Evaluating Sources- Lateral Reading and COR

If I can find it online, it must be true.

• True

• False

I should always be a skeptic when it comes to information that I find online.

• True

• False

I should always triangulate my sources by comparing the information I find online with at least 2 other sources.

• True

• False

The website looks really official. The information it offers must be true.

• True

• False

There are a lot of graphs and charts on the site. With all this information it must be true.

• True

• False

If a website is trying to persuade you to do something or buy something, it is said to be __________.

• undermined

• objective

• outdated

• biased

I should always review the sources (or author) of the website.

• True

• False

A website is biased when:

• doesn't tell the whole story

• is trying to convince you to take a side

• it contains opinion instead of fact and is prejudiced and not impartial

• all of the above

Lateral reading is when you

• have many tabs open in order to fact check a source.

• read the whole article in order to evaluate it.

• read the article backward, from the bottom to the top.

• read while climbing a ladder.

True or False - If readers evaluate sources before reading an entire source, they will find higher-quality information and find it quicker. 

• True
• False