A lens onto fake news
Simon Knight,
The Psychologist,
Jan 24, 2022
While the source of news matters, it is not the only thing that matters, and addressing the problem of fake news by having students investigate sources does not, in my view, substitute for a broader critical analysis of news. The weakness of this article - and so many like it, in my view - is that it focuses on source to the exclusion of pretty much all else. To be sure, this is good advice: " search laterally (about the source itself) rather than vertically (within the source itself)." We need to use freely available resources on critical thinking (not the Handbook of Epistemic Cognition, also referenced in this article, which costs $US 140). Sure, this won't stop the flood of fake news - but it might at least inoculate ourselves against it.
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