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Facts about Fact Checking

  • Game Code: 1802501
  •  English    13     Public
    Crash Course 2
  •   Study   Slideshow
  • Better _______ leads to better decision making leads to a better world.
    Information
    Claims
    Sources
    Truth
  •  25
  • Professional fact checkers work with news __________ to verify facts.
    organizations
    evidence
    truths
    sources
  •  10
  • Fact checkers also work for __________ whose sole purpose is to verify claims made by public figures or on the internet, and explain why they are or are not true.
    skepticism
    truth
    claims
    publications
  •  15
  • When looking at something online, take a moment to identify what, if any, _________ are actually being made.
    sources
    truth
    claims
    accuracy
  •  25
  • ________________ could come in the form of a link to the article or study that the author is referencing.
    organizations
    truth
    evidence
    misinformation
  •  10
  • Whenever you're checking on the ___________ you can and should check multiple sources to see what other information is out there.
    publications
    skepticism
    disinformation
    truth
  •  20
  • First Rule you should always check when looking skeptically at a source online
    What do other people say about the source or claim
    What is the Claim
    Nothing. Believe everything online all the time
    Who's Behind The Claim
  •  15
  • The 2nd Rule you should always check when looking skeptically at a source online
    Nothing. Believe everything online all the time
    What do other people say about the source or claim
    Who's Behind The Claim
    What is the claim
  •  15
  • The 3rd rule you should always check when looking skeptically at a source online
    What do other people say about the source or claim
    Who's Behind The Claim
    What is the claim
    Nothing. Believe everything online all the time
  •  15
  • A healthy dose of _________________ improves our critical thinking and judgement
    misinformation
    cynicism
    skepticism
    disinformation
  •  25
  • _____________ clouds our judgement with negativity and suspicion
    cynicism
    skepticism
    truth
    accuracy
  •  25
  • These questions are a really useful framework when you want to interpret the ________ of the information you've encountered.
    accuracy
    misinformation
    claims
    evidence
  •  5
  • John Green's tweet about his sports team is an example of ________
    truth
    evidence
    disinformation
    misinformation
  •  5
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