Finishing Current Event News Coverage

Goal: Revisit yesterday's news sources and find one of your own to investigate; use Davis' tips to fact check

Agenda: 

Journal
Survey

Examining Different Sources
Bias Investigation Sheet
Investigating Your Own Source
Revisiting the Davis Article

1. Journal 
Do you think headlines have the power to shape how we feel about a news story?

3. Examining Different Sources

• Yesterday we began looking at these sources. 
• I want to show you another video source of coverage from the State of the Union before we get started, so you can see another media outlet's take on it (MSNBC).
• Here are five different sources and the articles they put out after Tuesday's State of the Union address. 
• Let's examine each one.
• Associated Press - high original fact reporting, low bias
• New York Times - some original facts, some analysis, skewed left
• CNN - fact analysis, very left leaning
• FOX News - some analysis, skewed right
• New York Post - some analysis, very right-leaning

4. Bias Investigation Sheet
You started filling out this chart yesterday for each of the above news sources; our first job is to finish this today.

5. Conducting Your Own Investigation 

• In Google Classroom I have posted a document called "Conducting Your Own Investigation: Media Bias Report." 
• I'm asking you to search for your own source that shows coverage of Tuesday night's State of the Union Address. 
• Your job is to complete the report, determining whether your own source was factual or biased. 
• Ultimately you will make a suggestion for readers and what they should do to combat bias.

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Finished with Above? Revisit the Davis Article: 

• Finish Your Rhetorical Précis for Davis' article in Google Classroom 
• Complete this SOAPSTone form independently for Davis' article