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Posted on July 8, 2019July 8, 2019

Move 3 (cont’d): Reading laterally on recent studies

Most studies are data points–emerging evidence that lends weight to one conclusion or another but does not resolve questions definitively. What we want as a fact-checker is not data points, but the broad consensus of experts. And the broad consensus of experts is rare.

Mike Caulfield, Chapter 20
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Posted on July 3, 2019July 3, 2019

Move 3: Read laterally

Lateral readers don’t spend time on the page or site until they’ve first gotten their bearings by looking at what other sites and resources say about the source at which they are looking.

—Mike Caulfield, Chapter 16
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