Many people just read the headlines. Some read the headline and first paragraph of a news story. How does the first paragraph from the following change your understanding about the purpose of VOICE? (What false impression did the headlines give you about the Trump administration’s view of all immigrants?)

“Stymied on his top immigration initiatives, President Donald Trump is making good on one plan that critics denounce as fearmongering and misleading: opening an office for victims of crimes committed by immigrants, although studies show immigrants are less likely to commit crimes than native-born citizens.”

I used the activity above which I found in Student Daily News was very helpful in identifying bias in media, as well highlighting the responsibility of journalists vis-a-vis the economic reality of newspapers dying in the digital age.

I found myself in this uncomfortable position of putting the newspapers I read on trial and finding them guilty of bias and… to some extent, clickbait.

But I think this is still the best way for students to learn something new. To unlearn their old way of thinking. Something should spring up at them, a complete surprise.

That I myself experience this surprise, surely is a bonus. Not a glitch.