Weekly outline

  • General

    • News Log Directions:(If NOT completed/assigned on an in-class topic)

      Watch/Listen/Read the news for 20 minutes outside of class instruction. 

      Respond in this forum: add a new discussion post, subject Your last name.

      1. What program/app/source did you engage with for the 20 minutes.
      2. List the headlines/stories
      3. Choose 1 to analyze - tell me what you think about it.

  • This week

    13 September - 19 September


    • Mon - Things to know: Coronavirus, Spending Bill, CA recall, NKorea, India

      Media Bias: Spin, Unsubstantiated Claims, Opinion Statements Presented as Facts

      Tues - Things to know: Spending Bill, CA recall, Mandated vaccines

      Media Bias: Sensationalism/Emotionalism, Mudslinging/Ad hominem, Mind Reading

      Wed - Things to know: NPR Headlines roundup

      Media Bias: Slant, Flawed Logic, Bias by Omission

      Thurs - Things to know: Coronavirus, Policing, Nassar, debt ceiling, China

      Media Bias: Omission of Source Attribution, Bias by Placement

      Rate your bias

      Fri - Things to know:

      Political Typology Quiz