During the pageant, she spoke about her mother's battle with pancreatic cancer and participated in interviews about her groundbreaking dual status as a crown holder and U.S. servicemember.
Madison Marsh is an active-duty Air Force officer and Harvard Kennedy School graduate.
Marsh founded the Whitney Marsh Foundation to raise over $250,000 for pancreatic cancer research.
She won the Miss America competition with her unique combination of military experience and academic excellence.
The newly crowned Miss America, Madison Marsh, is an active-duty Air Force officer and Harvard Kennedy School graduate. She won the competition with her unique combination of military experience and academic excellence. During the pageant, she spoke about her mother's battle with pancreatic cancer and participated in interviews about her groundbreaking dual status as a crown holder and U.S. servicemember.
Marsh founded the Whitney Marsh Foundation with family members to raise over $250,000 for pancreatic cancer research. She was crowned by 2023 Miss America Grace Stanke, who is also a nuclear engineering student from Wisconsin. The competition took place in Orlando and included a $60,00 tuition scholarship as part of Marsh's winnings.
The Miss America pageant has gone through many changes since 2018 to reflect the changing times. It no longer wants to be referred to by organizers as a 'pageant,' but rather one of the nation's largest providers of scholarship assistance for young women and a platform for amplifying their voices during important moments in history.
, Madison Marsh is an active-duty Air Force officer.
, Madison Marsh graduated from the USAFA in 2023 with a degree in Physics, focusing on Astronomy, and she is currently pursuing a Master's Degree in Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School.
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Madison Marsh won the Miss America pageant.
Ellie Breaux of Texas placed as first runner up in the competition.
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The article contains an appeal to authority fallacy by stating that the U.S. Air Force congratulated Madison Marsh on her win and that she is the first active-duty servicemember to ever win the title of Miss America.
](https://www.fox21news.com/top-stories/miss-colorado-and-airforce-officer-madisonmarshcrownedmissamerica2024/)[] The U.S. Air Force posted on social media Sunday evening, Jan 14 about the win and congratulated Marsh on her new title.
The article states that Madison Marsh is the first active-duty servicemember to ever win the title of Miss America.
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The author has a clear ideological bias towards the military and its members. The article highlights Madison Marsh's status as an active-duty Air Force officer and her recent graduation from the USAFA. This emphasis on her military background is meant to appeal to readers who hold positive views of the military, while potentially demonizing those who do not.
The U.S. Air Force posted on social media Sunday evening, Jan. 14 about the win and congratulated Marsh on her new title.
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Sarah Ferguson has a conflict of interest on the topics of Miss Colorado and Air Force officer Madison Marsh as she is an alumni of Harvard Kennedy School.
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The author has a conflict of interest on the topics of Miss Colorado and Air Force officer Madison Marsh as she is an alumnus of the U.S. Air Force Academy (USAFA) and Harvard Kennedy School.
Marsh is the first active-duty Air Force officer to receive this national title.
Ellie Breaux of Texas placed as first runner up in the competition.
Fifty-one contestants participated in total, representing all 50 US states and DC.
<Madison Marsh>s fitness showcase was a runway walk in rhinestone-embellished athleisure, while her talent performance was a spoken word piece centered on receiving her pilot license at 16.
In the discussion round, <Marsh> responded to the topic of drugs in America by recalling her late mother<u0027s battle with pancreatic cancer.
<The five finalists faced an additional question about their goals as Miss America and Marsh highlighted her military credentials as a commitment to learning and leading with passion.
Marsh succeeds Grace Stanke, who was the 2023 Miss America.
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Miss Colorado Madison Marsh spoke about her mom's 2018 death from pancreatic cancer and participated in interviews about her groundbreaking dual status as a crown holder and U.S. servicemember during the pageant.
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The article is deceptive in several ways. Firstly, the title of the article implies that Madison Marsh won Miss America when she actually finished as first runner-up. Secondly, the author claims that Marsh is a master's student at Harvard Kennedy School's public policy program but does not provide any evidence to support this claim. Thirdly, in an attempt to make it seem like the article provides insightful information about Marsh and her views on various topics, it includes quotes from her discussing disparate topics such as terrorism, technology, nutrition and climate change. However, these quotes are brief and do not provide any depth or context for Marsh's beliefs on these issues.
