Learning in a digital age/LiDA104/Fact checking/Tasks fact-checking

1. Choose a topical news item or issue of interest. Your Facebook or Twitter feed is a good place to start, or use Using Buzzmo.
2. Search the blog sphere for a suitable post for fact-checking using blogsearchengine.org or blogsearch.google.com. For the purposes of this challenge:
   • Assertions claiming some "fact" are good candidates for this exercise.
   • Choose a source you are not familiar with, that is, avoid posts from national newspapers of record.
   • Don't select the first item from the search list, review a few posts to find something interesting and suitable for fact-checking analysis.
3. Restate the issue in the form of a question, for example:
   • Do speed cameras reduce the crash rate?
   • Is it better to go to university or college?
   • Are e-cigarettes as harmful as smoking tobacco?
   • Does red wine compound kill colon cancer?
   • Will drinking coffee make you live longer?
4. Apply the four fact-checking moves covered in this learning pathway to evaluate the post (i.e. check for previous work, go upstream, read laterally and circle back if required).