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What Makes a News Source Good
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Handy Guides
The Work Required to Having an Opinion by Shane Parish / Word version
20 Cognitive Biases that Screw Up Your Decisions, The Business Insider
Evaluating Sources Tips - Main guide gleaned from numerous sources over the years.
Evaluating Sources Online Tutorial - Binghamton University - 15 minutes (need earbuds)
Web Page Evaluation - Binghamton University - Link referenced in above tutorial
Scholarly vs. Popular Sources - Owensboro Community College
What Is a Scholary Journal? Binghamton University
Find "Who Is" Behind a Website - VisiHow
Domain Search - Find out who owns the site - Better WHOIS
Phil's Fake, Spoof Websites - Hahahaha!
Fabulous List: False, Misleading, Clickbait-y and Satirical News Sources, Melissa Zimdar, 2016
Fact Checking Sites
20 Cognitive Biases that Screw Up Your Decisions, The Business Insider
Evaluating Sources Tips - Main guide gleaned from numerous sources over the years.
Evaluating Sources Online Tutorial - Binghamton University - 15 minutes (need earbuds)
Web Page Evaluation - Binghamton University - Link referenced in above tutorial
Scholarly vs. Popular Sources - Owensboro Community College
What Is a Scholary Journal? Binghamton University
Find "Who Is" Behind a Website - VisiHow
Domain Search - Find out who owns the site - Better WHOIS
Phil's Fake, Spoof Websites - Hahahaha!
Fabulous List: False, Misleading, Clickbait-y and Satirical News Sources, Melissa Zimdar, 2016
Fact Checking Sites
- Factcheck.org - Non-profit, non-partisan
- Politifact.com - Pulitzer Prize winning site
- Opensecrets.org - Non-proft - follows the money - lobyists, contributions, etc.
- Snopes.com - Debunks urban legends and about anything else
- Truthorfiction.com - Debunks spam, trending inspirational stories and about anything else.
- Hoaxslayers.com - Debunks spam, hoaxes, and other false info.
Logos, Ethos, Pathos
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