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Emma Suleiman

Fact Checking Tips

How Skepticism Can Protect You From Being Fooled

Skepticism has taken on a variety of connotations. To some, it’s synonymous with cynicism, or negativity. To others, it’s a refusal to accept scientific conclusions, while skepticism is simply insisting on the
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Manipulation Techniques

False Context

From deepfakes to using old videos out of context or genuine videos with false captions to digital manipulation or taking facts out of context and backing them up with strong visuals. We see these types of
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Fact Checking Tips

Four Reasons Why Anecdotes Aren’t Good Evidence

Many people think that anecdotes are a surefire way of knowing what’s true as vivid and emotional stories are often particularly convincing and memorable.  However, anecdotes are infamously unreliable, here is why: As critical
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Manipulation Techniques

Lying with Statistics

Lying with statistics is something that has been around for a long time now, charts tend to spread fast and widely. We see them everywhere, however, some of them don’t
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Manipulation Techniques

Sensational Spin

Early Last month, many media outlets were abuzz with a misleading title: lookout, a Chinese robot woman who has become the first artificial intelligence CEO of a §10 billion gaming
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