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Students learn the difference between fact and opinion

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Four popular characters on Songbirds - Ted, Bax, Daisy and Alysha - are asked to write a story about an HIV/Aids clinic in Hong Kong. But how do you write a story about a controversial issue like that?

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In the extract below, the students' journalism lecturer Dr Lo explains the difference between factual truth and opinion.

Bax: But how should we start?

Dr Lo: You should always start with the truth. It is a good journalist's business to always report the truth.

Daisy: Huh! A lot of newspapers just tell a lot of lies!

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Dr Lo: Yes, Daisy. That's true for some newspapers, but not for all newspapers and certainly not for our newspaper.

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