This research question is interesting to me because I have always wanted to be a marine biologist so when I was little and heard about SeaWorld I loved the idea. I thought they were ding amazing things to preserve wildlife and wanted to even work for them. Then I started to think about the whales and how amazing they were. After reading books you would find out that the whales can swim hundreds of miles in even a day and when you compare that to the size of their tank you wonder how could one swim hundreds of miles in a tank. I value nature and what is best to preserve these animals and believe SeaWorld or anyone for that fact should be able to keep whales captive in places like these with the exception of preserving natural parts of the ocean where these creatures are found. I went to SeaWorld and saw the killer whale show and started doing research on things like this thus making me qualified to have some background on this topic.

The central claim of this topic is that SeaWorld is providing very little evidence that their holding of whales in captivity is producing a lot of research on this species. The only species endangered still are the ones the took from in the late 1900s. The values at stake are that SeaWorld is using these whales for scientific research when they provide less research than biologists observing wild orcas. The people of SeaWorld could see this threatening to their business as they have tried to stand up for themselves before. There is bias because even though the author states that SeaWorld claimed they were doing research on these whales they also bring up that the people they pay and the budget they denote to orca research is not significant enough to have cause for captivity.

The central claim is the interviewer asking questions about how "Blackfish" left out important details about SeaWorld and they are obviously biased. Therefore, the interviewer asks questions that allow SeaWorld to tell their side of the story and how "Blackfish" does not fully portray what SeaWorld does. The interests at risk are the creators of "Blackfish" because they want SeaWorld to be shut down essentially or at least end their breeding program and stop having whales in captivity. Meanwhile, this article is giving SeaWorld a chance to defend themselves and make people think differently about them. This article is credible because it comes from a news source. The source also does not take side sin the argument they just ask questions that people speculated about the corporation.

The claim of this topic is to inform readers on whales and dolphins in captivity. The author of this article is trying to explain in a no bias way that these whales are affected by catching them in the wild and other topics. The major interest is to express the care and interest for the whales. These are important facts and should be know by everyone. The only interest for the stakeholder is in SeaWorld finding it unjust to have these orcas and the author to protect the whales. This author is very credible because it is stating facts about whales in nature from a person in an organization. There is no bias in this article as it is just stating straight facts about the whales alone. 

The research question is arguable because one person could say that these whales are being treated horribly while the other side of the argument could say this is vital to saving these orcas from going extinct and learning many things about them through close interaction and research. Some sources claim that the other source left out important information about SeaWorld where others say the sources leave out information. Some aspects can make me think about my opinion ore but it has not changed my opinion. The research question could be slightly more broad and question whether captivity is a good resource for any animal in SeaWorld.

