Common science and health reporting problems
Science and health reporting problems explained, including causal overreach, relative-risk framing, surrogate outcomes, product status, and image claims.
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News literacy in practice: verifying a claim, reading a source, spotting a manipulated image, and knowing when the honest answer is that nobody knows yet.
Common statistics and chart reporting problems
Statistics and chart reporting problems explained, from missing denominators and uncertain estimates to distorted axes, weak poll questions, and false causal claims.
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Common social verification problems and how to fix them
Social verification problems with fixes for badge trust, copied posts, hacked accounts, screenshots, unsafe links, engagement counts, and amplification.
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Common visual verification problems and how to fix them
Visual verification problems with fixes for old media, screenshots, metadata trust, weak geolocation, detector scores, missing context, and unsafe publication.
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Common source-evaluation mistakes and how to fix them
Source-evaluation mistakes with fixes for surface trust, authority mismatch, circular citations, weak corroboration, bad search habits, and overstated conclusions.
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Account and viral-claim verification checklist
Account and viral-claim checklist for preservation, identity, control, badges, origin, reposts, links, evidence, coordination, safety, publication, and correction.
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How to audit a poll or survey story before you cite it
Poll audit workflow for sponsor, population, sample, recruitment, fieldwork, questions, weighting, uncertainty, subgroup comparisons, headlines, and corrections.
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How to check an unfamiliar account and viral post
Account and viral-post verification workflow for confirming identity, tracing origin, checking links and claims, contacting owners, and reporting safely.
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How to check an unfamiliar online source before trusting a claim
Online source verification workflow for preserving a page, identifying its publisher, reading laterally, tracing evidence, comparing reports, and recording limits.
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Evidence source types compared: firsthand accounts, records, experts and reports
Evidence source types compared by proximity, scope, independence, strengths, limits, and best uses for checking events, numbers, causes, and quotations.
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How to geolocate and chronolocate visual media
Visual geolocation and chronolocation workflow using source history, landmarks, maps, weather, shadows, event records, uncertainty ranges, and peer review.
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Health research evidence types compared, from trials to case reports
Health research evidence types compared across laboratory work, case reports, observational studies, trials, qualitative research, and systematic reviews.
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How to audit a clinical study story before it runs
Clinical study audit workflow for finding protocols, reading outcomes, checking enrollment and analysis, calculating risk, verifying status, and qualifying claims.
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Image and video verification checklist for the desk
Image and video verification checklist for preservation, source identity, origin, metadata, location, time, editing, provenance, safety, credit, and publication.
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Image and video verification: a practical guide
Image and video verification guide for preserving files, tracing origins, checking location and time, assessing edits, protecting sources, and stating limits.
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Science and health news verification guide
Science and health news verification guide covering research questions, study design, outcomes, risk, causation, conflicts, regulatory status, and corrections.
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Science and health story verification checklist
Science and health verification checklist for study identity, design, outcomes, statistics, risk, harms, conflicts, product status, expert review, and corrections.
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Social account identity signals compared
Social account identity signals compared across badges, profile labels, official links, history, direct confirmation, posting patterns, and platform limits.
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Social posts and viral claims: a verification guide
Social post verification guide for account identity, original uploads, claim evidence, repost chains, coordination, platform labels, safety, and corrections.
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Source and claim verification checklist for reporters
Source and claim verification checklist for scope, origin, authority, evidence, independence, quotations, numbers, conflicts, response, wording, and corrections.
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Source evaluation and claim mapping: a practical guide
Source evaluation guide for separating claims, finding original evidence, testing authority and independence, recording limits, and writing accurate conclusions.
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Counts, percentages, rates, indexes, and averages compared
Statistical measures compared across counts, proportions, percentages, rates, ratios, indexes, means, medians, change measures, and seasonal adjustment.
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Statistics and chart verification checklist
Statistics and chart checklist for provenance, definitions, data quality, denominators, calculations, uncertainty, comparisons, axes, labels, review, and correction.
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Statistics, polls, and charts: a verification guide
Statistics verification guide for definitions, source data, populations, denominators, calculations, uncertainty, comparisons, charts, language, and corrections.
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Visual verification methods compared, from reverse search to metadata
Visual verification methods compared across reverse search, source interviews, metadata, geolocation, chronolocation, provenance, and forensic analysis.
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Image and video verification: a practical guide
Image and video verification guide for preserving files, tracing origins, checking location and time, assessing edits, protecting sources, and stating limits.
Guides
Science and health news verification guide
Science and health news verification guide covering research questions, study design, outcomes, risk, causation, conflicts, regulatory status, and corrections.
Guides
Social posts and viral claims: a verification guide
Social post verification guide for account identity, original uploads, claim evidence, repost chains, coordination, platform labels, safety, and corrections.
Guides
Source evaluation and claim mapping: a practical guide
Source evaluation guide for separating claims, finding original evidence, testing authority and independence, recording limits, and writing accurate conclusions.
Guides
Statistics, polls, and charts: a verification guide
Statistics verification guide for definitions, source data, populations, denominators, calculations, uncertainty, comparisons, charts, language, and corrections.
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Common science and health reporting problems
Science and health reporting problems explained, including causal overreach, relative-risk framing, surrogate outcomes, product status, and image claims.
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Common statistics and chart reporting problems
Statistics and chart reporting problems explained, from missing denominators and uncertain estimates to distorted axes, weak poll questions, and false causal claims.
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Common social verification problems and how to fix them
Social verification problems with fixes for badge trust, copied posts, hacked accounts, screenshots, unsafe links, engagement counts, and amplification.
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Common visual verification problems and how to fix them
Visual verification problems with fixes for old media, screenshots, metadata trust, weak geolocation, detector scores, missing context, and unsafe publication.