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Evaluating Online Information and Resources: How Well Can You Tell Fact from Opinion?

How Well Can You Tell Fact from Opinion?

How well do you think you can tell fact from opinion?

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Quiz: How Well Can You Tell Factual from Opinion Statements?

CARTOON: Political fact-checkers rating veracity of all claims, even on their days off

 

Pew Research

"In a survey conducted Feb. 22 to March 4, 2018, the Center asked U.S. adults to categorize five factual statements and five opinion statements. As a previous report revealed, about a quarter of Americans overall could accurately classify all five factual statements (26%) and about a third could classify all five opinion statements (35%)."

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Pew Research - Younger Americans are Better than Older Americans at Telling Factual News Statements from Opinions.

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