how do you determine if a source is “credible?” well, it's an incredibly complex question. you need to understand the outlet and author's track record, their editorial process, associations, funding, audiences (market), critiques, and the influence of their work, for starters

it’s important to determine what *kind* of source you’re sharing. is it an opinion piece? breaking news? substantiated reporting? an anecdote? is it a new study with little support? is it a statistic without context? a peer-reviewed study? based on expert consensus or outliers?

there are various tools to use as a jumping off point for determining if a source is trustworthy, such as allsides, media bias fact check, snopes, and so on. however, these tools are limited in how they measure bias and still come from a POV, so you need to unpack more from there

you can use reverse google image searches to find the origins of memes, you can customize search result dates in google, you can use google scholar to find studies (although you need to be trained in how to navigate and read studies before just searching for what confirms biases)

trust in experts and institutions is at an all time low so it’s important for sources to be transparent about any biases and points of view they have. the standard for credible sources isn't objectivity, it's impartiality and accuracy through rigorous processes

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