Research Guides: Media Literacy or Fake News: Develop Your Fact-Checking Skills: Check Your Own Claim

Thinking About the News

Use the tips listed this Guide to check your own claim, or use one of the claims listed below for practice:

Food Babe: How Food Companies Exploit Americans
This article claims that US consumers ingest chemicals that people in other countries don't. Is that true? What else does this article imply?
Spoon University: Drinking Tequila Could Help You Lose Weight
Can you find enough evidence to prove or disprove this claim?
Ten Signs the Global Elite are Losing Control
Lots of claims here. Pick one or two and check to your heart's content.
Counter Current News: Marijuana Does Not Lower IQ
Up for the challenge of proving or disproving this one?

Remember, fake news articles may fall under multiple categories and might even mix in a few facts amid their falsehoods.