User:Will randolph27/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Meatballs (advertisement)

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
(Briefly explain why you chose it, why it matters, and what your preliminary impression of it was.)

I chose this article initially because the name "Meatballs" stood out to me. This matters because it shows how experimenting too much with political advertising can backfire. It also shows how making an ad too entertaining to exaggerate the issue at hand can have harmful effects. I was shocked that this ad aired and interested in the general reaction to it.

Evaluate the article
Everything in the article "Meatballs (advertisement)" was relevant to the topic. The article gave a full overview of the ad itself, the candidate behind it, the process behind its production, the political message within the ad, and the general reaction on both sides. All of the information is up to date, with some being as recent as 2021. The Latino and Hispanic-American communities are underrepresented in this article. The ad in question specifically targets Hispanic immigrants and posits that they are going to phase out English as the main American language. The negative reactions of two separate Hispanic political groups are mentioned but the article mostly talks about how journalists and other politicians reacted to the ad. Aside from the lack of Hispanic representation, the article provides a solid overview of the ad and its influence.

The tone of the article remains neutral throughout despite its controversial subject matter. The negative reactions to the ad are talked about more than the positive, but this is because the ad was largely not well received. In talking about the critical response to the ad, the article shows that the consensus among various publications was that the ad was funny and entertaining but featured a harmful and borderline nonsensical message.

All of the citation links provided seemed to be working fine. The article mostly references mainstream news outlets and media publications. There are not any news outlets referenced that are known specifically for leaning to the right.

Most of the conversations on the "Talk" page are suggestions on how to improve the writing itself and how to cite sources more accurately. The five WikiProjects who rated the article rated it as "GA-class, Low-Importance". The WikiProjects it's included in are Elections and Referendums, Marketing & Advertising, Politics, Television, and United States. The article is less focused on the communication strategies employed by the ad and more focused on the content of the ad and the public reaction to it.