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    The document provides instructions for an assignment asking students to visit a website that analyzes media bias, select an issue, and read articles from left-leaning, right-leaning, and center perspectives on that issue. Students are asked to complete a chart comparing the overall arguments, biased words or phrases, and sources of evidence in the left and right articles. They are also asked questions about differences in what each article aims to prove, whether the sources relied on wire reports or did their own reporting, the perceived bias of the center article, and whether media bias poses a problem or is important for a free society.

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    Name ______________ #026 Allsides.

    com – Understanding Media Bias


    ➢ Go to www.allsides.com
    ➢ Click “Issues” and choose an issue
    ➢ Read one of the “Background” articles that discusses the controversy surrounding your issue
    ➢ Find and read an article from a “Left” source and also read one from a “Right” source
    ➢ Complete the following chart citing the overall arguments made in the articles.

    Left-Leaning Article Right-Leaning Article


    News
    Source

    Overall
    argument

    Biased
    words or
    phrases

    Where
    did they
    get their
    evidence?
    1. Is there a difference in what each article is trying to prove? Explain.

    2. Did the sources rely on wire services or do their own reporting?

    Find an article on your issue from the “Center” perspective and read it.

    3. Do you agree that this article was not biased? Explain.

    4. Is media bias a problem in our country or is it an important part of a free society? Explain.

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