Evaluating Bias: Fox News Article

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Review the graphic below. Then answer the question that follow.
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In your own words, how would you define a fact versus an opinion?

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Which of the following are facts stated in this section?

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What are words or phrases that stick out to you as “charged”(filled with excitement, tension or emotion)?

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Which of the following are opinions in this section?

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This is a fact: GOP lawmakers have requested a federal probe into Cuomo's policy to send recovering coronavirus patients back to nursing homes and related concerns that deaths at the facilities are being knowingly under-counted.

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This is an opinion: "The state estimates that more than 5,000 nursing home and longterm-care facility patients have died from coronavirus, but a new report says New York could be drastically under-reporting the deaths -- prompting Rep."

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This is a fact: "... it contributed to the more than 5,800 nursing and adult care facility deaths in New York — more than in any other state — and that homes should have spoken up if it was a problem."

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This is an opinion: "...the March 25 order didn’t specify how homes could refuse, saying that 'no resident shall be denied re-admission or admission to the (nursing home) solely based' on confirmed or suspected COVID-19."

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This is an opinion: "...some nursing homes felt obligated and overwhelmed."

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As you read through the article, what was the tone?

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As you read through the article, what was the tone?

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As you read through the article, what was the tone?