ENRICHMENT: HUMANITIES SKILLS WEEK

WHAT MAKES A STRONG ARGUMENT:
Critiquing Logical Fallacies and Identifying Misinformation

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Different arguments used in the news media

Interactive media bias chart

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Same news, different story.
​How does the news media use arguments to meet their own bias? 

Where do you go to read the news? Whom you they follow?  Why do you go there? What other options do you have?
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Task: 
Choose at least  one of these news topics and  read the articles associated with that story. Make a 1 pager to present the following information:

Success criteria: 
1. Give a brief overview of the story 
2. Highlight 2-3 different news stories about the issue
3. Give an indication of where would the article stand on the media bias chart- left- centre- right
4. Find as many different types of argument, as learnt in the first task, to highlight how the news reporter makes their argument linked to their particular bias.
5. Think about an effective way of presenting the information 
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Last  military flight leaves Afghanistan

Afghanistan: Last US military flight departs ending America's longest war

Critics resurface Biden ABC interview where he pledged to stay in Afghanistan until every American rescued

The last US military planes have left Afghanistan, marking the end of the United States' longest war

Afghan refugees coming to America

What now for Afghan refugees arriving in America?

Poor vetting of Afghanistan refugees could be ‘invitation’ to terror attacks

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Climate change IPCC report

Scientists challenge 'alarm bells' in IPCC climate change report: 'Not the end of the world'

Earth is warming faster than previously thought, scientists say, and the window is closing to avoid catastrophic outcomes

Don’t buy the latest climate-change alarmism

Climate change: IPCC report is 'code red for humanity'

Black lives matter

Black Lives Matter doesn’t really care about Black lives lost unless group can blame police

How Black Lives Matter went from a hashtag to a global rallying cry

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Extension tasks: 

1. View the We The Voters film “MediOcracy.”  How do the ideas shown in here meet with the idea of “incestuous amplification” (selecting news sources to reinforce our own views)

We The Voters - Mediaocracy from Gunpowder & Sky on Vimeo.

2. Go to All Sides < http://allsides.com> to see   to  see news topics written in three distinct viewpoints: left, center, right. Find a story you are interested in. Give an overview of how it is presented from 3 different angles. What types of argument are used?