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Mutanatia was there again to greet you with a handshake.
When his students sat down, he said, “Hello and welcome to Week #2 of Real Time
with Bill Maher. After our first exercise, we learned how greatly our opinions
differed from Bill Maher and how, though we may disagree with his statements,
we sort of see a glimmer of truth in what he says. But be warned! Remember, he
is a political comedian, and as such, some, if not most, of what he says is his
opinion.
Here’s a pre-discussion question:
If you were able to get a hold of the audio podcast, you
would have learned that Maher did NOT read the SOPA bill. Does this change your
opinion of what he said regarding it, why or why not? Further does this mean,
as some have mentioned, that he is blindly in the pocket of all the other media
sources out there?
Now, here are the discussion questions:
11) Find
a statement you agree with and explain why. Discuss with others and be prepared
to defend your viewpoint civilly. There may be nothing you agree with. Please
state why this is the case.
22) Find
a statement you disagree with and explain why. Discuss with others and be
prepared to defend your viewpoint civilly. You may agree with everything. Why
is this?
This episode originally aired on 1/27/2012. Topics included
the GOP race, Foreign Policy, Jan Brewer’s ‘confrontation’ with Obama, Race,
Food, and Religion.
Now, I understand that Race and Religion can be a
confrontational topic. With that in mind, we’re going to discuss this in a
different thread as a weekly quote
prompt. Please respond to the quote prompt alone.
He then passed out the homework:
Homework:
11) Fact-check
one of the quotes found in the list (or on the overtime segment) and tell me
why it is, or isn’t, accurate. It doesn’t have to be one from Maher himself.
22) What
is the general consensus for foreign policy and how it should be framed?
33) Evaluate
Rep. Dana Rohrabacher using this source and other, outside sources. What did
you learn about her? How can this further be applied to what she is saying?
BONUS: Finally fact-check this
statement, and it should be easy to be find an example to counter this: “I
think this is unprecedented. I don’t know of any other instance where someone
has been this disrespectful to the President.” – Bill Maher.
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