The challenge I chose from Mike’s blog was about a claim that Pepsi and other food companies used aborted fetal tissue in their products. I’ve included a screenshot of the claim below. Mike’s 4 Moves and a Habit quickly debunked this claim. Snopes.com settled the issue at Step 1 of Mike’s 4 Moves for fact …
Mike Caufield’s guide was a very informative, step by step guide to fact checking. I enjoyed reading through it, and trying out the steps with a few of the samples from his blog. With so much fake news, viral photos […]
I have to admit that I have previously been duped by false information in two different settings. In both cases it would have been great to fact check. The first occurred early on in my teaching career. I don’t even… Continue Reading →
I found Michael’s guide to checking the quality of web sources to be a valuable tool. Although I am surprised to say it has been a few years now, when I attended University things were a little different. When I was researching information on the web, I was using credible search engines, from the University …
This course prompt was timely since only yesterday my daughter asked me if I knew about the 15 people who died from a Legionnaires outbreak at the London Drugs at Guildford Mall. She said, “Look Dad (pointing to her phone), it’s an actual, real story”. Even before I wanted to see her phone, I said …
Mike’s guide is extremely helpful as a resource when it comes to fact checking online. I knew about Snopes, Politifact and Factcheck.org, but the other fact checking organizations were all new to me. I think the 4 moves that Mike… Continue Reading →
I really enjoyed working through this activity. I read through almost the entire blog in one sitting. One area where I struggled was with using the google reverse image search, I could not find “Search Google for image” to appear in the “context menu”. I’m using google chrome as my web browser so I’m not …
There have been many articles I have come across that have led me to believe that they are not exactly the full truth. As I was looking at Michael Caulfield’s website, I started thinking about which story I was going to use in completing this assignment. I then came across an article that stated that … Continue reading GI:GO (Garbage In: Garbage Out)
Mike Caulfield–first move Mike Caulfield’s online book Web Literacy for Student Fact-Checkers . . . and other people who care about […]