Assess advanced ability to evaluate credibility, rhetorical strategies, and ideological bias in online news and opinion journalism. Tasks include distinguishing news from opinion, analyzing ethos/pathos/logos, framing, and loaded language; assessing sourcing, evidence quality, transparency, and fact‑checking; detecting selective evidence and ideological slant; cross‑verifying claims with primary sources; and producing evidence‑based judgments about reliability and persuasive intent.