Infant Mortality In America Analysis

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The Truth about Infant Mortality in America BCOM275 The Truth about Infant Mortality in America In USA Today’s Opinion section, an article was recently published titled “Another view: Misleading neonatal data distort rankings.” In summary, the article states that even though research indicates that the United States is 41st worldwide in newborn death rates, this is incorrect because of distorted data. Although the author and newspaper appear credible, this article is inaccurate because it extends multiple logical fallacies as truth. USA Today as a newspaper is reliable and Dr. Scott atlas is a credible author, but the main argument fails to pass my initial plausibility test. I would deem the author to be credible for a variety of reasons. Primarily, he is not an interested party and secondarily, he has expertise judging by his titles of senior fellow and professor at a major medical university. The newspaper appears to be reliable source as well because it published two sides of this very argument. The article that I am refuting is a rebuttal to the…show more content…
An author cannot state that America has a high rate of infant deaths because of premature birth and a large number of minorities while also arguing that America does not have a high rate of infant death. This article not only fails my initial plausibility test but also does not provide information that is logically believable. References Atlas, Dr. S. W. (2011, October 3). Another view: Misleading neonatal data distort rankings. USA Today. Retrieved from http://www.usatoday.com/news/opinion/story/2011-10-03/infant-mortality-ranking-misleading/50647210/1 Gallagher, B. (2011, October 3). Editorial: No excuse for U.S. infant mortality ranking. USA Today. Retrieved from
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