Showing posts with label fact checking. Show all posts
Showing posts with label fact checking. Show all posts
Monday, February 7, 2022

Facts as Weapons

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For a long time we've emphasized the importance of fact checking. But even facts that 'check out' can be used (incorrectly) as w...
Wednesday, January 20, 2021

The Spread of Misinformation

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Understanding Misinformation Events preceding and ensuing from the 2020 election have serious implications for information fluen...
Friday, February 28, 2020

Twitter fooled by Fake Candidate

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A few election cycles ago, there was the story of Susie Flynn running for President. It was a hoax published by a media company to attract...
Saturday, February 22, 2020

What can't Google do for you?

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We already know Google is wildly popular, the go-to search engine for most students and a disruptive innovator in search technology. But...
Friday, September 14, 2018

Fact Checking Refresher

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When and where did this occur? Fact checking is in the news a lot these days because of fake news. Concurrent with the US midterm electi...
Monday, September 10, 2018

Finding and Fact-checking Information

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Here is the third and final free preview in this series of WSI (Website Investigator) tutorials. The Fact Checking tutorial is a useful...
Wednesday, August 29, 2018

Personal Filters

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On the 21st Century Information Fluency page last month, I posted this question: What do you do to determine if news is fake? Share a ti...
Tuesday, April 10, 2018

Spring 18 Full Circle Kit now available

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The newest edition of the 21st Century Information Fluency Full Circle Kit focuses on Fact Checking. This is part three of three in a se...
Thursday, December 8, 2016

Reacting to Fake News

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Fake news may have started as a joke, but it quietly became a trusted news contender in 2016. Saturday Night Live, the Onion and even ...
Friday, September 11, 2015

Satanize Me?

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A report of a secret McDonald's menu is going around the Internet. I learned of it today thanks to this DIGG post: McDonald's Ha...
Tuesday, February 17, 2015

Lies Around the World

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It's always good to have lies online labeled. But most aren't. Here's a website that showcases a number of Internet lies fro...
Monday, December 8, 2014

Information Fluency Doesn't Stop With Retrieval

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Looking for a hallmark case of consuming unreliable information? The company that NYC hired to clean up the ebola-infected apartment of ...
Wednesday, April 24, 2013

Fake Tweet Result of Phishing

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As follow-up to the story yesterday about @AP's fake tweet, it has been reported that the hacked message came about an hour after co...
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Thursday, April 19, 2012

Fact Checking Spam

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Mayotte Islands Well, spam is good for at least one thing.  Fact checking practice. Most spam is easily spotted. There are a few type...
Friday, January 27, 2012

Investigate before you pass it along

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Thanks to my beautiful spouse, here's an excellent example of the benefits of a little fact-checking. Unfortunately, the person who ...
Friday, December 30, 2011

News without all the Facts

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Today my daily Google Alert on Medical Breakthroughs brought this article to my attention: Medical Breakthrough Bringing New Hope To ...
Wednesday, November 16, 2011

Do you believe everything you read?

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Here's a good opportunity to put the Baloney Detection Kit (and fact checking) to work: According to Denver's ABC news affiliat...
Saturday, November 12, 2011

US Airlines

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Here's a scam that has been around a while that shows the value of fact checking. It could be a good lesson to use with middle school ...
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Friday, June 17, 2011

In the News: Beatless Heart

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News stories make good Search Challenges. Public awareness and curiosity about stories in the news are good drivers for searching and eval...
Monday, March 14, 2011

Earthquake Challenge

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The tragedies in Japan triggered by the earthquake last Friday may have been much worse if national preparedness for such events was not a w...