What to Think About When Thinking About the News
1. What is the main idea of this article?
What is the point this article is trying to make? Was it easy to find? Does the title of the article make sense?
2. How does this article want me to feel?
What kind of language is being used? Are the images positive or negative? Do you see lots of exclamation points and words in bold that make you pay attention to them?
3. Does this article provide evidence for its claims from good sources?
Are the links provided by sending you to medical journals, articles in well-researched publications or statistical sites? Or are they sending you to "alternative" sites with little factual information?
4. Am I able to independently verify claims in this article?
If a claim doesn't have a link in the article, can I find information on it myself? Are all the links simply recycled from one source, or are there multiple tests, surveys, studies or other sources available?
