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Question 1. What news sources do you typically rely on? What is their political slant (they all have one)?

Question 2. Using AllSides.com (play around on this site, maybe follow the TOPICS tab to find something you're interested in. At the bottom of the page, there is a list of perspectives and news articles), look at that single topic from multiple perspectives on the political spectrum. Describe how the political "sides" differ in the ways they present the topic you are researching (e.g., you might look at the images presented, the words used, the headlines, etc...).

For example, when FOX News speaks of the Black Lives Matter movement, they often use the term "riots" while more liberal news sources use the term "protests."

Question 3. Describe how you know which sources to trust the most, which to allow to shift or solidify your beliefs about an important topic? How do you make sense of all the varied "truths" in media? What are the most important clues that tell you whether the information presented is worth considering (beyond "well, a Republican said it, so I'm sold!"?

Question 4. Finally, what's at stake ultimately if we fail to check out own biases or fail to read the ideological cues presented in media? Why does doing any of this hard investigative work matter in the long run?