Advanced Source Evaluation
📋 What it is
Advanced evaluation spots bias, checks the ORIGINAL source of a claim, and notices what a source leaves OUT.
🗣️ Coach says
Level up your checking: trace a claim back to its ORIGINAL source (not just who repeated it), notice the source’s slant, and ask what it conveniently LEFT OUT. The gaps and origins reveal as much as the words.
🧠 Memory hook
Trace to the ORIGINAL · spot the slant · notice what’s left OUT.
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😲 Whoa!
Many viral "facts" trace back to a single unverified post — following the chain to the origin often dissolves them.
✅ Quick check: Why is tracing a claim to its ORIGINAL source better than trusting who repeated it?
Say your answer out loud first — then reveal.
Repeaters can distort or drop context; the original shows the real evidence (or reveals there was none).
Origin-tracing is how you defeat "telephone-game" misinformation.
🧪 Try it! (2 minutes)
Take a shared "fact" and try to trace it back to where it first came from.