Information tends to pass through a specific channel of sources as it disseminates. This timeline begins with almost instant social media posts- posts that often share one user's opinion of events or exaggerations of events to get clicks and likes- and moves to newspapers, before ending with books that have been researched and peer reviewed over a lengthy period of time. See where newspapers fit in to the typical dissemination of information below:
News articles rarely have time to go through a peer review process to check for accuracy. To make sure your news sources are reliable, use this infographic as a guide for evaluating news sources:
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Locate more information for evaluating and debunking news articles below:
