This lesson aided my understanding when it came to the news, previously I didn’t generally apprehend the type of article it was but rather the essential headline or subject in question. It also helped me understand that there isn’t really a black and white when it comes to morals, the topic seemed to be extremely controversial in it that there were two equally reasonable sides of the argument and sometimes choosing the ‘good’ as such simply depends on your personal perspective and past experiences.
This also caused me to question previous learning as previously when I had read the news, I didn’t make it a priority to find out whether the author was writing from opinions or facts. Generally I assumed that news articles from published institutions tended to be fact based and the newfound information I received in this lesson severely altered the way I viewed the news.
This lesson also inclined me to base research on hard news rather than feature articles or opinion editorials as they tend to be less fact based and more perspective based.
Despite the in depth lesson, I am still uncertain on how exactly to differentiate the three from each other at quicker glances, it’s something that I believe that would be a good skill to have and something I would look forward to learning.
