Burnet News Club 2020-2021 | Issue 4

1. Look at
the picture.
Is anyone
wrong?
How might someone’s
perspective affect their
opinion?
For example, why might
some people be happy
about a news story while
others are angry?

2. After each one, make a facial
expression to show how it
makes you feel.
Is each one good news
or bad news?
The following news
updates about covid-19
vaccinations are from
January 2021.

3. Matt Hancock, the Health
Secretary, has hailed
●'BRILLIANT
PROGRESS'
on the UK's vaccination rollout.

4. GRIEVING
FAMILIES
call for an inquiry into the
PM’s handling of covid-19.

5. THE TRUTH
BORIS HATERS CAN'T
BEAR TO ADMIT –
he has a plan to fight coronavirus
and it's working.

6. Delaying second vaccine
dose may give
STRONGER
PROTECTION
in long term, says vaccines boss.

7. Delaying the second
coronavirus vaccines is
BORIS'S BIGGEST
GAMBLE!

8. SCIENTISTS ARE
‘CONFIDENT’
that all mutant strains of
coronavirus can be beaten
with vaccines.

9. “HEALTH
PASSPORTS”
could allow vaccinated Brits back
into pubs and restaurants.

10. Vaccinated Brits told by
leading covid professor to act
“as if you have
covid and continue
social distancing”.

11. CHILDREN FACE
months at home
as schools stay shut until Easter.

12. BRITAIN’S TOP SCHOOLS
HAVE UNVEILED A
vaccination plan
to get schools back
open within weeks.

13. Roll the dice to choose which question to answer.
How many can you answer in 2 minutes?
Why are so many
updates a bad thing?
Why are so many
updates a good thing?
What if someone only
saw one headline?
What if everyone saw
different headlines?
What if people saw this
many headlines every day?
How much of an impact could
news have on someone’s
mental health? Why?
1 2
3 4
5 6

14. Label one side of the room as “A LOT” and the other as “NONE”.
Point to show where you think the answer to this question lies.
How much power does the media have on public opinion?
The media is the word used to describe all of the different news
companies that produce newspapers, news websites and news
programmes on radio and television. For example you could say,
“the media has reported a lot on covid-19”.
KEYWORD: