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Lesson 5: News vs. Opinion |
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The line between News and Opinion |
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The Opinion Journalists |
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The Ethics of the Opinion Journalist |
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A Short History of Opinion Journalism |
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Cable TV News: An Opinion Niche? |
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The Value of Opinion Journalism and How to Spot it |
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Why should you care which is which? |
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Opinion or Mere Assertion? |
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Summing Up Lesson 5 |
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Lesson 6: Balance, Fairness, and Bias |
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Is the News Media Biased? |
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Is there a difference between Fairness and Balance? |
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Can Providing Balance be Unfair? |
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What is Fairness & How do I find it? |
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Fair Language |
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Fair Presentation |
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What about Bias? |
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Common flaws in "Bias" claims |
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Summing Up Lesson 6 |
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Lesson 7: Journalistic Truth and the Search for Evidence |
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Truth and Consequences |
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What is Truth? |
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The Truth & "Truthiness" |
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What is "Journalistic Truth"? |
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Provisional Truth |
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How does Verification work? |
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Evaluating Direct and Indirect Evidence |
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How and Why Does Verification Fail? |
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Further Failures of Verification |
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Summing Up Lesson 7 |
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News Lit Unit 2 Quiz |
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Unit 2 Assignment |
