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Current Events-Slide2
News Today-
Operates on a 24-cycle- causes us to move to the next big thing. Confederate flag… School shootings….. Stormy Daniels…. Teacher strikes….. ? Has biasPrejudice: in favor of or against one thing, person, or group compared with another, usually in a way considered to be unfair
Pundits are NOT reporters. Rush Limbaugh Tomi Lahren – Why do we care about her point?Slide3Slide4Slide5
Pundits
A pundit (sometimes also called a talking head) is a person who offers to mass media their opinion or commentary on a particular subject area (most typically political analysis, the social sciences, technology or sport) on which they are knowledgeable (or can at least appear to be knowledgeable),Slide6
Today-
Satirical news has become one of the most trusted sources in the media. It brings a burningFake news sites are dominating and influencing decisions of legislators and the public. Snopes is a website you can double check
News has become politically motivated- Fox leans right and MSNBC leans left. Slide7
Sources
News sites today offer more commentary than the facts. NPR and C-Span are two of the few that give it to you straight.Politico is the best in politicsPoliticians need to be held accountable Trump and his falsehood Slide8
Danger in calling News- “Fake News”
President Trump has constantly and consistently attack main stream media. Labeling anything that disagrees with his positions or negatively attacks him personally or politically is fake news. This video addresses Trump opinion on fake news.
Supporters believe it as well. Some believe Parkland Florida had “crisis actors” and the event was staged. NBC Daily Show- An actual interview. Slide9
Changing Media-
Press Conferences- TrumpTwitter More Twitter- TrumpEcho Chambers- we only consume the information that agrees w/ our views. Slide10
Take this story-
Top 10 Fake news storiesGreat White Shark in MS RiverPope Endorses Donald TrumpSlide11
Copy these downSlide12
Where do you start for Current Event Speech?
First- Rhetorical Purpose- persuade? Inform? Second- Google the event then click “News” “Building boarder wall” Don’t use regular Google
Read several stories to gain some background knowledge on the topic. Vary your sources- this is because of bias. Ask WHY!!! Find the WHY!!! to the question. Slide13
Answer your question
Is it Yes or No?Is there one action that happens that answers the question? If so tell me.Should Donald Trump build the wall? No!(WHY?) The wall achieves 3 main goalsReason 1
Reason 2Reason 3 Slide14
Thesis-
It is your question. Ask yourself who and why are we asking this question? That reasoning should be in your introduction. Intro needs to connect to the thesis. Can’t tell a story about candy and tell me that is
why we need to ban all 4 wheel drive trucks. Slide15
Introduction-
Do not start with a question. Can give a background of why this question is being asked now. Startling statisticsPersonal story that relates-Analogy Slide16
Body of Speech
Each main point supported by sub points. Doesn’t stop the flow of immigrants A. Airplanes or trucksB. Overstay Visa’sC. Forged documents Slide17
Sources
At least 4 sources Needs to be within the last 6 months. (Why?)Need to research so you know what you are talking about. News sources are great, but get it from more than one. Slide18
Format
Review the Format- Being able to explain what the evidence means is important. The wall will cost $50 billion why does that matter? The WHY is huge in this speech!Slide19
I can’t find anything-
It is because you are not reading. These are the top headline generators of the past month. You need to actually read. These are issues that are being discussed in government, on the street and on Twitter. You need an informed opinion. Slide20
Major Current Events
Immigration with Wall and DACA Gun Control US Economy with tax cutsNorth KoreaRussia- elections and collusion