Important questions to ask when assessing information
Who's behind the information?
Where are they getting their funding?
What might be their motivation for presenting and sharing this information?
What's their mission or perspective?
What's the evidence?
Is there evidence?
What's the source of the evidence? Is it trustworthy?
Is there enough evidence to fully support the claim?
What's missing? Can you think of better evidence?
What do other sources say?
What is the same? What's different?
What trends emerge?
Do the sources agree or disagree? Why?
What are the perspectives of the other sources?
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