1. Why do you think CNN removed such a key fact - and did so without an editor’s note? (Read about the importance of an editor's note at nytimes.com)

2. Read several headlines on this story:

• 11 children rescued from 'third-world'-like New Mexico compound, missing toddler's father arrested - USA Today, Aug. 5
• Eleven children found at squalid New Mexico compound, two arrested - Reuters, Aug. 5
• Judge drops charges against 3 people linked to filthy New Mexico compound - CBS News, Aug. 29
• 5 residents of New Mexico compound face firearms charges - ABC News, Sept. 4
• New Mexico compound suspects appear in court on federal charges - CNN, Sept. 4

Consider the big picture here: Several adults led by the son of a controversial imam were training American children in a remote squalid compound in the U.S. to wage jihad.

a) After reading the headlines, what do you think this news story is about?

b) Why is it important for news organizations to provide accurate headlines?

c) What responsibility do you think publishers/editors have to provide accurate headlines that are not misleading?

d) Having read this post, what responsibility do you think you as the reader have to read the news with discernment?

CHALLENGE QUESTIONS:

• What would have been a more accurate headline?
• How should the media report this story? What questions should an investigative reporter ask, or attempt to find the answers to?