Bogus or Real?

The "Eddy" Report! <== click it to view Report! *
the actual site: NBC world N3Ws
 synopsis:
The report from Alex Smith seemed to contain no biases from his viewpoint; but, he did show the view points and opinions of important and non important political figures. It is proven thought that the man, Thami Jantji, was not signing anything correctly. Most of his hand movements where child like movements that had no meaning. That is why many individuals were infuriated from seeing his signing skills. From reading this report, it seems that Smith was, for the most part, reporting the incident and showing the hostile attitude from very important people that saw the interpreter.

II.
Audience? Was mainly for the individuals who knew that the interpreter was faking this signing abilities. The constant tone was of hate and confusion for why this incident occurred. Smith does this by showing, again, the opposing view points and what the government is trying to do to solve this problem.

III.
a). I tried do a background check on smith, but it seems he does not want any information about himself posted online. If I was able to find some bit of information, I would have liked to see whether Smith was African or not, because this would say if he truly was also hostile towards Thami Jantji. Smith uses the governments response as his ethos; for, the government stated that the problem was a moral issue towards people who were deaf. I do trust this author, for Smith uses real professionals opinions and facts about the incident. This proves that Thami was both insulting the signing language, and his ignorance of signing.

b). This report did not affect me emotionally, for I am not a citizen of Africa, or I never knew Nelson Mandela for what he truly did while he was alive. Smith was able to manipulate one feeling, and this was the feeling of insecurity. Why? For, this is an example how things can slip through the most "securest" locations. It amazed me that the hosts of the memorial service could have allowed such a character to perform his task; and, they did not even change him during the service either.

c). Almost all of the view points that smith used were legitimate, but the only aspect that I did not like was how all these view points were from tweets or facebook messages! Not directly from the people. This does alter the opinions of people when they are typing behind a screen rather than expressing their opinions directly to the media. Yet, the people that do make these claims are well known individuals who have background knowledge on signing.
-there were no counter arguments- except for the quotes Smith uses when he says fake.
The author does leave out the reason or comment of Thami, and Smith does not use his name! Smith might have done this for security reasons or from the lack of knowledge this reporter has.
I am still convinced though that the signer was a fake and should be brought in court from the damages he has made towards the family and the deaf community in this world.