Problem
Select a recent news article from a Canadian website, give the link, and write a five-hundred-word essay answering the following questions:
a) How biased or unbiased is this article? How do you know? What does the language tell us?
b) Does the newspaper outlet or website have a reputation for giving biased news?
c) What is your own opinion on this article? Why did you choose it? What interests you about the topic?
d) Do you agree with the article? If you were to rewrite the article yourself what would you change?
e) Why is it important to identify bias when reading or watching the news? How do you think this article can influence people?