Media Bias
True or False. Bias is an unavoidable prejudice in favor of or against one thing, person, or group compared with another
True
Vladimir Zelensky is the president of...
Ukraine
True or False. Russian President Vladimir Putin has threatened to use Nuclear Weapons in Ukraine.
True
Who won the Illinois Governor race?
J.B. Pritzker
Where did Mr. Garcia go to college?
Illinois State University
The news station MSNBC tends to lean left, while Fox News tends to lean ...
Right
What year Russian president Vladimir Putin announced a "special military operation" aiming for the "demilitarisation" and "denazification" of Ukraine
Hint: Taylor Swift
2022
What is the only country to have used a Nuclear Weapon in war?
US
After the midterm elections, what political party has control of the House of Representatives?
Republicans
How long has Mr. Garcia been teaching at Dunlap High School?
This is his first year
What did you have to do as the main part of your Media Bias Summative?
Rewrite a biased article
What organization was Putin once apart of during the Soviet Union?
KGB
What was the US Atomic Bomb project called during WWII?
Manhattan Project
After the midterm elections, which political party has control of the Senate?
Democrats
What town was Mr. Garcia born in?
Sterling, IL
List one way you can avoid media bias.
Check/compare multiple sources, try and get the story from the source, get news from less biased sources
When did the Soviet Union annex the Crimea (Region of Ukraine)?
Hint: this was before the "current" conflict
2014
What famous scientist wrote a letter to President FDR urging him to create a Nuclear Weapons Program in the US in 1939?
Albert Einstein
What Senate race is headed to a runoff election in December?
Georgia
What high school did Mr. Garcia complete his student-teaching process at?
Mahomet-Seymour
Information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote or publicize a particular political cause or point of view is called...
Propaganda
What year did Ukraine gain independence from the Soviet Union?
1991
How many countries have Nuclear Weapons?
9
There are two US Senators that are political independents. Bernie Sanders for Vermont and Angus King of what state?
Maine
What is Mr. Garcia's favorite video game of all time?
BO2