Journalism Class - Monday November 7

[jerusalem-s.livejournal.com]

Spider is slumped behind his desk looking pissed as hell. There's a button on his jacket that reads 'Do not attempt to converse with me' and one below it that reads 'This means YOU'. The cat is nowhere to be seen.

Once there are several people in the classroom, he snarls, "For today's class assignment, please go to The New York Times website. Find an article with a definite slant or bias. Copy it, explain why it is biased and how and highlight the words or phrases that reveal the bias. Discuss amongst yourselves as to whether you agree or disagree with the original author of the article and/or your classmate's diagnosis."

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"No." D'anna snorted then regained her composure, "Sorry Duce. Where I'm from Earth is a myth. Something the priests speak of when they want to touch on the topics of discord and hope. No one actually believes it exists." D shrugs and says quietly, "I didn't till I wound up enrolled here." She didn't add that she half expected to wake every morning back on Leonis to find that the last two months had been nothing more than a fever dream.

[ooc: From what I can gather from D's canon, her galaxy really is far, far away. Also, the tribe that went to Earth (hence the mythical knowledge of its existence) split off from the other twelve that make up the colonies of D's world some two thousand years ago or more. We're (bsg watchers) not sure how the Colonial time line fits in ours at all.]