Fact checking in Media Literacy

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GuideRay Okonkwo23 Sept 20266 min

How to scam-proof your parents without insulting them

A callback rule, a family password, and the payment types no real agency ever asks for, plus how to bring it up without sounding condescending.

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Fact checking on video

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GuideCal Brennan23 Sept 20265 min

Teach Your Kid to Check It Before They Believe It

A five-minute drill that turns a screenshot, a clip or a poll into something your kid can verify without you in the room.

GuideDean Shaw23 Sept 20265 min

How to Tell When the Chatbot Is Making It Up

A confident answer isn't a checked one. Six moves that catch an invented citation before it ends up in your email, your brief or your kid's homework.

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GuideMarcus Vale23 Sept 20266 min

When an Anonymous Source Is Worth Believing, and When It Isn't

A working method for reading stories built on unnamed sources, from the sourcing line to the 72-hour rule.

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Find the bill, the ruling or the study before you argue about it

Almost every document people fight about online is free, numbered and sitting on a government website. Here's how to pull it in under five minutes.

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GuideRay Okonkwo23 Sept 20265 min

How to Tell When an Article Is Actually an Ad

Sponsored content is built to look like reporting. Five checks, ten seconds, and the disguise falls off every time.

GuideCal Brennan23 Sept 20265 min

How to read a science headline without getting played

Five minutes and a few blunt questions will tell you whether that study actually says what the headline claims it says.

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GuideMarcus Vale23 Sept 20265 min

How to Build a News Diet That Survives an Argument

Every outlet has a thumb on the scale. Learn where the thumb goes, and you can read anybody and still come out with the facts.

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Is your money actually in order?

Six questions. No email required, no sales pitch at the end.

GuideMarcus Vale23 Sept 20265 min

How to spot spin in a story you already agree with

Loaded words, buried qualifiers and headlines the article never supports — a ninety-second method for reading anything with your eyes open.

GuideDean Shaw23 Sept 20266 min

How to Check a Photo in 60 Seconds With Reverse Image Search

Most viral photo hoaxes aren't fake pictures. They're real pictures with the wrong caption, and you can catch them before you hit share.

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GuideMarcus Vale23 Sept 20265 min

The four questions an editor asks before a story runs

Who's talking, what actually happened, how they know it, and what got left out. Run any story through those four and most of the spin falls off.

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GuideMarcus Vale23 Sept 20266 min

How to Spot a Number That's Lying to You

Averages, percentages and missing denominators are how honest-looking data gets used to sell you a conclusion. Five questions catch almost all of it.

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GuideMarcus Vale23 Sept 20266 min

How to read a poll before you share it

Sample size, margin of error and who actually got asked - the four minutes of checking that separates a real finding from a headline.

GuideDean Shaw23 Sept 20266 min

How to spot an AI image before you hit share

The hands-and-teeth tricks are dying. What still works is boring, fast, and takes about sixty seconds.

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GuideMarcus Vale23 Sept 20265 min

Check a Viral Claim in Five Minutes Before You Hit Share

A repeatable method for the screenshot in your feed right now: find the original, check the date, test the image, read the actual number.

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Does your wardrobe actually fit you?

Five questions, honestly answered, and a plan for the next fortnight.

GuideDean Shaw23 Sept 20265 min

How Your Feed Decides What You See, and How to Take It Back

The ranking machine isn't lying to you. It's just not trying to tell you the truth. Here's the audit that puts you back in charge of it.

The house has a map, and it lives in my wife's head

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The free puppy costs more than the one with a price tag

The cardboard box said FREE. The vet, the pet store and a chewed TV remote had other ideas. Run the real year-one numbers before you say yes.

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Every Wrong Gray Starts at the Paint Counter

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Fact checking in Media Literacy

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Talk About the News at Dinner Without Blowing Up the Table

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When an Anonymous Source Is Worth Believing, and When It Isn't

Find the bill, the ruling or the study before you argue about it

How to Tell When an Article Is Actually an Ad

How to read a science headline without getting played

How to Build a News Diet That Survives an Argument

How to spot spin in a story you already agree with

How to Check a Photo in 60 Seconds With Reverse Image Search

The four questions an editor asks before a story runs

How to Spot a Number That's Lying to You

How to read a poll before you share it

How to spot an AI image before you hit share

Check a Viral Claim in Five Minutes Before You Hit Share

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