Media Literacy - the ability to access, analyze, evaluate, create and act using all forms of communication
- Practice Click Restraint
- Use Wikipedia Wisely
- Follow the Money - is the source or subject of the source sponsored? do they contribute to another source? are there private interests?
adapted from :KQED
Reliability - We must read across media outlets to vet the messages
Bias - Traditional journalism values a focus on news reporting that is fair and impartial, guided by principles like truth, verification and accuracy. But everyone has bias's even journalists.
FACTCHECK.org - A project of the Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania
SNOPES.com - The oldest and largest fact-checking site on the Internet.
POLITIFACT.com - A website that rates the accuracy of claims by elected officials and others who speak up in American politics.