Florida Teacher Helps Educate Students On Deciphering Fake News

Eric Jorgensen, a journalism teacher, emphasizes the importance of news literacy, helping students distinguish between real and fake news. He uses an exercise involving dihydrogen monoxide to illustrate how information presentation can influence perception. Student Jewel Patel highlights the need for such knowledge. Jorgensen aims to equip students to be informed, productive members of society. The report concludes with a call to improve national news literacy skills.

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