Into the Driver's Seat

Whether you call it “fake news”, “misinformation” or the more innocuous “spin,” and whether you see this as an entirely new problem or the continuation of an already existing problem (think “War of the Worlds,” “Yellow Journalism” and “Dewey Defeats Truman”), one thing is clear: there is a powerful and pressing need to prepare our youth to make sense of the constant flow of media information that they consume everyday.

Via John Evans, Linda Foote

Want to strengthen your own ability to tell real news from fake news? Start by asking these five questions of any news item:

Via John Evans, Linda Foote