Daily News Article - October 16, 2020
1. The first paragraph of a news article should answer the questions who, what, where and when. List the who, what, where and when of this news item. (NOTE: The remainder of a news article provides details on the why and/or how.)
2. What did Senator Cruz say about Big Tech?
3. What did Twitter actually do regarding the New York Post article on Hunter Biden?
4. For what reason did Twitter lock the White House press secretary out of her personal Twitter account?
5. What did Sen. Cruz say CEO Jack Dorsey needs to explain to the American people and the Senate committee?
6. Senator Cruz wrote, ”Twitter has apparently decided to preemptively censor this report. But Twitter's censorship of this story is quite hypocritical, given its willingness to allow users to share less-well-sourced reporting critical of other candidates for public office. Accordingly, this can only be seen as an obvious and transparent attempt by Twitter to influence the upcoming Presidential election."
What do you think of Sen. Cruz’s assertion?
7. Whether you support Joe Biden or Donald Trump for president, what is your reaction to Twitter’s decision to censor the news article from the New York Post? (Why shouldn’t it be different based on who you support?)
CHALLENGE: During Thursday night’s hour and a half town hall with Joe Biden hosted by ABC News’ George Stephanopoulos, no mention was made of the Post article - even if to ask former vice president Biden to defend himself against the allegations.
Why do you think George Stephanopoulos ignored it? Do you think Mr. Biden should have been asked about it? Do voters/supporters want to hear Joe Biden address this issue himself? Explain your answers.