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Evaluate a news article with Mr Connors

Look at the following questions while reading the text.


 * What main ideas are presented in the text? || ||
 * Who is/are the author(s) of the text and when was the text produced? || ||
 * What background information can be found out about the author(s) (eg cultural background, age, gender, political views, time in which they produced the text)? || ||
 * How could the background of the author(s) affect the information selected and the way it is presented? Has this happened in the text? || ||
 * If the author(s) is/are presenting a certain point of view, how has this been done (eg headings, placement of visual information, use of emotive and persuasive language, only one side of the issue is presented)? || ||
 * Why has this text been produced? What is its purpose and how do you know this (eg to sell, educate, inform, persuade)? || ||