Poynter.com offers a FREE self-directed course in FACT CHECKING for Seniors. The course is very much apolitical and unbiased. However, I would not be surprised if when some people apply these lesson material to their favorite sources they find them full of mis- or dis-information and as a result think this course is biased or political. It is. It is biased against the spread of garbage.
The course teaches the following checks and procedures:
- How to check who is behind the information
- What is the evidence
- What are other sources saying
- Lateral reading
- Smart keyword search and click restraint
- Using Wikipedia responsibility
- Reverse image search
I have been asked, "Who checks the fact-checkers?" Answer is - YOU! and this teaches you how.
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