Intermediate Level

Class 9 NEWS (optional)

Phrase Explanation Example

scoop content used to attract attention and The paper managed to secure
encourage visitors to click on a link to a a major scoop and broke the
particular web page scandal to the world.

To be manipulated to be controlled by someone or something, He’s easily manipulated by his

often unfairly or dishonestly boss.

biased to be for or against someone or something for The newspapers gave a very
no reason or based on personal opinions biased report of the meeting.

fake news information that is untrue or unreal There’s a lot of fake news on
TV nowadays.

to fact check to examine the information to see if it’s true Why don't people fact-check
before they publish this stuff?

to filter information to remove untrue pieces of information Editors have to filter the
information before the
magazine is printed.

to do more harm than to be damaging and not helpful These pills do more harm than
good good.

click bait content used to attract attention and I never follow click baits.
encourage visitors to click on a link to a
particular web page

critical thinking the objective analysis and evaluation of an We need to do some critical
issue in order to form a judgement thinking to solve this problem.