What is News? and How to Detect Bias in the news

To have ACCESS to something means you can

• fix it

• get it

• replace it

• change it

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CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

BIAS means

• behaviors that are not normal

• opinions that affect the way you see things

• changes that affect a large group of people

• opportunities to share what you know with others

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CCSS.RL.5.6

DELIBERATE means

• brief

• sudden

• planned

• forgotten

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CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

To DETECT something means to

• deny it

• select it

• notice it

• protect it

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

DISTORTED means

• amusing

• disturbed

• misleading

• understandable

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

To be ENGAGED means to be

• pleased

• involved

• surprised

• embarrassed

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

OBJECTIVITY means to view something

• without the influence of opinons

• without the chance to think about it

• without knowing all of the facts about it

• without checking more than one source

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CCSS.RL.11-12.6

PRIORITY means something has

• great dignity

• many problems

• high importance

• unusual features

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

The tone of a passage refers to

• the topic

• the main idea

• the author's attitude

• the author's experience

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CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

"The free reporting on the activities of government and the events of civic life is a major foundation of our democracy-one that our founding fathers felt very strongly about." Which word best describes the author's attitude toward the media?

• angry

• curious

• distrurbed

• respectful

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.6

CCSS.RI.8.6

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.6