There are a lot of ways. First, so that I'm not going over anything you might already know - have you ever had a library information session? If not, I would ask them to schedule one. They have whole programs devoted to reliability. :)
The short version: you figure out if something is reliable by checking the domain and the url. A reputable company will own their own news website. They'll take their own pictures, which you can check with a reverse image search. If they're quoting someone like a professor, look up the professor. Do they have the degree that they said they did?
It's all about fact-checking, and making sure that what someone says is actually true.
Exactly. In this day, you can't take everything at face value.
All you can do is see where the news gets its news, and decide for yourself whether to believe it or not. Not every website is out to push a lie, but they DO have a story they want to tell.
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The short version: you figure out if something is reliable by checking the domain and the url. A reputable company will own their own news website. They'll take their own pictures, which you can check with a reverse image search. If they're quoting someone like a professor, look up the professor. Do they have the degree that they said they did?
It's all about fact-checking, and making sure that what someone says is actually true.
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So you need to make sure that people really know what they're talking about and that they're doing the work. That makes sense.
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All you can do is see where the news gets its news, and decide for yourself whether to believe it or not. Not every website is out to push a lie, but they DO have a story they want to tell.
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