Creative Title for Blog Post 4

       On November 17, 2014, The Los Angeles time  published an opinion article written by ‘The Editorial Board’ titled "To stop the government from collecting our phone records, pass the USA Freedom Act." The article describes how the many of the officials in the Obama administration as well as many democrats and republicans support the USA Freedom Act, a bill which would end the bulk collection of American "metadata." The author appears to be attempting neutrality by the way the article is worded, however emphasis on the supporting Democrats and adding in Republican supporters as an afterthought hints at the author's Democratic political views.

                  The author takes a solid stance regarding the unnecessary nature of bulk phone record collection when he states "Obama's own advisory panel, however, concluded that information obtained from the metadata program “was not essential to preventing attacks” and could have been acquired by other means." I appreciate the way in which the author uses external quotes, which adds to their credibility, which seeing as the author is an Editorial Board, is much higher than if the author was a single person. The author than turns to further expand upon the increasing lack of support for the continued collection of American phone records which, if the bill is passed, will be replaced with much more targeted and legal searches, which gives them a strong conclusion and a powerful message.
                      I personally agree with the message and fully enjoyed the article. The author is credible and keeps a consistently neutral tone throughout the editorial. I agreed with the points being made and felt that the wording of he article was concise and well thought out.