Who is behind the information?
Information can be uploaded to the internet for a variety of reasons: to entertain, to inform, to earn money, or even sometimes to mislead. One of the easiest ways of figuring out the purpose of information is to find out who is behind it.
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Lateral Reading
What's the best way to decide if a site is trustworthy or not? Carefully reading the article(s)? Scanning their about page? Looking at the url? Nope! The best way to evaluate a website is by leaving the website. That's right, open another tab (or seven), do a web search for the organization itself, and see what more credible sources have to say about it. Why is this important? Here's a short video on why you should use lateral reading, and how to go about it.
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