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Understanding the Media

Article Title and Author: "Sniper's apology brings closure, no justice" By **Eliott C. McLaughlin**, CNN

Link to article: http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/03/04/malvo.sniper.confession/index.html?hpt=T1

Describe how the article you are reading uses (or does not use) each of the following vocabulary words. Use one or two complete sentences for each description.

1. **__News Story or Editorial__**: news story

2. __**Intent:**__ the intent on this article was

3. __**Bias or Unbias:**__ the story is unbiased, the author just wanted to get out that the Perp. wrote a letter regarding his apologies.

4. __**“Spin”:**__ there really wasn't any spin.

5. **__Political__** Orientation: