Media & Democracy

1. Consider the ​source

Your friend tells you that all of these 2. Read beyond the ​headline
messages are “fake news.” 3. Check the ​author
4. What’s the ​support​?
Do you agree? 5. Check the ​date
6. Is it a ​joke​?
7. Check your ​biases
Why or why not? 8. Check the ​experts
(FactCheck.org, Snopes.com, etc.)

New York Times main page. retrieved 11/7/2020. nytimes.com “Hypnotized woman lands plane”. WWN. retrieved 11/8/2020.
https://weeklyworldnews.com/headlines/180755/hypnotized-woman-lan
ds-place-saves-hundreds/
“NASA expert part of SETI program”. retrieved 11/8/2020. “Not even Judas was so treacherous”. retrieved 11/8/2020.
https://worldnewsdailyreport.com/nasa-expert-part-of-seti-program-claims-alien https://www.rt.com/usa/506066-kardashian-biden-kanye-trump-election/
s-tried-to-warn-us-about-the-covid-19-pandemic/