Summary Questions
- How many viewpoints were you able to gather on your topic?
- How did these viewpoints differ from one another?
- Did the facts of the situation seem to be obscured by rhetoric at any point during your research? Under what circumstances did this occur?
- What sources did you feel provided you the most substantial facts?
- Did the media sources you used merely record what they were told or did they question the information?
- Should the media merely report what they are told or what they observe?
- If a reporter was suspicious about "facts" presented by governmental or other sources, how would he or she go about digging deeper into the story?
- Does this go beyond the role of the media?