Critical Reading 10
Are social media companies “canceling” those who disrupt the status quo? Is there some connection between video games and violence? How serious is the immigration situation, really? Is sugar that bad for you? Does hunting really help control wildlife populations in a positive way? For these kinds of questions, we all have our gut responses or knee-jerk talking points, but do we really know what we’re talking about?
What is the “news”? The news is simply the reporting of facts, occurrences, and events to communicate what happened and generally why and how it happened as well as what might happen as a result. Real news stories avoid speculation and instead favor the input from experts and eyewitnesses
What is “news analysis”? Tucker Carlson, Rachel Maddow, Bill Mahr, Trevor Noah, Glenn Beck, Anne Coulter, Sean Hannity, John Oliver, Stephen Colbert, and all the other talking heads
Summarize stance that your source is taking on this issue. How do you know this source is credible, exactly? Provide a quote in proper in-text MLA format to support this summary.
Did this source ultimately challenge or confirm your bias? How so? What information or aspect of the source specifically did so, and why? Provide a quote in proper in-text MLA format to support this summary.
