Once upon a time not so long we could believe "Uncle Walter", before we realized that "The Medium - and the Media - is the Message we get.
Now we know in The Age of Trump, The P.T. Barnum of American Politics, that there are "Fake News" and "Alternative Facts".
You can fool most of the people some of the time or some of the people all the time.
But you can't fool all the people all the time.
Here's a primer on some basics
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First: dealing with the fastest - things go viral > here's some help:
Second: Let's get back to some basics: What you read in newspapers
Fact Checking & Media Literacy:
Be a Savvy Media Consumer
[Includes links to Facts Checking Resources and "Fake News]
TYPES OF NEWS STORIES:
- Editorial
- Op-Ed
- Features
- Breaking News
- Data Journalism
- Column
Source: https://libguides.njstatelib.org/facts/media
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