Are newspapers objective?

In many social studies classes I’ve long discussions with students who think that newspapers report news “objectively” and without any kind of slant. They tend to think that what you see on the front page is what is really important that day and there is no interpreptation involved.

The best site I’ve found to deal with that is Newseum‘s display of today paper’s front pages. They have, apparently, 405 papers from 38 countries displayed, all with a different front page and a different array of stories.

Newseum should be an excellent place to start in showing students that the media makes the news as much as they report it.

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