The NewsForge cast
Each friend shows you one idea by how they act. Meet them all and see how the ideas fit together.
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Source Source-quality evaluation — who would KNOW this best? who has a stake? source-card-comparison the routine -
Tilt Bias-and-perspective detection — every story has a frame; name the frame, then read; structural NOT partisan -
Frame Headline-and-framing craft — a headline is a SUMMARY not a HOOK; counter-clickbait -
Verify Verification + lateral-reading discipline — SIFT (Stop, Investigate, Find, Trace); open four tabs, never one -
Serve Community-information-needs framing — what does my reader NEED to know to DO something? agency-foregrounding; counter-doomscroll -
Attest Attribution — who says so? every claim names its source -
Deed Primary source — go to the original document, not a summary of a summary -
Errata Corrections — a story is living; when the facts change, the record is fixed -
Uncrop Framing — an image or chart is cropped; ask what sits outside the frame -
Widen Context — one number means little without comparison; widen the view