News and ‘News Analysis': Navigating Fact and Opinion in The Times
Date: 17 January 2013
By Amanda Christy Brown and Katherine Schulten
Amanda Brown
How do we distinguish fact from opinion in The Times, and in other news reports? In this lesson, students learn how news and opinion articles are labeled for clarity, then examine articles and opinion pieces on the sentence level.
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‘Reporting’ the News for Adult Swim
Date: 17 January 2013
By Jeremy Egner
Jeremy Egner
“Newsreaders,” an occasional segment of Adult Swim’s “Childrens Hospital,” with Mather Zickel as the fake reporter, has been spun off into its own 15-minute time slot.
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Kids Draw the News: Bus Strike Comic Strip
Date: 18 January 2013
By The New York Times
On the third day of the strike, here are three submissions, but more drawings are welcome about the strike (as well as for the last assignment, Miss America in Brooklyn).
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Irish Hostage Is ‘Safe and Free’ in Algeria, but Britons Are Told to Brace for Bad News
Date: 17 January 2013
By Christine Hauser and Robert Mackey
Christine Hauser
An Algerian military raid on a gas facility where Islamist militants were holding dozens of hostages, freed an Irish citizen on Thursday, but at least one Briton was killed.
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The Latest New York Times/CBS News Polling Results
Date: 18 January 2013
The latest polling measured American attitudes toward President Obama at the beginning of his second term.
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Newspaper Takes Down Map of Gun Permit Holders
Date: 18 January 2013
By J. David Goodman
J. Goodman
The publisher of The Journal News, in Westchester County, N.Y., said the move was made in response to recently passed legislation that limited access to previously public information.
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Wheelies: The Booming Business Edition
Date: 17 January 2013
By The New York Times
General Motors is planning to spend about $1.5 billion to expand its operations in North America this year.
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A Popularity Present for Michelle Obama
Date: 17 January 2013
By Dalia Sussman
Dalia Sussman
The latest poll by The Times and CBS News shows few people hold a negative view of President Obama’s spouse.
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Gas Field Attack Is a Blow to Algeria's Faltering Energy Sector
Date: 18 January 2013
By Stanley Reed
Stanley Reed
The country is heavily dependent on oil and natural gas and has been desperate to attract foreign investment.
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The Breakfast Meeting: Armstrong Comes Clean, and Kucinich Enters the “Fox Lair”
Date: 18 January 2013
By The Editors
Lance Armstrong admits to Oprah Winfrey that he had used performance-enhancing drugs in what could be a breakthrough moment for Ms. Winfrey’s struggling network, the Tribune Company gets a new leader, and Dennis Kucinich makes his debut as a contributor to Fox News.
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