News Sources Evaluation Chart

Your News Topic: The Orlando Shooting

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Under each
type of
source
listed
below, write
or type the
name of the
news source
you read.
Then,
answer this
question:
What is the
main point
of the
story?

For each of
the four
sources
you
examined,
determine
who or
what
sources
are used to
support
the main
ideas. List
them
below.

Based on
what you
learned by
listening to
the
presentation
on the
CRAAP
method for
evaluating
sources,
would you
consider the
sources
being used
appropriate
and credible
for this
story? In
either case,
explain your
answer
using
specific
examples
from each
source.

Is the
informatio
n verified?
How? If
not, could
it be
verified?
If so, how?

Alternative:
Advocate

The sources
that are used
are the
President of
the Log Cabin
Repuclicans
and the
business man
Milo
Yiannopoulos.

I would not
consider this
source as
appropiate or
credible for this
topic. It sounds
like more of a
blog post than a
news story. It
doesn't exactly
cover the story,
but rather just
make a guess
at the future
voting. It is also

The
information
is not
verified and
there is no
way for it to
be verified.

The main
point of
their story
was that
voters may
sway to
Trump's
side after
the Orlando
shooting.

What biases or
assumptions are eviden
in the story?
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explanation of bias:
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Click on this link for
examples of biased
reporting:
www.studentnewsdaily
.com/archive/exampleof-media-bias/.

This article is biased seeing

that it is on a pro-gay website
and all sources used in the
article are also pro-gay. For
example, Trump's Tweets wer
all encouraging and
supporting gays. There is also
the assumption that more
voters will go to Trimp's side
after his encouraging and
supporting words following
the Orlando shooting.

biased toward
gay rights. For
example, it
shows three
tweets, two
from Donald
Trump, all
supporting gay
rights. The
article also
says,
"Regardless,

LGBT Trump
supporters feel
Orlando has given
them the courage
to "come out" as a
Trump supporter,
especially as the
candidate makes a
direct appeal to
them."
The sources
that are used
to support
CNN's main
idea are law
The main
enforcement
point of
officials,
their story
Florida
was that the Department
shooter,
of
Omar
Corrections,
Mateen, had school
records,
a history of
former
acting up
classmates,
and he
chairman of
made
the Senate
financial
Committee
arrangemen on Homeland
ts to
Security and
prepare for
Public Affairs,
the
the owner of
shooting.
a gun shop
that the
These
shooter tried

Main
Stream:
CNN

I would consider
the sources
used as
appropiate and
credible. They
talked first
hand with law
enforcement
officials and
people that
have had
encounters with
the shooter
before. They
also saw school
records of the
shooter. For
example, in the
article it says,
the store was
"unable to
collect any
information
about him, to
include name,

The
information
is verified by
law
enforcement
officials and
the FBI. It is
also verified
through
school
records.

The assumption that the

Orland shooting was a well
thought out and planned
attack exists in the article. It
is biased in the fact that they
believe the shooter did the
attack because he of
confusion with his sexuality.
The assumption is made that
confusion with sexuality was
the cause of the shooting,
although the shooters family
members make statements
that they do not believe he
was gay.

arrangemen
ts included
adding his
wife to his
life
insurance
and
allowing her
access to
his bank
accounts.

to purchase
weapons and
armor from,
NYU
spokesman,
and a U.S.based travel
agency.

date a birth,
charge card,
telephonic
information, or
email address,
the FBI said in a
statement".

Critical
Media
Source:
Media
Matters

The sources
used in this
are NRA's
spokepersons
Cox and
Lapierre.

These sources
are not
appropiate or
credible
because they
are both known
for being antigay
spokespersons,
so obviously
they are going
to blame samesex marriage
for the attack.
For example,
they say " While

The main
idea of this
source is
that samesex
marriage is
wrong and
it was the
cause of the
Orlando
attack.

ostensibly an
organization
focused on issues
relating to guns,
members of the
NRAs leadership
have attacked
LGBT people for
years, including
blaming a mass
shooting on samesex marriage,
claiming gay
people created
the HIV/AIDS
epidemic, and
labeling or
supporting the

The
information
is not
verfied, but
it could be
verified if the
shooter
came out
and said
same-sex
marriage
was why he
attacked.

The source is biased in the

fact that they are anti-gay
spokespersons. They very
clearly state their stance on
same-sex marriage.

depiction of gay
people as
despicable,
perverts, and
degenerates."
Social
Media
Source:
Twitter
The main
idea of this
source is
that the
Pulse night
club felt like
home to a
lot of
people,
until the
attack.

The sources
used in this
are the Pulse
night club
owner and
one of the
frequent
Pulse club
goers.

The story on
this source is
more about
feelings toward
the club rather
than the attack.
The sources are
not credible
because it's two
people talking
for hundreds of
the Pulse club
goers. For
example, they
say "The Site of

The
information
in this source
is not
verifiable.

The source is biased toward

black gays especially. The
person being interviewed
even talks about the black
lives matter campaigne. The
assumption is made that all o
most people agree that the
attack was rong and
something should be given
back to the Pulse and the
LBGT community.

the Orlando
Shooting Wasnt
Just a Gay
Nightclub. It was
My Safe Haven".

Works Cited: (You will have four sources on your works cited page.)
Now!, Democracy. ""This Isnt Just a Club. This Isnt Just a Club. This Is Literally Peoples Safe
Haven." - @LeonXDavis Https://t.co/BbIKXAJmYX." Twitter. Twitter, 20 June 2016. Web. 19
June 2016. <https://twitter.com/democracynow/status/744715068034670592>.
"NRA's Anti-LGBT Spokesmen Discuss Orlando Gay Nightclub Shooting On Sunday Shows."
Media Matters for America. N.p., 19 June 2016. Web. 19 June 2016.
<http://www.mediamatters.org/blog/2016/06/19/nra-s-anti-lgbt-spokesmen-discuss-orlando-gaynightclub-shooting-sunday-shows/211035>.
"Orlando Shooting: 49 Killed, Shooter Pledged ISIS Allegiance." CNN. N.p., 13 June 2016. Web.
19 June 2016. <http://www.cnn.com/2016/06/12/us/orlando-nightclub-shooting/>.
"Will Orlando Tragedy Bring LGBT Voters to Trump's Side?" Gay News, LGBT Rights, Politics,
Entertainment. N.p., 19 June 2016. Web. 19 June 2016.
<http://www.advocate.com/election/2016/6/19/will-orlando-tragedy-bring-lgbt-voters-trumpsside>.