Bethenny Frankel on Meghan Markle

Propaganda is defined to have a specific goal and design that is intended to cause buzz and gain a reaction from a large group of people. Looking at ethos, Bethenny Frankel is a well-known celebrity and businesswoman. She owns the popular food and beverage line “Skinny Girl”, she was famous on Real Housewives of New York, and has over 981,000 followers on Tiktok. This popularity is extremely harmful as since she has a large following, many people will listen to and believe what she says. She’s also establishing credibility by being a businesswoman and coming at the issue from a “business” perspective when her video does nothing but creates unnecessary drama that places herself above Meghan and Harry. It also is completely unfounded. Frankel has never met either of the two but she is assuming she knows Markle's intentions and the reasonings behind what she does when there is no possible way for her to know any of this information. She is attacking Markle's character making her seem petty and ignorant, while also making sure Prince Harry is characterized as blind and weak for being unwilling to stand up for himself. These characterizations use Pathos to make people feel angry at Markle while simultaneously feeling bad for Harry, making Markle seem conniving more than anything. Frankel also uses logos to reason that because other people have agreed with her and reached out to silence her, that her posting this video is her trying to speak her truth, without any information to back herself up. Looking at Kairos, Bethenny Frankel literally says how timing is everything and that Markle isn’t a real strategist for being unaware of this. However, in regards to the article and video itself, Frankel coming out with this information in the heat of drama amidst the royal family and specifically with Meghan and Harry, allows more people to feel they can draw unnecessary conclusions and speak on the issue.