Bob Costas and Evidence

It's important to know the difference between ARGUMENT, REASON, AND EVIDENCE and how these terms work together in a debate.  In your notebook, under the title Support, copy the following:
ARGUMENT (CLAIM, THESIS)- The death penalty is never acceptable.
REASON (Supports the argument)- The death penalty targets the poor.
EVIDENCE (Supports the reason)- Statistics show this is true. (appeal-logos)
                                                         Capital punishment means that those without the capital get
                                                         the punishment. (appeal-ethos)

All of the above examples are from the Jeremy Irons Death Penalty video.

To practice these concepts, we watched a Bob Costas video about the Washington Redskins. I'm having difficulty getting the video on my blog, but you can find it on YouTube.
Here is a link to a transcript of the video.  In your notebook, under the title Bob Costas, answer the following questions: 
1. What is the argument?
2. What are the reasons?
3. What is the evidence?
4. What are the counterclaims?
5. What is the conclusion?

For more practice, there was another handout about the influences of music on teenagers.  A link to the article is here, but you will need to get a copy from me when you return to class.