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MdSt 20: April 30 – May 1 Assignments while I’m away…
- The SCN room is booked for students to use today and tomorrow. Attached above is the assignment handouts for students to use and complete for Wednesday’s class. They will be comparing news articles from several websites, looking for examples of a bias in the news reporting from those sites. By chosing one world event to focus on and comparing the ways the same event is covered by the different news sites, students will get an idea of how bias is injected into the sharing of information.We have mentioned that writing without a slight bias is very difficul; everything we witness we filter through our perspectives and cultural teachings to process how we feel about an event so it is very difficult to not have an opinion on what you report. However, some people are more fair about how much of their bias they allow in their reporting while others are fairly sly and convincing in hiding it.
- Do the best you can with the assignment and we will carry on and discuss some of your findings on Wednesday when I return. Have fun with it!!
M
U.S. Supreme Court won’t hear Khadr’s case
A Canadian imprisoned refused to hear the case of another prisoner, Salim Ahmed Hamdan, at the U.S. detention centre in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Both prisoners were challenging the legality of the military commissions that are hearing their cases.
Khadr, 20, is accused of killing a U.S. medic in Afghanistan in 2002. He also faces charges of attempted murder, conspiracy, spying and providing material support for terrorism.
He has been in U.S. custody since he was se Khadr’s case will be heard by the military commission within four months.ized in Afghanistan at the age of 15.
The bias part of this is, i think what about the canadian impresons side of things maybe they just cant do these things for him.