News Article Analysis

“Global Food Crisis will Worsen as Heat waves damage crops, research finds” by Damian Carrington

Bias:

Newspaper’s bias: The newspaper takes a stand to place the point which states that food insecurity, or “the global food crisis,” will increase within its country due to heat waves. For this reason, the Guardian, a UK based newspaper, tries to promote the idea of reducing “green house emissions” in order to reduce the food crisis as the heat waves will damage crops, which will take a toll on the maize exporting, which will eventually reduce the GDP of the country.

Author’s Bias: The author, Damian Carrington, is the head of the environment section of the Guardian, and though his article is informative stating many facts, his bias is regarding saving the environment.

Purpose: This article contains many facts and figures, however, these are placed in the article in order to support the author’s argument. For this reason, this article is more persuasive than informative as he tries to make his readers understand the severity of the food crisis because of climate change. He also tries to persuade them to start “being more energy friendly” by cutting down on the emissions.

Argument: His argument simple states that in the next 50 years, the climate degradation will cause even more people – from the 3 billion people who are affected by hunger – to be affected. The way this inevitable process can be slowed down is by each individual trying to cut down on the greenhouse gas emissions they release.