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Reading the news

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Can you tell news from opinion?

You read the news most days. But what are you actually looking at? A page can hold many different things. Some report what happened. Some share what a writer thinks instead. Most people feel sure they can tell these apart. Let's test that feeling.

Your guess

In a 2018 study, people were asked if it was easy to spot news from opinion. How many said yes?

Sources

  • Society of Professional Journalists, Code of Ethics
  • Boykoff & Boykoff, Global Environmental Change, 2004
  • Gallup/Knight Foundation, 2018