ENG 107: College Writing (Ward): Class Activity

1. Visit one or the other of the sources below.

2. Try to get an idea of the source's bias or political leaning from its website (look for an "About" link).

3. Try a "Lateral Reading" technique. Search the name of the source in Wikipedia to see what you can learn about the source's bias, political leaning, etc. Search for it in Google, but exclude results from the same domain as the source. For example: "new york post" -site:nypost.com

4. Look up the source in the media bias chart to see how credible the source is and whether it is useful for your purposes.