Things to tell students to look for when they interact with information and information sources:

 

Authority

Source has a record of publishing credible information

   Source is a popular press journal that does not cover subjects in-depth

  Source has a record of publishing biased or inaccurate information

   Source is a Think Tank or Influence Broker

  Source is a Fake News Site

 

Accuracy

   The source provides verifiable evidence

  The source provides verifiable evidence for some points but not others

  The source provides no verifiable evidence

 

Bias

   Biased to the Right

   Slightly Biased to the Right

   Mostly Neutral

   Slightly Biased to the Left

  Biased to the Left

    Self-Reflexive Bias  — Attempts to motivate a reader to buy a product or adopt a particular worldview that may be apolitical.

 

Framing

    Pro-Industry

Anti-Industry

 

    Pro-Social Issue

Anti-Social Issue

 

   Pro-Environment

Anti-Environment

 

  Pro-Government

    Anti-Government

 

Timeliness Warning

    Argument uses evidence from a time period that may not be relevant.

 

Conflict of interest

   The authors or source may have a conflict of interest in presenting the arguments they present.

 

Information Malpractice

   Plagiarism

  Cherry-picking Science

    Presenting History without its Context

  False Equivalence

     Treating All Opinions as Equal