Practical exercise
Fact versus opinion log of five Pakistani columns
You will read five op-ed columns from major Pakistani newspapers and tag every sentence as either fact or opinion. By the end, you will know how heavily even the most respected columnists lean on opinion, and how often opinion is wrapped in confident voices to look like fact.
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Now try it
Fact versus opinion log of five Pakistani columns
Stretch
Repeat with five columns from one writer over a year. The ratio for one writer is more honest than the ratio for one column, because everyone has a bad day.
Goes into your portfolio
One sheet titled fact-opinion-log-NN with the five row counted table and three short observations on which writers earn more trust.