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 * FISHING FOR RED HERRINGS**

For your group's assigned topic below, read one or more of the articles provided, then use the Times Topics pages to find more articles that address this issue and how it has played out in recent news. Work to both understand the larger issues as well as to identify a "microcosm" of the issue—such as a person involved who people can relate to or focus on, like Bernie Madoff, or a small part of a larger problem, like the A.I.G. bonuses—that you can use to "sell" the issue to the public.


 * Issue: BANKS AND BANKING **

[|Times Topics: Banks and Banking]

**Selected Related Articles:**  **[|Off With The Bankers]**  **[|Bankers Worldwide Scrutinize Bankers' Pay]**

[|Forget Briteny; Media Outrage Hits Big Spenders]


 * ISSUE BACKGROUND**


 * POTENTIAL MICROCOSMS**