Zoom In:
- Support for Claims:
Are all claims supported by evidence, or are they sometimes supported by more claims?
- “He then asked me for help, we changed his strategy together, and he ran a great race. Big Rally last night. Now it looks like he is going to win. This is a claim
- That is a claim it is not an actual fact.
- Credible Evidence: – No it is not any actual credible sources.
Is the evidence used to support the claims from credible sources (relevant, sufficient, typical, accurate)?
- Emotions: – yes emotions are used in this to make us feel like trump is going to win this election again.
Are emotions used to lead us to make judgments or feel a certain way?
- Word Choice: “BIG NIGHT FOR THE REPUBLICAN PARTY. CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL!” this is using words like “Big”, “Congratulations”. These are happy words making the mood feel good. This makes it biased.
Does the word choice simply present the facts with neutral language? Neutral language = Fair
Does the word choice lead you to make judgments about the facts or feel a certain way about them? Leading Language = Biased
Zoom Out:
- Context:
Does the coverage of the story show you the big picture of what’s going on? Fair
Yes this news station is not biased and just stated the overall facts
Does the coverage of the story show just a slice? Biased
The news source does not only show a slice it shows the whole thing.
- Counterpoints:
Does the coverage of the story help you understand more than one perspective? Does it provide counterpoints, arguments that help you understand how multiple groups or individuals understand what is going on? Fair
Does the coverage of the story show just one perspective? Biased.
The source gave me a full understanding of the topic and how Trump spent lots of money and in his speech used very intriguing statements to the audience. There were no counterpoints because it just stated the facts of the situation.No the source only states facts and no opinions on Trump’s win in North Carolina
- Purpose:
What is the purpose of the news report? What is it trying to get us to believe? Is it to inform or manipulate the audience?
The purpose of this news report is to inform the community on how Trump won his vote in North Carolina and the procedures Trump had to do to get the win.
- Fair or Biased:
To determine if a source is fair or biased, examine the word choice, context, and counterpoints. (circle fair or biased in each pair)
This source is fair it doesn’t have any bias vocabulary or context. the point of thus source is jus to state the facts and let the audience have their own opinion.
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