The invention of television is controversial; many people and nations claim credit for it. Search the Web for evidence of this controversy. See if you can find an alternative version of the invention of television and report on it. (Hint: try "John Logie Baird" or "Paul Nipkow" as search terms.)
Industry
Web Excursion
Do you believe that public television fulfills its mandate of providing high-quality programming that would not be shown on commercial TV? Search the Web for the home pages of your local public television stations, or go directly to PBS at www.pbs.org. Prepare a brief statement criticizing or defending the programming choices of these stations.
Controversies
Web Excursion
Some critics find television news too liberal, some too conservative, some too "centrist." Search the Web for criticism of television news programming, or go directly to media bias sites such as AIM at www.aim.org* and FAIR at www.fair.org.* Prepare a brief statement supporting your point of view about the direction of television news bias, if any.
*Some Web site addresses may change. When they do, please search for the Web site by name or topic on your favorite search engine.
