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You shouldn't believe everything that you read in the newspaper #1 (permalink) Wed Feb 07, 2007 23:11 pm   You shouldn't believe everything that you read in the newspaper
 

You shouldn't believe everything that you read in the newspaper.

I am having a hard time to write about this statement.
Alan, can you help me please.
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You shouldn't belive everything that you read in the newspaper #2 (permalink) Fri Feb 09, 2007 11:49 am   You shouldn't belive everything that you read in the newspaper
 

Hi Iola,

I would suggest that you decide whether this statement is true or not in your opinion and then you pick a particular example of a report of an incident that you know well and compare what you know with what was reported. This could either agree with the statement or not.

Try to write this up.

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You shouldn't belive everything that you read in the newspaper #3 (permalink) Sat Feb 10, 2007 0:25 am   You shouldn't belive everything that you read in the newspaper
 

If you agree with the statement, you could (to add to, and bolster, what Alan suggests) talk about these things generally:

1) Bias in the media and how writers take facts and interpret them to fit their own personal agendas. Everyone is biased, and it's really hard for reporters (even those who do not want to show bias) to report facts without showing bias, especially in political/legislative reporting. Editorials are full of bias.

2) Invalid reporting, per se (where the "facts" themselves are wrong). Here's where you would list at least one firm example of a story that's factually wrong.
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