COMPARING SOURCES
ACTIVITY
NEWSPAPERS
1) In this activity choose
a topic that interests you from current events.
2) Next, find articles
about this topic from three different news sources.
3) Finally, compare the
stories from the different sources, and examine what their particular
bias might be.
Here are some newspapers
to start with, but please don't limit yourselves to our suggestions:
*Burlington Free Press
*Rutland Herald
*Times Argus
*The
New York Times
*The Manchester Union Leader
*The Boston Globe
*The Boston Herald
*The Washington Spectator
*The Washington Post
*The Times (London)
WEB-BASED ORGANIZATIONS
1) In this activity choose
a topic that interests you from current events.
2) Find three websites
with more information about the issue.
3) How does the information
on each website look similar or different?
TV/RADIO
1) In this activity choose
a topic that interests you from current events.
2) Next, find information
about this topic from three different news sources.
3) Finally, compare the
stories from the different sources, and examine what their particular
bias might be.
Here are some TV/RADIO
organizations to start with, but don't limit yourself to our
suggestions:
www.cnn.com
www.pbs.org
www.npr.org
www.foxnews.com
www.msnbc.msn.com
www.democracynow.org
www.commondreams.org
www.bbc.co.uk
www.aljazeera.com |