How do you measure credibility of information?

Posted by mean_gene_1976 on Sunday November 24, 2019 @11:01AM
from the self-post dept.

I am concerned by how common it is for users to "eat-up" whatever a news latform says as doctrine. How do you all actually verify the credibility of information?

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Re:How do you measure credibility of information? by zzo38computer on Sunday November 24, 2019 @12:37PM (#21621917)

The only thing I think I can do is to initially make a guess, and then revise the guess according to what is being figured out later. Some things it is possible to verify by yourself, others is more difficult to do.

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Re:How do you measure credibility of information? by anthony_gl on Sunday November 24, 2019 @11:21AM (#21621330)

I double check the same news on different websites, by using Google News. I do this when the title or the content of the news expresses a sort of sensationalism.

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Re:How do you measure credibility of information? by masonic on Monday November 25, 2019 @05:22AM (#21626842)

It has never been easier to access primary/original sources anytime in history, yet people generally don't bother.

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Re:How do you measure credibility of information? by PaulHoule on Sunday November 24, 2019 @11:48AM (#21621545)

True or not matters less than the emotions evoked When it comes to harm done.

For instance if a news network thinks school shooting are newsworthy what does it matter if 20 people were killed or 15? If it happened in South Dakota or West Virgina? If the shooter used an AR-15 or a AK-47 or 9mm pistol?

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Re:How do you measure credibility of information? by mean_gene_1976 on Sunday November 24, 2019 @12:35PM (#21621899)

I should have put news as an example. How do youv erify information generally?

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