2. Activity: Fact or Opinion?
All the statements are opinions.
None of them are facts!
Let’s examine how we sometimes confused
facts with opinions.
3. Activity: Fact or Opinion?
• Opinion: Smoking is harmful to health.
Source: http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2003/aug/07/shopping.health
It is easy to find a different opinion!
5. Activity: Fact or Opinion?
• Evidence:
• Lung cancer. About 30,000 people in the UK die from lung cancer each year. More
than 8 in 10 cases are directly related to smoking.
• Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). About 25,000 people in the UK die
each year from this serious lung disease. More than 8 in 10 of these deaths are
directly linked to smoking.
• Fact: Smoking directly increases the chances of lung cancer and disease.
Source: http://www.patient.co.uk/health/smoking-the-facts
6. Activity: Fact or Opinion?
• Opinion: Manchester United is the best football club in the UK.
Source: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2288379/Chelsea-worlds-best-team-according-statistics.html
Ask the Chelsea fans, what would they say?
7. Activity: Fact or Opinion?
• Evidence:
• In the history of English football, in the top league, from 1888 to 2012, the top 3
clubs that have won the most titles are: Manchester United – 20, Liverpool – 18,
and Arsenal – 13.
• Chelsea has only won the league 4 times in history.
• Fact: Manchester United has won more top English league titles than any
other club.
8. Activity: Fact or Opinion?
• Opinion: The iPhone is the most popular mobile phone in the world .
Source: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/picture-galleries/9818080/The-20-bestselling-mobile-phones-of-all-time.html?frame=2459012
What is the meaning of “popular”?
The most features? The most powerful?
The most number sold?
Opinions have words that can mean different things to different
people. Hence, it is difficult to agree on opinions.
9. Activity: Fact or Opinion?
Source: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/picture-galleries/9818080/The-20-bestselling-mobile-phones-of-all-time.html?frame=2459012
The iPhone 4s has sold over 60 million units
worldwide.
The Nokia 1110 has sold over 250 million
units worldwide.
• Fact: The Nokia 1110 is the world’s best selling mobile phone.
10. Activity: Fact or Opinion?
• Opinion: Global warming is not true.
Source: http://americanfreepress.net/?p=13240
If you want to believe something, you will try to find opinions to
support your beliefs.
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12. Activity: Fact or Opinion?
• Evidence:
• During the 20th century, the Earth’s average temperature rose one degree
Fahrenheit to its highest level in the past four centuries.
• The five hottest years on record have all occurred since 1997 and the 10 hottest
since 1990, including the warmest years on record – 2005 and 2010.
• Fact:
• Global warming is taking place.
Source: http://www.nature.org/ourinitiatives/urgentissues/global-warming-climate-change/help/facts-about-climate-change.xml
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/12/1206_041206_global_warming_2.html
13. Activity: Fact or Opinion?
• Opinion: Sachin Tendulkar is the best cricketer in the world.
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-24941869
Are you asking an Indian, an Australian, a South African, or a Sri
Lankan?
Emotion is not truth.
14. Activity: Fact or Opinion?
• Fact: Sachin Tendulkar has more runs than any other cricketer, but his
average per game ranks below others.
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-24941869
