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Choose Your News

Guide to identifying quality news

Tips and Tricks

Evaluate the Source

In this section, we'll look at some quick tips for quickly evaluating a source to decide if it's something you want to use in your research and writing. In addition, you'll learn some strategies for evaluating written arguments, and guidelines for identifying an author's purpose and tone. All of these factors combine to give you an overall picture of the reliability and trustworthiness of a source.

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