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A 3 page research paper/essay that, first of all, defines Walter Fisher’s Narrative Paradigm and then uses it in order to argue that a Fox News story has a slanted perspective that fits with the preconceptions and view of reality favored by conservative Republicans. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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sees narratives as consisting of "symbolic actions, words, and/or deeds that have sequence and meaning for those who live, create, or interpret them" (Fournier, 2001). In other words, Fisher
believes that it how a person interprets any communication, any "story," is based on that persons "History, biography, culture and character," which is the prism through which the individual perceives
the world and the stories by which reality is defined. Whether or not a narrative seems rational, according to Fisher, involves testing the "probability and fidelity of a particular story"
(Engen, 2002, p. 41). Using Fishers Narrative Paradigm, analysis of a Fox News story indicates a slanted perspective that fits with the preconceptions and view of reality favored by conservative
Republicans. A news article that ran on FoxNews.com June 19, 2007 begins, in bold type, with the dateline of Washington and the information that it is "against the law
for a candidate for federal office to take political contributions from foreigners" (Simmons, 2007). The article goes on to explain that there is a "loophole" in the law that makes
it perfectly legal for a candidate for federal office to use personal income that either the candidate or the candidates spouse earned in foreign countries to support a political campaign.
The story then details the amount of cash assets that Hillary and former president Bill Clinton hold in joint accounts, which includes the millions earned by Bill Clinton in speaking
fees, which the story specifies includes $6.6 million earned from speaking fees earned overseas. At no point does the author of this story suggest that the Clintons have done anything
illegal, yet the air of illegality hangs over the story due to the way in which the facts are presented. Simmons (2007) then cites Cleta Mitchell, a campaign finance attorney
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