1. If you were Ponyboy, would you want to be part of the rumble
If you were Ponyboy, would you want to be part of the rumble? Why or why not? Write a quarter page or more.

2. “Juvenile Delinquents turned Heros”
Turn and talk to your partner: why do you think the press printed this story instead of a more negative one?

3. How do you think this Press Coverage will affect Ponyboy and Johnny’s trial?

4. Bias:
Prejudice in favor of or against one thing, person, or group compared with another, usually in a way considered to be unfair

5. Turn and work with a partner:
Write a list of all of the reasons you think the press might have for printing a biased story (a story that clearly leans to one side versus another)
To help interest groups
Uninformed
Money
Personal stake
Opinions
Convincing others to see another side (Defense)
To harm or benefit someone else
Gain more supporters (or buyers)
To put out a “different” story than what everyone else is saying
Been biased from the start

6. What is the purpose of a paper or news channel?
What can hold a paper or news channel back from accomplishing this goal?

7. What kind of news distributors depend on money to exist?
DO Depend on Money
Do not depend on money

8. What kind of news distributors require their writers to be fully qualified?
Require Qualifications
Don’t require qualifications

9. Consider chapter seven:
How did the following characters react to Ponyboy and Johnny’s story, and why were their responses so different?
Two-Bit
Randy

10. Read Chapter Eight
I don’t need you to answer any questions, I just want you to keep a log of every time S.E. Hinton includes something that gives you a bad feeling about the rumble
Then, considering tha tshe is foreshadowing the ruble’s outcome, make a predication about what will happen there

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