The Rhetoric of Reputation

1. Original sentence:
"Michelle Malkin, a political author/ columnist discusses issues within these topics of illegal immigration and the border fence."

Problem: Vague, wordiness

Corrected Sentence: "Michelle Malkin, a political author and columnist discusses issues of naturalization, the Dream Act and the border fence. These topics are all linked to the broad subject of illegal immigration."

2. Original Sentence: "However, his publications include the founding of gamepolitics.com, the most prominent website concerning the issues of gaming and government today."

Problem: Unclear meaning

Corrected Sentence: "He is currently working on publishing his book on violence and sex in mainstream gaming and its effect on society as a whole. McCauley founded Gamepolitics.com, which is a website concerning the issues of gaming and government today."

3. Original Sentence: "He is willing to acknowledge that his view is not always the right one (although he sticks to his beliefs pretty firmly)."

Problem: Self contradictory

Corrected Sentence: "As a writer, Cuban is willing to acknowledge that his view is not always the most popular one, but he continues to stick to his beliefs pretty firmly."

4. Original Sentence: "On June 2004 she launched a political blog entitled 'Michelle Malkin' which quickly became a popular conservative blog."

Problem: Wording led the sentence to seem stranded

Corrected Sentence: "The self-entitled blog 'Michelle Malkin' quickly grew in popularity."

5. Original Sentence: "There are also 10 other sites linked to the website Joystiq according to the Google search engine."

Problem: The number was wrong

Corrected Sentence: "There are also 797,000 other sites linked to the website Joystiq according to the Google search engine."

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