Sadly nowadays the onus of verifying journalistic and other types of information is mostly on us, the readers. Here are the main points, in case you can't watch; How to break the cycle of...
Sadly nowadays the onus of verifying journalistic and other types of information is mostly on us, the readers.
Here are the main points, in case you can't watch;
How to break the cycle of misinformation:
Read the entire article - if there is nobody willing to put their name next to the information or there's no sources cited it's a crap new source. Clean up your news timeline
Find good journalists, follow them/share their work, tell people "Hey this is a well sourced article, you should follow this person."
Do some lateral reading, use Google(reverse image search) to get to the heart of where that image came from.
Most importantly, think before you click and share something online, do some digging, try to fact-check it yourself and only then share information online. Do not spread misinformation.
What other ways do you combat misinformation? Discuss below.
Sadly nowadays the onus of verifying journalistic and other types of information is mostly on us, the readers.
Here are the main points, in case you can't watch;
How to break the cycle of misinformation:
Read the entire article - if there is nobody willing to put their name next to the information or there's no sources cited it's a crap new source. Clean up your news timeline
Find good journalists, follow them/share their work, tell people "Hey this is a well sourced article, you should follow this person."
Do some lateral reading, use Google(reverse image search) to get to the heart of where that image came from.
Most importantly, think before you click and share something online, do some digging, try to fact-check it yourself and only then share information online. Do not spread misinformation.
What other ways do you combat misinformation? Discuss below.