What did you notice about the information in these reports?

My first reaction is that the reports seemed kind of shady to me. The video did not give a thorough report and it felt like I would have to go and do research myself if I really wanted to know the answer. It basically presented a topic for me to now have to go and research because I know my mother would freak out about it and nag me to death when she hears it from one of her friends at work. I know that my parents get most of their “news” from coworkers and from the evening news but to me I, it was more frustrating being presented that video than helpful. Studies and reports were cited, but they could have been taken out of context. I would have to further review those institutions data to see for myself. As for the article, it started off with a mother giving birth because of advanced healthcare. Shawn Thierry researched to show the significant number of deaths in African American mothers. She was trying to gain more funding toward treatment and care for the mother after birthing. …show more content…
Did you note any bias?\
The primary message is to show that Texas has one of the highest maternal mortality rates. I don’t think it is biased due to research being presented from three different sources. In the end the video says that the reports can be a bit skewed, but confirms that maternal death rates is a big concern. Primary message in the article was that deaths of the African American mothers are extremely high and how we can change it. I believe it is biased because its sole focus is on African American mothers and did not see much data for other