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Blog entry from the ACRL

A news literacy toolkit for a “post-truth” world from the School Library Journal

Full 7-week course including assignments from the University of Michigan

From Community of Online Research Assignments

In this workshop, students learn about the driving forces behind fake news, reflect on how our opinions impact the way we evaluate information, and discuss and practice using criteria for evaluating news. The workshop includes a brief presentation on fake news and cognitive biases, reflection prompts for students to respond to, and an activity in which students work in groups to evaluate different news articles on a common topic.

A comprehensive list of media sources organized by their "bias"

Contains tips for analyzing news sources, as well as a (now-static) list of untrustworthy sites