GEN 480 Week 4 Assignment

GEN 480 Week 4 Assignment: Critical Thinking and the News

Assignment Content

Watch a news report from a major news network. Then, find another report on the same topic from an online source.

Write a 750- to 1,050-word paper assessing both news stories for their clarity, relevance, depth, breadth, and significance.

Analyze the reports by answering the following questions for each:

• Who is the intended audience?
• Was the reasoning in the news report solid?
• Was the report credible?
• Was there any bias in the report?
• What, if anything, was presented as fact, that should be presented as debatable?
• Were the questions and answers relevant?
• Was there any sociocentric thinking in either report?
• What were the main differences in the two reports?
• What outside pressures could account for the different manner in which the stories were written?

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• Center for Writing Excellence
• Reference and Citation Generator
• Grammar and Writing Guides
• Learning Team Toolkit

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