"I began to see the words and ideas of far-right extremists being repeated back to me as truth," says Stephanie Wescott, and this should be worrisome for educators of all stripes. How to respond? Wescott attempts to equip students "with the skills and knowledge to not only understand how persuasive language positions them as an audience, but also the deeper, more complex layers of bias and political leanings that underpin the media." One way to get at this, says Peter Greste in a review of Kid Reporter is to take "a deep dive into the kind of approach that experienced journalists would be expected to bring to their craft... to not only question and confirm basic facts, but also to think about things like the motives of the people presenting information; its context and purpose; the difference between opinion, fact and analysis." As its authors write, ""One of the best ways to learn about the media is to become a media creator yourself. If you know how to find accurate information for your own news story, you are far more likely to know if another person's work is based on facts."
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