Question Everything! Reading the News with a Critical Eye

Orlando Sentinel, 3/29/2017

“When people see news from a person they trust, they are more likely to think it got the facts right, contains diverse points of view, and is well reported.” NiemanLab, 3/20/2017

Poynter, 2/16/2017.

"The president’s tumultuous first weeks in office could influence uptick in viral sharing of misleading articles and propaganda that stoke progressive anxieties." The Guardian, 2/6/2017.

How one man's tweet alleging paid anti-Trump protestors being bused into Austin, TX went viral. New York Times, 11/20/2016

Coverage of misinformation spread on social media on Election Day 2016, New York Times, 11/8/2016

"A BuzzFeed News analysis found that top fake election news stories generated more total engagement on Facebook than top election stories from 19 major news outlets combined." Buzzfeed.com, 11/16/2016

Example of a completely made-up newspaper (see also: Baltimore Gazette). Denver Post, 11/5/2016

"A BuzzFeed News analysis found that three big right-wing Facebook pages published false or misleading information 38% of the time during the period analyzed, and three large left-wing pages did so in nearly 20% of posts." Buzzfeed.com, 10/20/2016

Wired.com, 12/8/2015

Columbia Journalism Review, 2/17/2014