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The verb in the headline is telling you what the writer thinks
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Read the news like an editor. Spot spin, check a claim, weigh a poll and teach your kids to do the same.
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Media Literacy quizzes
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- What Kind of Fact-Checker Are You?Detective, friendly skeptic, librarian or group-chat referee? Eight questions about how you handle a wild claim.Take the quiz
- Do You Check Before You Share?Eight honest questions about your habits with headlines, photos and forwarded posts.Take the check
- Spot the Sneaky TrickSquished charts, vague experts and "up to" discounts. Can you catch the trick in each of these eight examples?Take the quiz
- Sources, Polls and Statistics: A Media Literacy CheckPrimary sources, margins of error, medians and sponsored content. Eight questions on reading news like an editor.Take the quiz
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Is your money actually in order?
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Does your wardrobe actually fit you?
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