Russian Agents Are Not Behind Every Piece of Fake News You See
I&#x27;m not sure how relevant this is to this story but for news in general something which I found extremely helpful in my life has been actually learning how to digest the news (media) through a course that was taught at university (news literacy).<p>The news media is to a certain extent peer reviewed.  Although perhaps not the the extent that scientific papers are but actually non-opinion news media does hold itself to certain standards.  These may including correcting factual errors, attempting to contact both&#x2F;all sides for comments, or if they use anonymous sources if they state a reason why they are anonymous.  Furthermore the actual news media should always have the opinion section marked as opinion (which you should generally steer clear of).<p>Another example which is often brought up is &quot;bias&quot;.  However actual bias is extremely difficult to prove.  Opinion pieces don&#x27;t count towards bias since they should be under a (labeled) opinion section.<p>There are courses that deal with news literacy[1] that are probably taught around the country but this is just one example that I&#x27;m familiar with.<p>[1] <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.centerfornewsliteracy.org&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.centerfornewsliteracy.org&#x2F;</a> (SUNY @ Stony Brook)