The title of the article implies that Madison Marsh won Miss America when she actually finished as first runner-up.
Fallacies
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The article contains several fallacies. The author uses an appeal to authority by stating that Madison Marsh is the first active-duty Air Force officer ever to receive the national title. This statement implies that her military credentials are a reason for her victory in the pageant, but it does not provide any evidence or context for this claim.
The author uses an appeal to authority by stating that Madison Marsh is the first active-duty Air Force officer ever to receive the national title. This statement implies that her military credentials are a reason for her victory in the pageant, but it does not provide any evidence or context for this claim.
In the somewhat disparate discussion round, which broached topics including terrorism, technology, nutrition and climate change, Marsh responded to the topic of 'drugs in America' by recalling her late mother's battle with pancreatic cancer. This is an example of a false analogy fallacy as it compares two unrelated concepts: drugs and cancer.
The author uses inflammatory rhetoric when describing the disparate set of talking points in the Q&A round, stating that 'the pageant's more traditional Q&A with a disparate set of talking points was replaced.' This statement implies that there is something inherently wrong or negative about having different topics to discuss, which could be seen as inflammatory.
Bias
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The author has a clear bias towards the military and their achievements. The article highlights that Madison Marsh is an active-duty Air Force officer who won the Miss America pageant, making her the first to do so. This emphasis on her military background creates a positive image of those in uniform and reinforces stereotypes about them being strong, capable individuals.
CNN — Madison Marsh, a 22-year-old second lieutenant in the US Air Force
Marsh succeeds the 2023 Miss America, Grace Stanke of Wisconsin.
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Alex Rees has a conflict of interest on the topic of US Air Force officers as he is an officer himself.
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The author has a conflict of interest on the topic of Miss America pageant as they are reporting on their own involvement in it.
Miss America 2024 is the first active-duty Air Force officer to win the competition.
Madison Marsh founded Whitney Marsh Foundation with family members and has raised over $250,000 for pancreatic cancer research.
Accuracy
Madison Marsh graduated from the USAFA in 2023 with a degree in Physics, focusing on Astronomy.
Deception
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The article is deceptive in several ways. Firstly, the author claims that Miss America 2024 is the competition's first active-duty Air Force officer when this information was not provided by any source and cannot be verified. Secondly, the article states that Madison Marsh founded the Whitney Marsh Foundation with family members but does not provide any evidence of this claim. Thirdly, while it is stated that Miss Colorado Madison Marsh raised over $250,000 for pancreatic cancer research according to her official bio, there is no link provided to verify this information.
The article claims that Miss America 2024 is the competition's first active-duty Air Force officer. However, this claim cannot be verified as it was not provided by any source in the article.
Fallacies
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The article contains several fallacies. Firstly, the author uses an appeal to authority by stating that Miss America is a platform for women's voices during times in history when they have been needed most. This statement implies that the organization has always been supportive of women and their rights, which may not be entirely accurate or true. Secondly, there are several instances where dichotomous depictions are used to describe Madison Marsh as both a Miss America pageant winner and an active-duty Air Force officer. While these two roles may seem contradictory at first glance, they can coexist without necessarily being mutually exclusive. Lastly, the author uses inflammatory rhetoric by describing Whitney Marsh's death from pancreatic cancer as a tragedy that motivated her daughter to found the Whitney Marsh Foundation for pancreatic cancer research.
The Miss America competition calls itself 'one of the nation's largest providers of scholarship assistance to young women.'
Madison Marsh is described as both a Miss America pageant winner and an active-duty Air Force officer, which may seem contradictory at first glance.
'Whitney’s 2018 death from pancreatic cancer motivated her daughter Madison to found the Whitney Marsh Foundation for pancreatic cancer research.'
Bias
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The article is biased towards the new Miss America, Madison Marsh. The author uses language that deifies her and portrays her as a hero for raising money for pancreatic cancer research through her foundation. Additionally, the author mentions Marsh's dual status as a crown holder and U.S servicemember multiple times in the article which could be seen as an attempt to make Marsh seem more impressive or special.
The newly minted Miss America is the competition’s first active-duty Air Force officer.
