The tone of this article is pretty much summed up in the first sentence. The author writes, " I wonder what the pompous justices on our Supreme Court have to hide by not letting their actions be viewed live on national television?" (Aldrich 6B) He is obviously angry that we have been somewhat shut out from the Supreme Court decision on the Florida recount. Anger and aggression fill the voice of this article as "we the people" have been kept in the dark and robbed of our right to know how the system works.

What this article is trying to accomplish is to let the people and media know that we are being shut out from what is really going on inside the doors of the Supreme Court. It is also trying to persuade the media to try and get more coverage on the trial. The general public is being persuaded to think that we are not seeing enough coverage and that we don't know what is really going on in the trial.

This article makes a lot of sense to me. I think they should show coverage of the trial on national television.

Aldrich, John K. "Kept in the Dark." The Denver Post 30 Nov. 2000: 6B.

I believe this article is very logical. I am sure there are many people who think exactly the same way that Aldrich thinks. He is right in the fact that "we the people" should know and see more of the trial. Having it broadcast on national television would show how the system really works. In the article he writes, "This election is such a closely followed subject, it seems to me that the public should be allowed to see how the "balance of power" actually works" (Aldrich 6B). One thing wrong with this piece of writing is how it comes off as if the trial has been getting absolutely no media or TV coverage when it has received the most attention out of any other news in the country or even the world.

Aldrich really has no evidence that the Supreme Court does not want to be viewed live on national television. Maybe it's the television stations that don't want to broadcast the trial live. He does not give evidence that there has been massive coverage of the trial since the very beginning

Some common words found in the essay are:
Supreme Court, OJ Simpson, Court Hide, supreme court, Denver Post, national television, coverage trial, live national television, live national, viewed live national, kept dark, aldrich 6b, television aldrich, trial live, viewed live, people kept dark, supreme court hide, oj simpson, national television aldrich,
Approximate Word count = 724
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)