3/27/2018: Student suspended after staying in class during walkouts. True? or Not? - Student Challenges Dress Code After Being Punished for Not Wearing a Dress to School

Today's Article: Student suspended after staying in class during walkouts. True? or Not?
From: Washington Post
Readability Score: 11.8

News is often spun to tell a story the media wants to tell. Today's lesson shows how one news story has been run with headlines and narrative to fit a much more sensational view than the truth of the story. Explore the impact spin can have.

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Today's Alternate Article: Student Challenges Dress Code After Being Punished for Not Wearing a Dress to School
Readability Score: 8.1

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12/15/2016: Fake Or Real? How To Self-Check The News And Get The Facts - Couple Adopts 5 Siblings: "All They Had Left in This World Is Each Other"

Today's Article: Fake Or Real? How To Self-Check The News And Get The Facts
From: NPR
Readability Score: 10.0

Fake news stories can have real-life consequences.

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Today's Alternate Article: Couple Adopts 5 Siblings: "All They Had Left in This World Is Each Other"
Readability Score: 9.3

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11/12/2015: In 1983 'War Scare,' Soviets Feared U.S. Nuclear Surprise Attack - Teens Spend a 'Mind-Boggling' 9 Hours a Day Using Media

Today's Article: In 1983 'War Scare,' Soviets Feared U.S. Nuclear Surprise Attack (12.5)
From: Washington Post

A nuclear weapons command exercise by NATO in November 1983 prompted fear in the leadership of the Soviet Union that the maneuvers were a cover for a nuclear surprise attack by the United States...

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Today's Alternate Article: Teens Spend a 'Mind-Boggling' 9 Hours a Day Using Media (8.9)

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