Evaluating sources again
Would you like to provide your students with a graphic example of their need to evaluate and analyze news sources?Michael Harvey, who teaches in Abu Dhabi opened his morning paper (the Gulf News) and saw this headline:
UAE and Iran cement ties
The article, which included a photo of Iranian President Ahmadinejad shaking hands with the UAE's Shaikh Khalifa, reported that, "The first visit ever by an Iranian head of state to the UAE yesterday resulted in the setting up of a joint committee...
"The landmark visit is the first by an Iranian leader in the history of the UAE and comes at a critical time in the region...
"The leaders also discussed current affairs in the Middle East, especially the situation in Iraq and Palestine...
"Meanwhile, Iran's Mehr news agency quoted Ahmadinejad as saying 'with each other's help, we can turn the [Arabian] Gulf to the gulf of peace and friendship.'
"The Iranian President was later received by Shaikh Mohammad in Dubai. Ahmadinejad later addressed Iranian businessmen and expats at the Iranian Club."
Well, imagine Michael's surprise when he read, in the Boston Globe, this account of the address to "Iranian businessmen and expats at the Iranian Club":
Ahmadinejad blames U.S. for Mideast ills
"Iran's president led a raucous anti-American rally on Sunday in this tightly controlled U.S. ally in the Persian Gulf...
"Mahmoud Ahmadinejad told a cheering crowd that America was to blame for creating instability and robbing the region of its wealth...
"The crowd, many of them expatriate Iranians, cheered Ahmadinejad and waved Iranian flags. One group carried a black banner bearing a yellow symbol seen on nuclear fallout shelters. Chants of 'Down with the USA!' and 'Nuclear energy is our right!' frequently interrupted the speech...
"Dubai, one of the world's fastest-growing cities and home to most of the 500,000-strong Iranian expatriate community."
posted by Ken Wedding @ 12:58 PM
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