Whoever wrote the brief article ought to be chastised for poor journalism skills. Several key questions remain unasked and unanswered. Here are just a few: Who makes the decisions about appropriate and inappropriate books in prisons in Texas? What is the criteria for those decisions? What objective reasons support those criteria? What kinds of books are not included among the "banned" books (i.e., what books are available to inmates--presumably in furtherance of their literacy)? What do prisoners say about the existing policy?
Perhaps you can think of other questions.
If a student in one of my classes had written and submitted such a "news story," the student would receive no better than a D for a grade. And that would be a generous grade.
Whoever wrote the brief article ought to be chastised for poor journalism skills. Several key questions remain unasked and unanswered. Here are just a few: Who makes the decisions about appropriate and inappropriate books in prisons in Texas? What is the criteria for those decisions? What objective reasons support those criteria? What kinds of books are not included among the "banned" books (i.e., what books are available to inmates--presumably in furtherance of their literacy)? What do prisoners say about the existing policy?
ReplyDeletePerhaps you can think of other questions.
If a student in one of my classes had written and submitted such a "news story," the student would receive no better than a D for a grade. And that would be a generous grade.