Fake News

• STOP - Do you know and trust the source? If not, investigate.
   
• INVESTIGATE THE SOURCE - See what others say. Here is a sample search: [URL] -site:[URL]. For example, acpeds.org -site:acpeds.org. This search takes the site out of your results list and lets you read what others have to say about it--this technique is called "lateral reading." 
   
• FIND TRUSTED COVERAGE - See if established news sources or fact-checking sites, like Snopes or PolitiFact, verify what you read.
   
• TRACE TO THE ORIGINAL - Go deeper by tracing quotes or videos back to their source. For photos, use the TinEye Reverse Image Search.

Caulfield, M. (2019, June 19). SIFT (The four moves). Hapgood. https://hapgood.us/2019/06/19/sift-the-four-moves/