Check the Claim
Often we just want to know if something we’ve heard or read is true or not. These skills will help you verify the facts.
Often we just want to know if something we’ve heard or read is true or not. These skills will help you verify the facts.
Jane reviews the fundamentals about claims, to prepare us for learning how to check them
When information comes from a low-quality source, a helpful strategy is to ‘trade up’ to a better source, such as a professional news organization or fact-checking group, to see what they say about the claim. Here, Ken demonstrates using keywords to find better coverage
Ken provides tips for checking more complicated claims that might not be obviously true or false.
Checking to see how credible a claim is can be pretty straightforward. Try it for yourself with the examples below