Bias Check! Consult different sources for a fuller picture.

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In the context of my role as a teacher interested in encouraging my students to understand the difference between credible information and propaganda, this language from DonaldJTrump.com will make a good discussion topic. I teach my journalism students to cover stories fairly. Journalists would not be doing their job if they simply repeated the results of…

The coronavirus is today just as contagious and just as serious as it was when we were all locked down.

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Post-publication review as an efficient alternative to pre-publication peer review

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Confessions of a Former Bastard Cop

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