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:
 * 3) * Assertions claiming some "fact" are good candidates for this exercise.
 * 4) * Choose a source you are not familiar with, that is, avoid posts from national newspapers of record.
 * 5) * Don't select the first item from the search list, review a few posts to find something interesting and suitable for fact-checking analysis.
 * 6) Restate the issue in the form of a question, for example:
 * 7) *Do speed cameras reduce the crash rate?
 * 8) *Is it better to go to university or college?
 * 9) *Are e-cigarettes as harmful as smoking tobacco?
 * 10) *Does red wine compound kill colon cancer?
 * 11) *Will drinking coffee make you live longer?
 * 12) 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).