Answer to Question #164029 in English for chris

Question

Read the article: Spotify Cancels 'Hateful Conduct' Policy After An Industry Uproar by Ben Sisario

1. Critique the article. What are its strengths? What are its flaws?

Answer 1

The article is on the 'Hateful Conduct Policy' initiated by Spotify as part of its corporate social responsibility, towards eradicating social evils such as gender based violence and discrimination against women. The strengths of the article include the fact that it provides evidences to back up the claims made by the writers. For instance, concerning the responses of music industry stakeholders towards the offending policy, the article provides some of the responses made by these actual stakeholders. This helps to increase its credibility. It also presents both sides of the arguments concerning the policy, rather than showing only one side; and therefore avoids seeming biased. One fundamental flaw in the article is that it only focuses on the American story. The article presents Spotify as a 'highly influential promotional outlet' but only canvasses the effect of the policy in America, leaving out countries such as Germany and France, where the application is also predominant. The article therefore comes off as discriminatory, and a person from a different country from the US may fail to relate to the contents within because of the limited examples issued.