Hi the assignment for this week is that you write a story predicting something in the future. For example the weather this coming summer, fashion trend in the fall, Yen exchange rates in August. There are others were the media makes some prediction of an up coming event. Story is due by noon Sat. the 26th.
Also please read the following and have a look at the web links:
The "propaganda model" that Herman and Chomsky put forward in Manufacturing Consent has made the book notable (some would say notorious) as the most influential book by serious academics to challenge the common dogma of media objectivity in the United States. When it first appeared, it was almost unheard-of to suggest that U.S. media such as the New York Times, Time and Newsweek magazines and CBS News were propaganda vehicles.

Today things are somewhat different. Across the political spectrum, there is a widespread belief that disinformation, deception and propaganda pervade the media.
http://www.prwatch.org/node/6068
http://www.prwatch.org/