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Media Literacy Checklist Basics
Read news and media critically
This guide provides a practical media literacy checklist: evaluate source credibility, distinguish reporting from opinion, check primary evidence, watch for incentives and framing, and verify with multiple outlets.
- media literacy
- misinformation
- sources
- fact checking
- bias
Check the source
Look for transparent authorship, corrections, and separation of news vs opinion.
Find the evidence
Prefer claims backed by primary documents, data, or direct quotes.
Watch incentives and framing
Notice emotional language, selective examples, and what is omitted.
Verify across outlets
Cross-check with other reputable sources and read original materials when possible.