Checking a Claim
Core idea: before you believe or share a claim, check who's behind it, what supports it and who gains if you believe it.
The Lesson
Every day you're handed claims: a video saying the economy will crash, a post about a miracle cure, a "guaranteed" investment, a rumor at the truck stop. You can't research everything. But you can run a quick check on the ones that matter.
Researchers at Stanford studied how professional fact-checkers work and found they do something most people don't: they leave the page. Instead of reading one site deeper and deeper, they open new tabs to see what other sources say about that site and its claim. This is called lateral reading, and it's faster and more accurate than staring at one page.
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