Timely Topics: Facts vs Misinformation - Some Practical Stategies

Timely Topics:  Facts vs Misinformation - Some Practical Stategies. November 10, 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm.  Members of the LWVCC Task Force on Countering Misinformation about Elections - Karen Fresco, Sara Kelley, Ann Prisland, Mary Ellen Wuellner - led the discussion.  

A video of this presentation (1 hour 7 minutes)  is available on LWVCC's YouTube site.  Or, view a pdf of the "Truth Sandwich" slides from the presentation.

Attendees had a chance to: 

1. Hear a brief update on three exciting projects the Task Force is developing.
2. Scan the Task Force's web page and learn what resources are there for you.
3. Be made aware of a list of fact check sites that you will find useful.
4. Learn how to construct a "truth sandwich" - a clever technique when you are responding to misinformation.

Participants left the meeting with practical strategies to deal with misinformation encountered  in  daily life.  

Here is some pre-meeting reading material used for the meeting -  an interview with professor and media expert Kathryn Hall Jamieson on Facts vs. Misinformation.