mardi 9 juillet 2019

By Edward Carter


For a person that lives in an era when information is accessible and can be very powerful, it is important to know the current issues to keep abreast of what is happening in the city and the country. A number of sources of current events are available, particularly for people who can go online to search for them. Because of the vast options, it is hard to trust everyone that claims to know something online. Take a look at the following ways to protect yourself from incorrect weekly community news and entertainment.

If you would like to know something, refer only to the trusted websites. These are being managed or owned by broadcast companies that care about their reputation and business very much that they take measures to ensure that what they publish are just the correct information. Many of the popular broadsheets also adhere to journalistic standards that require fact checking and balanced reporting.

Even if you know what the website of your trusted organization is, double check the address bar when you type the domain to make sure that there is not typographical error. Some individuals may have bought domain names that have typographical errors and may be using them to pose as the original site, except that the information published in them did not undergo the same fact checking process.

If you are frequently online and are using social media, follow the pages of your favorite broadcast organizations. Here, they can quickly share information as soon as they have proof on it. You do not have to wait for them to finish writing their reports while they are still researching on other angles of the situation. On social media, you can stay tuned as the report develops.

There may be journalists and broadcasters you know you can trust, and you can follow their official social media accounts. Most showbiz and sports personalities also have their accounts that you can follow. Doing this will send updates to your time line from the people you are interested in. Be sure that what you follow are their official accounts since there may be fan pages and dummy accounts for popular personalities.

When you find dubious information, one of the ways to check its veracity is to find other sources. If you first learned something from a broadcast company, look for another broadcast organization that reports about it. If this is something newsworthy, other sources will definitely report on it after some time. Double check the information before you share it to your friends and followers.

If you have got some information yet you are unsure if it is trustworthy, you can go to the websites or the pages of fact checking organizations. They consider it their duty to protect people from fake information by cross checking popular topics on the internet. If they do not have what you are looking for, you may be able to request for their assistance in checking a report that you have read.

The internet has enabled quickly sharing of information however it also becomes easy to spread incorrect ones. Protect yourself and your network from these by taking steps to check the facts. It also helps if you can look for indicators of fraud. Cross reference interesting information before sharing them.




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