Wednesday, October 2 Bias case studies

I can integrate multiple sources of information presented in diverse formats (e.g., including visual, quantitative, and oral). Evaluate the credibility and accuracy of each source, and note any discrepancies among the data to make informed decisions and solve problems. 

 I can evaluate a speaker’s point of view, reasoning, and use of evidence and rhetoric; assess the premises and connections among ideas, diction, and tone. 

FROM CNN this morning:

 A headline came out last night that on any other day would be the lead story: The President suggested shooting migrants in the legs to slow them down after they cross the southern border. The shocking suggestion, The New York Times reported, came during a meeting in March in which Trump pushed for the shutdown of the entire US-Mexico border. CNN has reached out to the White House for comment.

957,892

The number of arrests among children younger than 15 in the past five years in the United States, FBI statistics show



In assigned groups, you will present one of the 

following cases to your classmates, basing your ruling

 on the First Amendment.  If you are absent, please 

one of the following and write a 100 word response that 

is 

supported by the First Amendment.


    You will have 10 minutes to prepare. Each person in 

the group should contribute. Base your case on the First

 Amendment information. Be as 

specific as possible.  (class participation grade)

1 .A well-known and controversial big-city lawyer was successful in having sexual assault charges dropped against two school basketball players. The lawyer had argued that the victim had consented to the sexual encounter with the players. The newspaper wants to run an editorial condemning the court’s decision, saying that the players’ acts should not have been so easily excused. The editorial details some of the lawyer’s courtroom argument casting responsibility on the woman, a position that the editors find deplorable. They plan to call the lawyer “a scumbag” in the editorial. If this editorial is printed, who would win the ensuing court case – the newspaper or the lawyer?

2.Students plan to wear special placards in protest of a recent controversial school policy that outlaws any religious ornament within the school. The school suspends the students who wear the placards. The students sue in response. Who wins?

3.A paper for a public high school wants to run a feature story on the average salaries of public officials in the area. The reporter asks the treasurer of the school district for information regarding the salaries of the teachers in the district. The treasurer refuses, saying that it is not appropriate for high school students to know the salaries of their teachers. The students sue for the records. Who wins?

4. A student newspaper wants to run an article on drug use in the athletes in the school. To gather details, the journalist hides a tape recorder in her pocket and goes into the female locker room to gather information without the athletes knowing she is there to gather information. She uses quotes and information in the article that she gathered from the locker room. An investigation follows and the student athletes are suspended for drug use. The athletes sue the paper. Who wins?

5. A student magazine regularly published the satirical work of a popular student cartoonist. In one issue, the cartoonist took on the topic of youth pregnancy. To do so, he used characters from a popular national comic strip involving a group of children, duplicating them detail by detail but with one notable difference. In his cartoon, a girl character was pregnant, one of the boys was the father and their pet was the local abortionist. The author of the cartoon strip sued. Who wins?