This week Diane Sawyer interviewed Bruce Jenner in the “most
anticipated interview of the year.” This interview mainly discussed Jenner’s
decision to come out as transgender. However, Jenner also came out in another
way, his political views. In the interview Jenner revealed he is a proud
conservative and republican. This made political headlines: an Olympian
transgender reality star as a republican? Not something you hear everyday. The
author of the article on CNN discussing the news used credible sources and
background information to give the full story on Jenner. Firstly, there were
direct quotes from the interview. There were also quotes from a statement made
by the National Executive Director of Log Cabin Republicans, Gregory T. Angelo,
which said he “congratulates Bruce Jenner in the tremendous courage he
demonstrated tonight being true to himself both in terms of his personal
identity as well as his political identity.” This shows the author went out of
their way to find more credible information relating to the direct topic. This
quote also helps the author prove that the Republican Party is somewhat
excepting of Jenner’s reveal. Also, background information is given. Examples
of other open liberal Hollywood celebrities are given like Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson,
Bruce Willis and Heather Locklear. Also background information about Jenner,
stating he was an Olympian however then entered the world of reality
television. The author also gives background about the interview itself. The
proper context is set up before the main point, discussing how the political
discussion came up and exactly what Jenner said. Both credible sources and background
information gave this article a great flow and conveyed its point perfectly.
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