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Evaluating News Sources

You will often need to use news sources in your research at college. You are also always hearing and encountering news of all types in your daily life.  With all the claims of "fake news" swirling around in our social discourse, how can you know that the news you get is accurate and not "fake."  Thinking like a fact-checker can help you evaluate a news source.  Learn the Four Moves of fact-checkers and develop the habit of pausing before you react emotionally to news and online content.