A Magazine's Stories
Magazines are very informative about news, trends, fads, and what the future might bring for certain subjects such as clothes, consumer goods, and so on. I looked at TIME Magazine and National Review Magazine for some articles that exhibited some form of debate or argument, or even controversy. This post will break down the main points within two articles that were reported in the two magazines.
Story: Company at Center of Drug Price Storm Cuts Cost of Medicine by Reuters via NBC (via TIME)
The argument is about whether or not the CEO of Turing Pharmaceuticals, Martin Shkreli, should lower the price of a life saving drug which he increased the cost by 5,000%. The pill, medicine known as Daraprim which treats toxoplasmosis encephalitis, has been around for 62 years and costed $13.50, but now costs $750 a pill ever since Shkreli's company obtained the rights to the drug in September of 2015. He now sparked an outrage about the price for the medicine, but has since then said he will drop the price 50%, making it $350 a pill. In Europe, the pill can be bought for under $1.
The most sympathetic characters in the story is hidden from view, but can be known as the patients and hospitals that need the drug. They are involved because now it costs more to have access to a pill that can save lives. I feel sympathetic towards them because they could affordably receive the treatment they needed, but now the majority of a paycheck will be lost to one pill for treatment.
The least sympathetic character is the CEO, Martin Shkreli. He is involved because he rose the price of a drug 5,000%. I cannot sympathize with them because he is just trying to make more money off of a popular drug. It's a business to him, not a good samaritan gesture.
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| Lazorkin, Konstantin. "Drugs" December 24, 2007 via flickr. Attribution-NonCommercial 2.0 Generic License. |
Source #2: National Review Magazine
Story: Feminist Internet: Citing Studies Linking Obesity to Health Problems Is 'Oppressive' by Katherine Timpf
In this article, the debate is about whether or not people should be allowed to use "oppressive" phrases such as "I'm just concerned about their health" and other phrases because they are apparently directed at larger women only. Feminists members, such as Melissa A. Fabello and Linda Bacon, are tired of hearing these phrases directed at women and call for a change in the way people word their ideas about women's health. All over the country, women are feeling hurt and oppressed because of this language that is being used "against them".
Honestly, there is no sympathetic character in this story. The characters in the story, such as Melissa and Linda feel as if women are being oppressed when people are just clearly worried about the individual's health. There is no sympathy for those who take worry the wrong way.
I feel like the least sympathetic characters are the feminists who believe they are being targeted and oppressed. They are the people who think certain phrases are "oppressive" when they are not. If they have a health issue, such as obesity, they think others talking about it is oppressive. They are only being looked out for which is why I cannot sympathize with them unfortunately.
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