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- Food Babe: How Food Companies Exploit AmericansThis article claims that US consumers ingest chemicals that people in other countries don't. Is that true? What else does this article imply?
- Spoon University: Drinking Tequila Could Help You Lose WeightCan you find enough evidence to prove or disprove this claim?
- Anonymous: Ten Signs the Global Elite are Losing ControlLots of claims here. Pick one or two and check to your heart's content.
- Counter Current News: Marijuana Does Not Lower IQUp for the challenge of proving or disproving this one?
Quick and simple debunking exercise
Compare these two links. Which one do you think is true? Why or why not?
1 - Eat This Not That: Shocking Facts About Farmed Salmon
2 - Washington State Department of Health: Farmed vs. Wild Salmon
Other tips for fact checking and avoiding fake news
- When you open up a news article in your browser, open a second, empty tab. Use that second window to look up claims, author credentials and organizations that you come across in the article.
- Fake news spans across all kinds of media - printed and online articles, podcasts, YouTube videos, radio shows, even still images. Be prepared to double-check everything.
- Beware of confirmation bias. Just because you might agree with what an article is saying doesn't mean it's true.
- As Mad-Eye Moody said in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, "Constant Vigilance!" Always be ready to fact check.
- Even the best researchers will be fooled once in a while. If you find yourself fooled by a fake news story, use your experience as a learning tool.
- Learn more tips at RumorGuard by the News Literacy ProjectNLP created RumorGuard to help us all learn how to recognize misinformation and stop it in its tracks. Each fact-checked viral rumor contains concrete tips to help you build your news literacy foundation and confidently evaluate claims you see online.
- News Literacy Project: For EveryoneThe News Literacy Project offers several free resources for the public, including an e-learning platform, an app, a new podcast, shareable tips, tools, quizzes and an annual news literacy event. Check them out!
- Last Updated: Dec 10, 2024 8:40 AM
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