The Facts about Fact Checking: Crash Course Navigating Digital Information #2

We're off to fact checking school. This time, John Green is teaching you how to fact check like the pros. We're going to walk through the steps that professionals follow, including figuring out who is behind the information we read, why they're sharing that information, and what kind of evidence exists to back up the claim. We'll also talk about the difference between skepticism and cynicism, and Special thanks to our partners from MediaWise who helped create this series: The Poynter Institute The Stanford History Education Group (sheg.stanford.edu) Follow MediaWise and their fact-checking work across social: https://www.instagram.com/mediawise/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2DPyDJLFycNPgPcH0jaeHw https://twitter.com/mediawise https://www.facebook.com/MediaWise/ MediaWise is supported by Google. Crash Course is on Patreon! You can support us directly by signing up at http://www.patreon.com/crashcourse Thanks to the following Patrons for their generous monthly contributions tha