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Fact vs Fiction: Who Can You Trust?

Fact vs Fiction: Who Can You Trust?. Don’t believe everything you read or see online!. Why is one news source more trustworthy than another?. Why believe one, not the other?. A journalist’s job is to gather information and verify whether it’s true—and then report on it.

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Fact vs Fiction: Who Can You Trust?

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  1. Fact vs Fiction: Who Can You Trust?

  2. Don’t believe everything you read or see online!

  3. Why is one news source more trustworthy than another?

  4. Why believe one, not the other?

  5. A journalist’s job is to gather information and verify whether it’s true—and then report on it.

  6. http://www.newseum.org/digital-classroom/video/getting-it-right/default.aspxhttp://www.newseum.org/digital-classroom/video/getting-it-right/default.aspx

  7. Journalists and news outlets use this standard to determine truth and accuracy: V.I.A. Verification Independence Accountability

  8. Verification This is the process that establishes whether something is true and accurate--or not.

  9. President Lisa has been shot in her office—is it true? How do you prove it?

  10. Find more than one good source: • Go to the scene—her office. • Ask an official from the college to confirm. • Check with the police and hospital where she was taken. • Interview eyewitnesses. • Call her family for comment.

  11. Independence Journalists and news outlets must be free from the control, influence or support of interested parties, coupled with a conscious effort to set aside any pre-existing beliefs and a system of checks and balances.

  12. What does this mean? • You can’t be paid to report a story. At the highest levels, you can’t pay someone to give you the story. • You can’t write about your family or friends. • You can’t report on a company that you work for, own stock in, have a vested interest in. • You can’t go on a trip that a company pays for and then write about the destination.

  13. Conflict of Interest

  14. A journalist or legitimate news outlet must be accountable: • Use named sources or have notes and recordings to prove that the reporting is correct. • Use bylines so you know who wrote the story. • Make corrections if necessary—rather than leave mistakes on the record.

  15. New York Times Correction:

  16. What’s a good source of information?

  17. Good Sources for your research (never use just one!) • Search engines—google, yahoo, msn etc. • News sites and content aggregators: NYTimes.com, cnn.com, pbs.org, yahoo and google news. • Databases: Nexis/Lexis • Government websites: city, state, federal • Independent, nonprofit organizations: American Heart Association • A person’s own website.

  18. To be a smart consumer of news: • 1. Ask yourself, what am I looking at? • 2. Think critically about the source? • 3. Learn to spot bias. • 4. Beware of wikipedia. • 5. Don’t allow yourself to be fooled.

  19. What am I looking at? • Is it news? Opinion? A blog? Gossip? Advertising? Propaganda?

  20. Know the difference between news and opinion

  21. Don’t believe the hype!

  22. Think critically about the source. • Who created the report? For what purpose? How was the information verified? Is it presented in a way that’s fair? • FOLLOW THE $$$$$$$$

  23. Case Study: • ImanDorty, heart patient, member of Her Fate, an advocacy organization http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYw-o85wlnQ

  24. Learn to spot bias. • Watch for loaded or inflammatory words. Does the author have an agenda? The news outlet? • Are all sides of the story presented? Did the subject respond?

  25. What’s wrong with this source?

  26. Wikipedia can be changed at any time by anyone! • No reason to ignore it (don’t be crazy!) • But never as your only source. • The sources linked at the bottom are a rich trove of reliable information.

  27. Don’t be fooled! • If something sounds too good to be true…it might be! • Don’t be a sucker; check factcheck.org or snopes.com for urban myths.

  28. President Obama isn’t a real American; he was born in Kenya…. True? Not true?

  29. Journalists and news outlets use this Verify information Are Independence Are Accountable to the public

  30. As a consumer of media, don’t forget to: • 1. Ask yourself, what am I looking at? • 2. Think critically about the source? • 3. Learn to spot bias. • 4. Beware of wikipedia. • 5. Don’t allow yourself to be fooled.

  31. “Proof” that Sandy Hook didn’t happen: The Parkers

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