I noticed this advertisement from Chipotle, representing GMOs (genetically modified organisms) in a negative light. They make the person viewing the ad believe that GMOs are harmful, and if they go to Chipotle, they can eat great food with "real" ingredients. They chose to portray GMOs negatively because of the stigma that already exists within society. This idea stems from the advertising technique of magic ingredients. They glorify their products through denouncing those made of GMOs, when in reality they aren't a bad thing, everything is technically a GMO. I also noticed that it followed the concept of glittering generalities, making their food seem particularly appealing by making their product seem better than it actually is, even though all their food is frozen. They pick out the parts of their food that are associated with positive connotations, making it seem like everything they produce is above average.
As I compared different news outlet's analyzation of the situation on the migrant caravan on the Mexican Border, I found interesting portrayals of the situation. In the first paragraph of Migrant caravan shelter shutdown over 'bad' sanitary conditions as hundreds move to new facility by Fox News, says "Mexican authorities shut down a crowded, unsanitary and mud-filled shelter at a sports complex, moving the remaining migrants who want to enter the U.S. to a new, government-run facility" their choices of words like, "unsanitary" and "mud-filled" immediately strike us as disgusting ideas. Then they say how these people want to enter America, quickly making the viewer feel as though this is something disgusting and associates it with a negative connotation. This is in comparison to CNN's video, Cuomo reveals desperate reality in migrant camp, he says, "what is next? things can't stay this way." Immediately giving us the idea that...

GMO's are not really that bad, they have just been linked to some cancers which people freaked out over. Which is funny because GMO's are found in are medication to treat some types of cancers.
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