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Identify the claim, investigate its source, and follow the evidence before deciding whether to pass it on.
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Use the channel with a question in mind. Ask what changed, how the writer knows, and whether you need more context before passing the information along. When a subject is disputed, the aim should be to explain the evidence and its limits without manufacturing certainty or turning disagreement into entertainment.
Corrections should be clear about what changed. Sensitive subjects need extra scrutiny, and private people should not become examples merely to make a piece more dramatic. The intended reader outcome is informed judgment, not pressure to pick a side or share immediately.
Identify the claim, investigate its source, and follow the evidence before deciding whether to pass it on.
Locate the correction, identify what changed, and revise the conclusion or message you based on the earlier version.
Check the label, identify whose judgment you are reading, and follow important factual claims to their evidence.
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