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<p class="MsoNormal">Here is the Media Bias Fact Check site’s rating for Student Daily News (leans conservative):<o:p></o:p></p>
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On Behalf Of </b>sia paganis via AISLE<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, January 09, 2020 6:20 PM<br>
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<b>Subject:</b> Re: [aisle] Current Events<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I like Newsela. . .and the current events are still free. I wish they could make it a database service instead of the direction they are going . . . making it curriculum. :( <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"> <a href="https://youngzine.org/">https://youngzine.org/</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Does anyone use this one? <a href="https://www.studentnewsdaily.com/">https://www.studentnewsdaily.com/</a> I can't really get a read on it as far as bias.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Thu, Jan 9, 2020 at 6:54 PM Kristin Anson via AISLE <<a href="mailto:aisle@list.railslibraries.info">aisle@list.railslibraries.info</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Thu, Jan 9, 2020 at 6:10 PM Rose O’Connell via AISLE <<a href="mailto:aisle@list.railslibraries.info" target="_blank">aisle@list.railslibraries.info</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Thu, Jan 9, 2020 at 2:50 PM Mariela Siegert via AISLE <<a href="mailto:aisle@list.railslibraries.info" target="_blank">aisle@list.railslibraries.info</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:black">Does anyone have any websites they can recommend for 8th-grade students to gather current event articles from?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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