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AP and NYTimes' Kavanaugh fact checks and more

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/factcheck/ap-fact-check-kavanaughs-claim-of-exoneration/ar-BBNDZLi?ocid=NL_ENUS_A1_20180930_1_2&pfr=1 NYTimes:  https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/yale-classmate-accuses-kavanaugh-of-‘blatant-mischaracterization’-of-his-drinking/ar-BBNLwzp?ocid=spartanntp https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/28/us/politics/brett-kavanaugh-fact-check.html?utm_source=CNN+Media%3A+Reliable+Sources&utm_campaign=ccfbce5ae8-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_09_11_04_47_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_e95cdc16a9-ccfbce5ae8-84924833

Don't be fooled: The Onion

https://www.theonion.com/

Legal sources for the copy editor

Digital Media Law Center offers advice (this center will no longer stand alone but is being incorporated with another.) http://www.dmlp.org/ Student Press Law Center: For all students, especially high school and college students http://www.splc.org/ For Colorado editors and reporters http://coloradofoic.org/

Winston tastes good . . .

A 1950s TV advertisement: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9o5i9eNPhY

From Forbes: So you want to be a freelancer?

Five tips: https://www.forbes.com/sites/ryanrobinson/2018/09/22/high-value-freelance-writing-clients/#4296261e2215

Create your own fake news

https://digiwonk.gadgethacks.com/how-to/web-prank-create-your-own-legit-looking-news-stories-by-editing-current-ones-online-0161698/

T-shirt that we can relate to or not?

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The Seven Continents song

For those of you who need help: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7yXDYvWSswI

The Sift: A newsletter for those interested in News Literacy

Subscribe: https://newslit.org/educators/sift/

NYT story about Nikki Haley's curtains needed to be fact checked

https://twitter.com/i/status/1041109641801945088 Editor's Note:  https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/13/us/politics/state-department-curtains.html

From the Atlantic: Call them what they want

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2018/09/the-new-they/568993/

Facebook fact checkers on to something new

https://www.poynter.org/news/facebook-expands-fact-checkers-ability-debunk-false-photos-and-videos

The Lead: A a newsletter for student journalists

https://medium.com/@blatchfordtaylor/welcome-to-the-lead-a-newsletter-for-student-journalists-4da755fad8c9

The problem with losing copy editors

https://www.cjr.org/united_states_project/productivity-stories-news.php

Ad fact check: Jared Polis

https://www.denverpost.com/2018/09/10/jared-polis-responds-income-taxes-ad/

Analysis of a Trump rally

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2018/09/12/anatomy-trump-rally-percent-claims-are-false-misleading-or-lacking-evidence/?utm_term=.5bec67877352

Tips for sharing informaton about hurricanes

https://www.poynter.org/news/9-tips-avoid-spreading-misinformation-about-hurricanes

Watch your spelling!

https://www.cjr.org/the_lower_case/headlines-editors-probably-wish-they-could-take-back-9-11-18.php

Journalism school great again?

https://www.thedailybeast.com/how-trump-is-making-journalism-school-great-again

Was Trump at Ground Zero searching through rubble?

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-searching-911-survivors/?utm_source=socialflow&utm_medium=facebook

Graphic manipulated by Trump Jr?

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-and-obama-by-the-numbers/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social

Trump's fist pump at 9/11 memorial? Snopes explains

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-fist-pump-911/?utm_source=socialflow&utm_medium=facebook

Death Hoax makes it into mainstream media

https://www.poynter.org/news/how-celebrity-death-hoax-made-its-way-mainstream-media

Another fact-checking test

http://www.playbuzz.com/alyciagilbert10/can-you-spot-the-fake-news-even-the-president-couldnt-get-an-8-10-on-this-quiz

Fear! and Sarah Sanders: $10 fact checkers exist?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNkVf9S18so https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/sarah-sanders-reckless-woodward-didnt-even-hire-a-dollar10-fact-checker-for-his-book/vp-BBN9GPP

From the NYT: Which facebook post is real?

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/09/04/technology/facebook-influence-campaigns-quiz.html

Verification sites to know

VerificationJunkie.com verificationhandbook.com/book

Debunking hoaxes: Ten sites

https://www.techrepublic.com/blog/10-things/top-10-sites-to-debunk-internet-hoaxes/ My favorite: Snopes.com

Colorado attempts to make boys better in language arts

https://www.denverpost.com/2018/08/31/boys-reading-scores-colorado/