1. Warm Up Where do you get your news?
How credible do you think most of the news is and why?

2. What is News?
turn & discuss

3. Assessing the News What does it mean – assessing the news?
Why can’t we just trust what we read/hear?
Why is it important to know how to assess the news?

4. Assessing the News
3. Why is it important to know how to assess the news?
Venezuela – next week
North Korea – next unit (Asia)
Global Conflict Research Project – right after Spring Break

5. News vs. Entertainment
Truth vs. Ratings

6. https://youtu.be/0Rnq1NpHdmw?t=5m9s
Misrepresentation
If it sounds too good too be true… it probably is.
Sensationalist claims hidden behind credible jargon
A new study shows…
Experts are saying…
Facts taken out of context
Watch from 5:00 to 7:50’ish

7. Media Bias
Feel or show inclination or prejudice for or against someone or something.
Generally leans either right or left (Conservative or Liberal)

8. What is media bias and why is it important?
Warm Up 3/13 (#2)
What is media bias and why is it important?

9. February 26, 2018 Learning Target (I can…):
Describe what to look for when assessing the news
Upcoming Dates
3/15: Crisis in Venezuela worksheet
3/19: SAC Prep Sheet
Take Out:
Notes
Agenda:
Fighting Fake News
Venezuela Intro
Skills:
Analysis
Research

10. About the Test We struggled Appears studying was not balanced Solution
If you complete the study guide, you may regain up to half of the points you missed on the test
By complete, I mean create a study sheet that has the correct information for each item on the study guide.
Must be legible, correct DUE FRIDAY 3/16

11. Media Bias Examples
Omission – leaving one side out of an article or a series of articles over a period of time
Selection of Sources – including more sources that support one view over another
Story Selection – a pattern of highlighting news stories that support one side of an issue over another
Placement – the location in the paper or article where a story or event is printed; a pattern of placing news stories so as to downplay information supportive of one side

12. Media Bias Examples Labeling – comes in two forms:
1. Tagging of person from one party or group with extreme labels while leaving the other side unlabeled or with more mild labels.
2. A reporter not only fails to identify a liberal or conservative as such, but also describes the person or group with positive labels, such as “an expert” or “independent consumer group”
Spin – occurs when the story has only one interpretation of an event or policy, to the exclusion of the other. Spin involves tone- a reporter’s subjective comments about objective facts

13. Ignoring Facts Tend to be extremists
Goal is to discredit the other side using any means
Appeal to emotion
Stories usually include statements that are factually incorrect and can be easily disproven

14. How Do We Do It?

15. How Do We Do It?

16. Helpful Resources Allsides.com Snopes Factcheck.org Politifact.com
Opensecrets.org
Snopes
Factcheck.org
Politifact.com
Sunlight Foundation

17. Credible News Sources Politico.com Associated Press New York Times CNN
USA Today
BBC
Reuters
Heavily Biased
MSNBC
Fox News

18. Off Limits Sources Infowars Daily Kos Breitbart Huffington Post Salon
Anything that reports more celebrity news than current events
The Blaze

19. Crisis in Venezuela NOTE:
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20. Crisis In Venezuela

21. Remember our foreign Policy Goals?
Protecting National Security
Preserving World Peace
Promoting Economic Prosperity
Humanitarian Ideals

22. What about our tools? Soft Power Diplomacy: Conducting Negotiations
Summits: Meetings of Heads of State
Treaties: Peaceful Agreements
Trade Relations: Cross-Border Commerce
Foreign Aid: Help for less wealthy countries

23. What about our tools? Hard Power
Intelligence Gathering: Assess the threat
Covert Action: Secret tactics to influence events
Boycotts and Sanctions: Economic Pressure

24. Crisis In Venezuela
What is inflation?

25. Crisis In Venezuela
What does trade deficit mean?

26. Crisis In Venezuela
What is a sanction?

28. Crisis In Venezuela