Evaluating News Stories



Evaluating Bias in News Stories

Name: ____________________________________________ Period: ______ Date: ___________________________

Research a top current news story of the day from two different media outlets (CNN, Fox News, MSNBC, ABC, etc.). Fill out the outline below to analyze the news stories that you chose:

|What is the main idea of this story? | |

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|What biases, if any, do YOU bring to this subject? | |

|(political, religious, moral, or other life experiences that| |

|color your perception) | |

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|Which two news sources were used? |Source 1: |Source 2: |

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|What similarities exist in how the stories are reported? | | |

|What main facts are the same? What conclusions are the same?| | |

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|What differences exist in how the stories are reported? | | |

|Different facts or opinions presented? | | |

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Which source do you believe is more credible? Why?

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