Genre Analysis: "'Let Mitt Be Mitt': But Who Was He?"

I chose an episode from the Morning Edition programs on NPR. The episode was called, "'Let Mitt be Mitt': But Who Was He?" by Ari Shapiro. Shapiro basically talked about what went wrong with Romney's campaign and the Republican Party. The problem that the Republican Party faces today is that they are slowly becoming a minority in comparison to the Democratic Party. Shapiro's main point was that the public wants to like their president, and that was the greatest challenge that Romney had faced.
The language used in this episode was formal. It would be hard for someone who did not know anything about politics to follow what it was all about. This is because of the language used; there was not any given definitions for a lot of the terms used. Shapiro uses his evidence through quotes and interviews. He used direct quotes from when Romney spoke at Le Mars, Iowa. The fact that Shapiro used direct quotes should be able to prove his credibility. I also sometimes have that one thought in the back of my mind that when people use quotes they don't use the whole point of what was trying to be said or proven. I think that the article itself is organized nicely. Each section has its own sub title and all of the writing flows together nicely. He first talks about the issue and what it is in the first section of this episode. Then, he did different sections for every piece of evidence used to back up his main argument. Shapiro didn't really cite information or specific sources. He only used direct quotes from Romney and his speeches and from the public. What makes this article different from any other typical article is that it is in the form of a podcast or radio style. This podcast plays on NPR. The people who listen to NPR are typically interested in current, world events. These people are usually educated on what they are listening to prior to what the episode will teach them about. People who listen to these podcasts also have the ability to take in information and process it without needing the visuals or an article to read. With this specific article/ podcast about Mitt Romney, we have the ability to go online and see the written article as well.
Based on all of this information I found this episode of NPR's Morning Edition to be a simply informative article on the current political situation our country is in. Shapiro shared with the public that Mitt Romney was found to be a great and genuine guy one on one, but when it came to his public speaking he would tend to mess it up with his impressions on the people. Romney became more popular significantly when it came to election day. Shapiro didn't share with us his personal opinion, which doesn't make this an opinion piece. But simply informative on how this years election played out in regards to Mitt Romney.
For Project 3 I was thinking about talking about greek life. There are so many different stereotypes. I would interview people who aren't involved in it and what their take on greek life on campus is. And I would also interview students involved in greek life on campus and what it means to them.