Question

During your initial research for a thesis paper, you read through various articles on President Harry Truman’s firing of General Douglas MacArthur. One of the articles presents numerous criticisms of Truman’s logic. You read about the author and see that he once was an officer under MacArthur’s command. Although this article presents information that supports your thesis, what should you take into consideration? point of view main idea generalization bias

Answer 1

The correct answer here is bias - if the paper is written about the firing of a man who the author knew personally, it is not a leap of the imagination to assume there is some bias involved in opinions held within the paper. However, I would say that it is still important to read pieces such as this, so as to understand multiple sides to the story and build up a well-rounded picture of historical events as best you can.