. I disagree with the River Restoration Project because it isn’t worth the costs. It isn’t worth the costs because it is a project that will take many years to get started and it will worsen California's drought problem. This article by McEwen captures his take on ethos, pathos and logo by stating that several experts and .
McEwen shows his take on pathos literature which is emotions by mixing in emotions into his article. Pathos is the use of emotions in an author's writing. McEwen demonstrates the use of pathos when he states “The reality is, our federal and
McEwen states “Costa and Cardoza are Democrats, and the river’s restoration was pushed by California Sens. Dianne Feinstein and Barbara Boxer, both Democrats and both in the hip pocket of environments”(13). This shows Ethos writing because he is showing ethics. I agree with this because Democrats care about the environment so they are going to be against the River Restoration Project. When he states “such as Jim Costa of Fresno and Dennis Cardoza of Merced”(11). McEwen uses Ethos here to show his credibility by naming two well-known authors. I agree with the way he uses Ethos because it improves his credibility. McEwens use of Ethos writing made him seem more credible and therefore superior to