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Evaluating News Sources

Learn how to critically read and evaluate news sources. Discover some tips and tricks for identifying "Fake News", propaganda, and bad information.

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The content in this guide was modeled after a guide that was originally created by Research & Learning Services, Olin Library, Cornell University Library, Ithaca, NY, USA and has been adapted for the NWP Learning Commons in September 2020. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons BY NC SA 4.0 International License.

Evaluating News Sources

Learn how to critically read and evaluate news sources both in print and digitally. Discover some tips and tricks for identifying "fake news," propaganda, and bad information.

Click on the links to the left to learn about how to critically read and evaluate news sources!

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